Stargate [WS] [15th Anniversary Edition] [Extended Cut] [Blu-ray]

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

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 military man approaches him and offers him a job translating the said ring; its inscriptions actually constitute a map to a massive stargate (or interstellar portal). The army sends over resident crackpot colonel Jack O'Neill (Kurt Russell) to travel through the stargate and see what's on the other side; Jackson accompanies him, and the two men turn up in a desert planet on the other side of the universe, with three moons in its sky. The world in question is ruled by Ra (Jaye Davidson), a hermaphroditic Egyptian sun god, who oppresses hordes of slave workers. Jackson and O'Neill then join forces to help the said workers revolt against their oppressor. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: ABC
• Number of Discs: 1
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo
• Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
• Features:
  • New "Deciphering the Gate: The Making of the Movie" featurette
  • New "Opening the Gate: The Legacy" featurette
  • New never-before-seen gag reel
  • New "Master of the Stargate" interactive trivia challenge
  • New Bonsuview picture-in-picture "Stargate Ultimate Knowledge"
  • "Is There a Stargate?" featurette
  • "The Making of Stargate" documentary
  • Audio commentary with writer/director Roland Emmerich and writer/producer Dean Devlin

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Kurt Russell - Colonel Jonathan "Jack" O'Neil
       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
       April Webster

• Director:

  Roland Emmerich

• Producer:

  Dean Devlin, Oliver Eberle, Joel B. Michaels, Philippe Maigret, Marc Frydman, Ralph L. Thomas

• Screenwriter:

  Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich

• Cinematographer:

  Karl Walter Lindenlaub

• Composer (Music Score):

  David Arnold

• Editor:

  Michael J. Duthie, Derek Brechin

• Production Designer:

  Holger Gross, Donald Heitzer

• Art Director:

  Peter Murton

• Co-producer:

  Ute Emmerich, Patrick Beaufront

• Associate Producer:

  Peter Winther

• Executive Producer:

  Mario Kassar

• Set Designer:

  Jim Erickson

• Costume Designer:

  Joseph Porro

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  David Ronne

• Makeup:

  Greg Nelson

• Special Effects:

  Patrick Tatopoulos

• First Assistant Director:

  Steve Love

• Stunts:

  Chuck Jeffreys

• Casting:

  April Webster

• Visual Effects Supervisor:

  Kit West

• Creature Effects:

  Patrick Tatopoulos

• Line Producer:

  Ramsey Thomas