Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1541 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-02-17
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 119 minutes

Amazon.com
Before they unleashed the idiotic mayhem of Independence Day and Godzilla, the idea-stealing team of director Roland Emmerich and producer-screenwriter Dean Devlin concocted this hokey hit about the discovery of an ancient portal capable of zipping travelers to "the other side of the known universe." James Spader plays the Egyptologist who successfully translates the Stargate's hieroglyphic code, and then joins a hawkish military unit (led by Kurt Russell) on a reconnaissance mission to see what's on the other side. They arrive on a desert world with cultural (and apparently supernatural) ties to Earth's ancient Egypt, where the sun god Ra (played by Jaye Davidson from The Crying Game) rules a population of slaves with armored minions and startlingly advanced technology. After being warmly welcomed into the slave camp, the earthlings encourage and support a rebellion, and while Russell threatens to blow up the Stargate to prevent its use by enemy forces, the movie collapses into a senseless series of action scenes and grandiose explosions. It's all pretty ridiculous, but Stargate found a large and appreciative audience, spawned a cable-TV series, and continues to attract science fiction fans who are more than willing to forgive its considerable faults. --Jeff Shannon

DVD features
Nothing beats a sci-fi movie with wall-shaking sound, and the Stargate Ultimate Edition delivers the goods with 6.1 DTS ES and 5.1 Dolby Digital EX. Yes, Stargate has been released on DVD numerous times, but this 2003 version is the best yet, with improved sound and a generally clean picture that's now anamorphically enhanced for widescreen televisions. Note: The current Stargate Ultimate Edition is a stripped-down version with only a featurette and commentary track. The Ultimate Edition originally released in 2003 included the combination of the theatrical cut and director's cut (nine minutes longer), and a 23-minute making-of feature that concentrated on the film's design and production. --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews

A Lot Of Sand
This movie takes place in another world equivalent to Egypt so we see a lot of sand dunes, which isn't really that good to look at, boring scenery. The aliens make good bad guys, and they seem unbeatable, so it's a good underdog story how the natives unite to fight the aliens, with help from the U.S. soldiers. Kurt Russell plays a tragic tough guy, and it comes out as a good character to root for when he fights the aliens. I think overall it's an above average action movie, with a little romance, but the lasting image is that there's a lot of sand.

Stargate (Ultimate Edition)
The item arrived in a timely fashion and in the condition described. The box had some minor writing on it in sharpie, but for 3 or 4 four dollars and speedy shipping, i couldn't be more happy!

Great movie! nice point of view...
I loved this movie at it's time, this edition is great, the sound and image are very good, plus the DTS sound...
I didn't give it a 5 stars because of the presentation inside..too poor for an Ultimate Edition, besides that the movie quality is impressive...
Sorry for my english...IoI