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• Directors: Roland Emmerich
• Producers: Dean Devlin
• Writers: Roland Emmerich, Dean Devlin
• Genres: Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
• Actors: Kurt Russell, James Spader

The theatrical version of the film begins in 1928, where Professor Langford discovers a massive stone ring in the sands of Giza, Egypt. In the present day, Langford’s daughter Catherine offers Egyptologist Daniel Jackson the chance to translate Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs that may prove his controversial theory regarding the Pyramid of Khufu. Jackson accepts and is taken to a US military installation inside Creek Mountain, Colorado. Jackson translates the hieroglyphs on the stone ring’s coverstones, which read: “A million years into the sky is Ra, Sun God. Sealed and buried for all time, his Stargate.” Formerly retired Air Force Colonel Jack O’Neil arrives to take command of the project and declares all information regarding it classified.

Jackson notices that the symbols are star constellations that are coordinates for a location within space, the sequence is entered into the Stargate, creating a wormhole to a location in another galaxy. After O’Neil leads a team through the Stargate, they find themselves inside a pyramid in the middle of vast sand dunes. Jackson reveals they cannot dial home because the Stargate coordinates to go back to Earth are missing. Some team members stay at the pyramid while Jackson, O’Neil, and others go out and discover a mining village inhabited by humans who assume them to be gods sent by Ra.

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Jackson convinces the locals that their “gods” are mere mortals and, with their help, make it back to the Stargate hoping to deactivate the bomb. When the locals begin an open rebellion against Ra’s troops, Ra decides to retreat and prepares his ship for takeoff. O’Neil transports the bomb to Ra’s ship in orbit where it explodes, killing Ra. The team is able to return to Earth, though Jackson decides to remain on the planet and help the locals build a new society.