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| Stargate (Director's Cut) | 
 enlarge | Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: Kurt Russell, James Spader, Alexis Cruz, Viveca Lindfors, Mili Avital
Studio: Momentum Pictures
Category: DVD
List Price: £19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 13617
Format: Anamorphic, Director's Cut, Dubbed, Pal, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), Norwegian (Original Language)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Running Time: 124 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5060021175137
ASIN: B00005OCVM
Theatrical Release Date: October 28, 1994
Release Date: October 15, 2001
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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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. 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
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| Customer Reviews: Read 27 more reviews...
 Childish (not-so-science) fiction action movie April 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
directors cut seriously ruined ! January 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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 December 13, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
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.
Great new ideas November 7, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was a rarity in Sc-Fi
A totally new concept
Spawned 2 TV spin series; but the original film was a masterpiece, so even if you have seen the TV, this is a good and fun introduction to the background.
Only one cast member survived to the TV series see if you can spot him (hint: specs)
Where is the Original Version ?? October 3, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Why the company did not release the Original version in region 2 yet? in Region 1 they have the Ultimate edition but the problem it has both version plus some featurette, all in 1 disc only, so im counting that the picture and sound well be lower.
This Dir edition has a serious problem, the new add footage appeared not a good transfer and causing real confusing when mixed with original footage as the picture shift suddenly from good picture quality to a lower transfer and back forth again. Hence, the entire movie appeared done by unexperienced personal. I dont know why they did this and not noticing this problem. For that im rating this edition 2 points only.
I do hope they release original version with two discs, one for a feature movie only, and the other is for featurette and other stuff. And that to preserve the best picture and sound quality. And lets forget about the Dir cut for now.
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