Media1994

'Stargate' released

When: 28 Oct 1994
Sources: 1 public source

Roland Emmerich, director and co-writer of Stargate Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

MGM released Roland Emmerich's Stargate, starring Kurt Russell and James Spader, which builds on the ancient-astronaut idea that an alien posed as an Egyptian god. It launched a long-running TV and film franchise.

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OtherStargate (1994) (opens in a new tab)AFI Catalog

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