Stargate

"It will take you a million light years from home. But will it bring you back?"

Oct 28 1994 PG-13 1h 56m
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.

Plot

In 1928, in Egypt, a strange device is found by an expedition. In the present days, the outcast linguist Dr. Daniel Jackson is invited by a mysterious woman to decipher an ancient hieroglyph in a military facility. Soon he finds that the device was developed by an advanced civilization and opens a portal to teletransport to another planet. Dr. Jackson is invited to join a military team under the command of Colonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil that will explore the new world. They find a land that recalls Egypt and humans in a primitive culture that worship and are slaves to Ra, the God of the Sun. But soon they discover the secret of the mysterious "stargate".

Written by

Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich

Directed by

Roland Emmerich

Production Countries

United States of America, France

Production Companies

Canal+, Centropolis Entertainment, Carolco Pictures

Languages

svenska, Norsk, English

Awards

6 wins & 6 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
211,048
Average Rating
7 out of 10
Metascore
42
Popularity
NA