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Stargate (Director's Cut)
On the DVD: This special edition version adds approximately seven minutes of additional footage, much of which is in the form of slightly extended scenes, but does also include an opening sequence in Ancient Egypt, a scene with Kurt Russell and the fossilised Horus guards, and Ra's bath scene. These are also collected in a bonus "Promo Reel". The anamorphic widescreen presentation of the 2.35:1 Panavision picture looks sharp and clear, although some of the additional footage is degraded; the sound is suitably spectacular 5.1 or DTS. Devlin and Emmerich provide a relaxed, chatty commentary ("We have nothing to do with the TV series"!), although you have to access this from the Set Up menu not the Special Features menu. There's a photo gallery and trailer, but sadly no "making-of" documentary. --Mark Walker Commentary by Roland Emmerich (Director) and Dean Devlin (Producer)
RRP: £19.99
Our Price: £19.39 (subject to change)
Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
A self-consciously epic sci-fi adventure of Cecil B DeMille-sized proportions, Stargate refreshes and combines several well-worn sci-fi and sword 'n' sandal genre conventions with some Erich von Daniken-style Biblical Egyptology. The directing-writing-producing team of Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin had previously collaborated on B-movies Moon 44 (1990) and Universal Soldier (1992), but handed a significantly bigger budget they were able to give their Steven Spielberg pretensions free reign here ("Indiana Jones and his Close Encounters with the Chariots of the Gods" might be a suitable subtitle). James Spader is endearingly dithery as the fish-out-of-water academic who finds himself teamed with taciturn tough guy Kurt Russell: the two excellent leads are largely responsible for imparting what depth there is to otherwise two-dimensional characters. British composer David Arnold makes his major studio debut in the grandest fashion with an outstanding score that pays suitable homage to epic film music (John Williams' CE3K and Maurice Jarre's Lawrence of Arabia in particular). It's all done with such unabashed enthusiasm that viewers will happily forgive the film's derivative elements and even overlook the high-camp theatricality of Jaye Davidson's bizarre bad guy. Despite subsequent huge box-office hits (Independence Day, Godzilla, The Patriot), Stargate remains Emmerich and Devlin's freshest, most satisfying film.
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DVD Description
DVD Special Features:
Theatrical Trailer
Stargate Promo Reel
Photo Gallery
Widescreen 16:9 Anamorphic
English Dolby Digital 5.1
English DTS
German Dolby Digital 5.1
Italian Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Turkish
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Synopsis
In this visually creative space adventure from the team that would go on to give the world INDEPENDENCE DAY and GODZILLA, a timid, glasses-wearing Egyptologist (Spader) uncovers an ancient portal to another planet and is dispatched there forthwith--along with blundering, clodfooted government troops (led by Russell). The downtrodden populace they encounter, ruled by godlike, androgynous King Ra (Davidson, in his first role after becoming a star in THE CRYING GAME), must be led to literacy and freedom; Ra must be defeated; the intellectual must find his machismo; our boys must return to Earth.
The beginning and ending of worlds, infinity and eternity
Review date: 2008-06-23 Rating: 10 out of 10
Dr. Daniel Jackson (James Spader of "Wolf" 1994 popularity) does the unthinkable by even suggesting that The Ancient Egyptian Civilization may have been influenced by outside influences, very outside influences. This runs off all inquiries to his theories.
But wait it looks like some one is interested in his cryptology abilities. Catherine Langford (Viveca Lindfors) had a secret that her daddy found years ago. Her secret will change the life of Daniel and Col. Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil (Kurt Russell). Turns out that they will have a mission that will take them on a sojourn to the other end of the known universe. We go with them. What will we find and will we be able to bet back?
Ra Ra Ra
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I will not compare media distributions however now Blue-ray and extended versions have become the common and not an exception.
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Reviews
Childish (not-so-science) fiction action movie
Review date: 2008-04-13 Rating: 4 out of 10
While some story elements are interesting, most are extremely stupid (God Ra the villain of the movie? Come on!). The acting is poor, the plot is filled woth tons of action movies cliches, and it's totally predictable (ofcourse)!
Watch this if you're interested in action-fiction movies AND if you're under 15. Otherwise, don't bother.
Amazing.
Review date: 2008-03-03 Rating: 10 out of 10
This is one of my favourtie films of all time.
Watching this film back in 1994 was the beginning of my love for the Stargate programmes.
This film is truelly the beginning of an era.
directors cut seriously ruined !
Review date: 2008-01-13 Rating: 4 out of 10
i bought this after selling my original copy ....and what a big mistake.
the extra clips added seem very out of place , makes me wonder why they did it ??? were they previously deleted scenes and if so i can understand why now !! shame on the director .... i'm going to try to get my hands on the original again and put this dvd back up for sale on amazon !
Snoregate
Review date: 2007-12-13 Rating: 2 out of 10
I was intending to give this film a proper write-up but there is just nothing to say about it.
It's just plain booooring... from start to finish.
It's an interesting idea for movie, granted, I just didn't care about any of the characters. I didn't like the ones I was supposed to like or dislike the ones I was supposed to dislike, I simply did not care about their situation at all.
There's nothing overtly bad about it, it's just a non-entity. I found myself doing the ironing during this movie - that's how boring it is.
The only vaguely interesting facet of this movie is David Arnold's score, which rips off/alludes to (test of your cynicism here) John Williams' Star Wars scores more times than I could count. I always thought he only ripped off/alluded to John Barry - which he does infinitely better.
Oh, and Kurt Russell's haircuts are hilarious. At the start he has this sort of pseudo-surfer mop going, but later sports a classic military short-back-and-sides look with a an upright flat top. Made me chuckle every time he came into frame...
Other than that, avoid at all costs. An utterly unmemorable waste of two hours.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
James Spader
Kurt Russell
Viveca Lindfors
Alexis Cruz
Mili Avital
Creators:
Kurt Russell (Primary Contributor)
James Spader (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Momentum Pictures
Manufacturer: Momentum Pictures
EAN: 5060021175137
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Anamorphic, Director's Cut, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen,
Release date: 2001-10-15
Number of discs: 1
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Audience rating: Parental Guidance
Region code: 2
Running time: 124 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1994-10-28
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: Norwegian (Original Language)
Language: Swedish (Original Language)