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The Terminator

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Also known as Terminator

1984 film by James Cameron

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The Terminator is a 1984 action and science fiction film directed by James Cameron. The English-language movie stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, and Paul Winfield. Cameron also served as a screenwriter alongside Gale Anne Hurd and William Wisher Jr., who additionally produced the film. Adam Greenberg was the director of photography, Mark Goldblatt was the film editor, and Brad Fiedel composed the soundtrack. The production was handled by Hemdale films and Orion Pictures, which also distributed the film along with Netflix.

Set in Los Angeles, the narrative focuses on time travel, androids, the Los Angeles Police Department, and an AI takeover. The film has a runtime of 108 minutes and was released on October 26, 1984. It originated in the United States and the United Kingdom. The Terminator received the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film. Its tagline is "Your future is in its hands."

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In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

Released: 1984-10-26108 minDir: James CameronAction, Thriller, Science FictionBudget: $6.4MBox office: $78.4MPart of: The Terminator Collection
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Cast

  • Arnold Schwarzenegger as Terminator
  • Michael Biehn as Kyle Reese
  • Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor
  • Paul Winfield as Traxler
  • Lance Henriksen as Vukovich
  • Rick Rossovich as Matt

Themes

  • man vs machine
  • artificial intelligence (a.i.)
  • saving the world
  • laser gun
  • cyborg
  • killer robot
  • shotgun
  • rebel
  • dystopia
  • villain

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Ratings

IMDb

8.1/10

1,006,411 votes

Year
1984
Runtime
107 min
Genres
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

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Encyclopedic overview

The Terminator is a 1984 American science fiction action film directed by James Cameron, written by Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd, and produced by Hurd. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, a cybernetic assassin sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to assassinate Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), whose not-yet-conceived son will one day save mankind from extinction by Skynet, a hostile artificial intelligence, in a post-apocalyptic future. Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn) is a soldier sent back in time to protect Sarah.

Cameron devised the premise of the film from a fever dream he experienced during the release of his first film, Piranha II: The Spawning (1982), and developed the concept in collaboration with Wisher. He sold the rights to the project to fellow New World Pictures alumna Hurd on the condition that she would produce the film only if he were to direct it; Hurd eventually secured a distribution deal with Orion Pictures, while executive producers John Daly and Derek Gibson of Hemdale Film Corporation were instrumental in setting up the film's financing and production.

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