About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 64. Chapters: Showgirls, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Stargate, Total Recall, Hamlet, Chaplin, First Blood, The Doors, Basic Instinct, They Live, Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw, Cliffhanger, Rambo: First Blood Part II, Carolco Pictures, Air America, Rambo III, Universal Soldier, Music Box, Red Heat, Angel Heart, Prince of Darkness, Cutthroat Island, The Silent Partner, Iron Eagle II, DeepStar Six, Watchers, Shocker, Repossessed, Lock Up, Cinergi Pictures, L.A. Story, Last of the Dogmen, Wagons East!, Pathfinder, Extreme Prejudice, Andrew G. Vajna, Narrow Margin, Mountains of the Moon, Johnny Handsome, Rambling Rose, The Dark Wind. Excerpt: Stargate is a 1994 American military science fiction film released through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and Carolco Pictures. Created by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich, the film is the first release in the Stargate franchise. Directed by Roland Emmerich, the film stars Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson, Carlos Lauchu, Djimon Honsou, Erick Avari, Alexis Cruz, Mili Avital, John Diehl, French Stewart, and Viveca Lindfors. The plot centers around the premise of a "Stargate," an ancient ring-shaped device that creates a wormhole enabling travel to a similar device a galaxy away. The film's central plot explores the theory of extraterrestrial beings having an influence upon human civilization. The film had a mixed initial critical reception, earning both praise and criticism for its atmosphere, story, characters, and graphic content. Nevertheless, Stargate gained a cult following and became a commercial success worldwide. Devlin and Emmerich gave the rights to the franchise to MGM when they were working on their 1996 film Independence Day (the rights to the Stargate film are currently owned by StudioCanal, with Lions Gate Entertainment handling most dist...
