Stargate
It will take you a million light years from home. But will it bring you back?
Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$55 000 000
Box office
$196 567 262
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Joel B. Michaels, Roland Emmerich, Dean Devlin, Oliver Eberle, Mario Kassar
Camera operator
Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Composer
Artist
Holger Gross, William L. Arance, January Nordman
Audition
April Webster
Editing
Michael J. Duthie, Derek Brechin
Whole Team (202)
Whole Team (202)
Short description
An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
What's left behind the scenes
- The idea for the film was conceived by the director back in 1979 while Roland Emmerich was in school.
- After the film was released, a student from the Egyptology department at Johns Hopkins University accused Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin of plagiarism, as he had proposed a similar story to them ten years earlier. The university vouched for its student because he was known for theories that were later used in the film. The incident was settled out of court.
- Mannequins were used in many crowd scenes. They were cheaper than live extras.
- Kurt Russell wore a Breitling Sirius watch in the film.
- The film was originally conceived as the first part of a trilogy, but Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer decided to shoot a television series first.
- Actor Jay Davidson refused to remove the rings from his nipples, which caused considerable problems for the costume designer and the cinematographer.
- In the shots in the desert, the film crew and fragments of the filming equipment can be seen reflected in the characters' sunglasses.
- The film's preview screenings were disastrous, with only just over thirty percent of viewers enjoying it. But as a result of some changes suggested by executive producer Mario Kassar, the storylines became clearer, and the film became incredibly popular.
- After the preview screenings, viewers said that Ra didn't look 'alien enough,' and a glow was added to his eyes during post-production. This detail was later used in the series 'Stargate SG-1' (1997-2007).
- Jay Davidson disliked the attention he received after working on Neil Jordan's thriller 'The Crying Game' (1992) so much that he didn't want to play Ra in Roland Emmerich's science fiction action film 'Stargate' (1994). But he didn't want to simply refuse the role, so he decided to demand a fee of $1 million for filming, believing the request would be rejected and the matter would resolve itself. To the actor's surprise, his condition was accepted, and he was forced to film with Emmerich.
- The creatures that looked like horses on another planet were actually horses in special costumes. Dogs were also used in the filming.
- After reading the script for the first time, Kurt Russell found it terrible and refused to participate in the project. The film's producers continued to make increasingly tempting offers to the actor until he finally agreed. Later, screenwriter Dean Devlin learned that Russell had mistakenly been sent the very first draft of the script (which even Devlin considered terrible), not the latest version at the time.
- The film "Stargate" was the first in the world to have an official website. The idea of creating the site was proposed by one of the scriptwriters, Dean Devlin.
- The idea for the film was conceived by the director back in 1979, while Roland Emmerich was still in school.
- After the film's release, a student from the Egyptology department at Johns Hopkins University accused Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin of plagiarism, claiming he had proposed a similar story to them ten years earlier. The university vouched for its student, as he was known for theories that were subsequently used in the movie. The incident was settled out of court.
- The film 'Stargate' became the first movie in the world to have an official website. The idea to create the site was proposed by one of the screenwriters, Dean Devlin.
- Actor Jay Davidson refused to remove his nipple rings, which caused considerable trouble for the costume designer and the cinematographer.
- The film's test screenings were catastrophic, with only a little over thirty percent of viewers liking the movie. However, as a result of several changes suggested by executive producer Mario Kassar, the plotlines became clearer, and the film became incredibly popular.
- After the screenings, viewers expressed the opinion that Ra looked "not alien enough," so glowing eyes were added to his image during post-production. This detail was subsequently used in the series "Stargate SG-1" (1997-2007).
- Jay Davison disliked the attention surrounding him after working on Neil Jordan's thriller "The Crying Game" (1992) so much that he had no desire to play Ra in Roland Emmerich's sci-fi action film "Stargate" (1994). However, he didn't want to simply refuse the role, so he decided to demand a fee of $1 million for filming, believing the request would be rejected and the matter would resolve itself. To the actor's surprise, his condition was accepted, and he was forced to film for Emmerich.
- Upon first reading the script, Kurt Russell found it terrible and refused to participate in the project. The film's producers continued to make increasingly tempting offers until he finally agreed. Screenwriter Dean Devlin later learned that Russell had been accidentally sent the very first draft of the script (which even Devlin himself considered terrible) rather than the most recent version.
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