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Stargate (1994)

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Average Rating: 5.3/10
Reviews Counted: 40
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Average Rating: 4.7/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 4

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Movie Info

This lucrative, elephantine-budgeted sci-fi opus paved the way for director Roland Emmerich's mega-hit Independence Day (1996). The story commences in Giza, Egypt, circa 1928, where an archaeological expedition unearths an ancient ring with cryptic hieroglyphs. The film then moves to the present day, where Egyptologist Daniel Jackson (James Spader) is busily trying to convince a group of skeptics that the pyramids were not built by man, but by an extraterrestrial force. After the lecture, a

PG-13, 2 hr. 5 min.

Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Directed By: Roland Emmerich

Written By: Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich

In Theaters: Oct 28, 1994 Wide

On DVD: Jun 17, 1997

Artisan Home Entertainment

Stargate Trailer & Photos

Cast

Kurt Russell
Colonel Jonathan "Jack"...
James Spader
Dr. Daniel Jackson
Jaye Davidson
Ra
Viveca Lindfors
Catherine
Alexis Cruz
Skaara
Mili Avital
Sha'uri
Leon Rippy
General West
John Diehl
Lieutenant Kawalsky
Erick Avari
Kasuf
Robert Allan Ackerman
Companion
Rae Allen
Barbara Shore
Kenneth Danziger
Professor
Christopher John Fields
Lieutenant Freeman
Erik Holland
Prof.Langford
Gladys Holland
Professor
Djimon Hounsou
Horus
Richard Kind
Gary Meyers
Gianin Loffler
Nabeh
Jack Moore
Lieutenant Reilly
David Pressman
Assistant Lieutenant
John Storey
Mitch
Christopher West
Professor
Scott Smith
Officer
Frank Welker
Mastadge
Roger Til
Professor
April Webster
French Stewart
Lieutenant Feretti
Cecil Hoffmann
Sarah O'Neil
George Gray
Technician

Critic Reviews for Stargate

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The movie Ed Wood, about the worst director of all time, was made to prepare us for Stargate.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

[A] loopy, mostly entertaining sci-fi adventure.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Hal Hinson

Washington Post

Top Critic

A cinematic fireworks show without the grand finale.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

Top Critic

What Emmerich achieves is a sense of grand scale that makes the film fun to watch as a space adventure.

June 27, 2011 Full Review Source: 7M Pictures

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

Promising setup killed by action-film cliches.

January 2, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Scott G. Mignola

Common Sense Media

"Has matured wonderfully, sustaining as a curious genre exercise in blockbuster yearn marked by surprising buoyancy, madly entertaining performances, and a fertile cinematic imagination behind the camera not yet corrupted by massive box office success."

June 2, 2010 Full Review Source: BrianOrndorf.com

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Brian Orndorf

BrianOrndorf.com

Still, this is a decent little diversion, the kind of pure popcorn fodder that would find a far more ballsy form when Will Smith took on city-sized flying saucers in Independence Day.

October 27, 2009 Full Review Source: PopMatters

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Bill Gibron

PopMatters

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Its really random plot is a little awkward for a sci fi movie and some of the parts but it is fairly decent for a sci fi movie

January 8, 2011

Michael Edwards

Super Reviewer

The Original one was watchable and I like James Spader.

February 19, 2008

Wahida K

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Stargate Quotes

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1. Dr. Daniel Jackson: [Kasuf gestures towards his village] He's inviting us to go with him.
2. Lieutenant Kawalsky: How can you be so sure?
3. Dr. Daniel Jackson: Because he's...
4. Dr. Daniel Jackson: [repeats gesture] inviting us to go with him.
– Submitted by Francis L (4 months ago)
1. Colonel Jonathan "Jack" O'Neil: Give my regards to King Tut asshole!
– Submitted by Kos G (10 months ago)