| Stargate (Ultimate Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: Kurt Russell, James Spader, Alexis Cruz, Viveca Lindfors, Mili Avital
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (298 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2001
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 121 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5
MPN: D15081D
UPC: 012236125709
EAN: 0012236125709
ASIN: B0000844I8
Release Date: February 17, 2003
Theatrical Release Date: October 28, 1994
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Before they unleashed the idiotic mayhem of Independence Day and Godzilla, the idea-stealing team of director Roland Emmerich and producer-screenwriter Dean Devlin concocted this hokey hit about the discovery of an ancient portal capable of zipping travelers to "the other side of the known universe." James Spader plays the Egyptologist who successfully translates the Stargate's hieroglyphic code, and then joins a hawkish military unit (led by Kurt Russell) on a reconnaissance mission to see what's on the other side. They arrive on a desert world with cultural (and apparently supernatural) ties to Earth's ancient Egypt, where the sun god Ra (played by Jaye Davidson from The Crying Game) rules a population of slaves with armored minions and startlingly advanced technology. After being warmly welcomed into the slave camp, the earthlings encourage and support a rebellion, and while Russell threatens to blow up the Stargate to prevent its use by enemy forces, the movie collapses into a senseless series of action scenes and grandiose explosions. It's all pretty ridiculous, but Stargate found a large and appreciative audience, spawned a cable-TV series, and continues to attract science fiction fans who are more than willing to forgive its considerable faults. --Jeff Shannon
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 Stargate November 23, 2008
I liked this movie so much, I bought it. The name of this movie
is "Stargate". Excellent.
WE cant watch it on our TV November 22, 2008
The quality is good but we live in Australia and our problem is that we can only watch the DVD's on our computer as they won't play on our DVD and TV. There must be something wrong with the formatting or something, but we can watch them on the computer which is ok but disappointing.
Great Movie November 18, 2008
Get the movie and then buy every season of Stargate SG-1. It's worth it!
 Blu-ray version is defective and LionsGate won't replace it November 17, 2008
Search the Internet and you'll find out this Blu-ray version has at least two defects; missing Egyptian and alien subtitles, and right half of main menu doesn't work (you can still change audio and commentary other ways, but I can't get to the THX demo or setup.
Don't buy any Blu-ray titles produced by LionsGate. They're not honest businessmen.
Blu-ray - HD - Standard DVD November 16, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought HD as the in coming standard, it wasn't. Bought a Blu-ray player to keep up. I have a standard DVD copy of "Stargate", so I knew a Blu-ray copy would have something to equal.
Blu-ray quality is noticeably better, volume is some what lower (on my system) than the up-converted standard DVD. Now we need some high quality movies on blu-ray. (I don't care for old comic book hero movies, out grew them 40 years ago.) Special effect are great and ad a lot to a movie, but if all the movie has is special effect.... Well, I'll pass.
"Stargate" in Blu-ray is well worth the purchase.
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