TERMINATOR (BR-DVD/WS-1.85/FR-BOTH/CH-ENG-PO-SP-KO-TH-SUB) DVD

The Terminator
Endlessly imitated, The Terminator made the reputation of cowriter/director James Cameron -- who would go on to make 1997's titanic Titanic -- and solidified the stardom of Arnold Schwarzenegger. The movie begins in a post-apocalyptic 2029, when Los Angeles has been largely reduced to rubble and is under the thumb of all-powerful ruling machines. Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn), a member of the human resistance movement, is teleported back to 1984. His purpose: to rescue Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), the mother of the man who will lead the 21st-century rebels against the tyrannical machines, from being assassinated before she can give birth. Likewise thrust back to 1984 is The Terminator (Schwarzenegger), a grim, well-armed, virtually indestructable cyborg who has been programmed to eliminate Sarah Connor. After killing two "Sarah Connors" who turn out to be the wrong women, he finally aims his gunsights at the genuine article. This is the film in which Schwarzenegger declared "I'll be baaaack" -- and back he was, in "kinder and gentler" form, in the even more successful Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast Arnold Schwarzenegger as Terminator Michael Biehn as Kyle Reese Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor Paul Winfield as Traxler Lance Henriksen as Vukovich Rick Rossovich as Matt Bess Motta as Ginger

Crew George Costello - Art Director Stanzi Stokes - Casting Hilary Wright - Costume Designer Betsy Magruder - First Assistant Director James Cameron - Director Mark Goldblatt - Editor John Daly - Executive Producer Derek Gibson - Executive Producer Brad Fiedel - Composer (Music Score) Richard Lightstone - Musical Direction/Supervision Joe Dolce - Songwriter Jonathan Cain - Songwriter Jay Ferguson - Songwriter Jeff Dawn - Makeup Stan Winston - Makeup Special Effects Donna Smith - Production Designer Adam Greenberg - Cinematographer Gale Anne Hurd - Producer Maria Rebman Caso - Set Designer Gene Warren, Jr. - Special Effects Roger George - Special Effects Frank DeMarco - Special Effects Peter Kleinow - Special Effects Richard Lightstone - Sound/Sound Designer Cynthia Brannon - Stunts Ken Fritz - Stunts Coordinator William Wisher, Jr. - Screenwriter James Cameron - Screenwriter Gale Anne Hurd - Screenwriter

The Terminator
As relentless as the taciturn titular villain, The Terminator (1984) established James Cameron as a master of action, special effects, and quasi-mythic narrative intrigue, while turning Arnold Schwarzenegger into the hard-body star of the 1980s. With a budget well under $10 million, Cameron created a dystopic, trashed future world ruled by sinister robots, before returning to a darkly ominous 1984 Los Angeles where Schwarzenegger's leather-clad cyborg fits right in. Like the adversaries in Alien (1979) and Blade Runner (1982), the Terminator, with his computer matrix vision, embodied 1980s technological anxiety, an implacable, human-looking assassin engineered by machines and empowered through nuclear holocaust. Schwarzenegger's pumped-up physical presence, sparse dialogue, and "I'll be back" slyness rendered him both terrifying and charismatic; as with Sylvester Stallone, his body would become his signature special effect. With a time-bending romance to temper the perpetual violence, The Terminator became a sleeper hit, powering Cameron, Schwarzenegger, and producer/co-writer Gale Anne Hurd to the forefront of Hollywood action movies. As Schwarzenegger's image softened by the late 1980s, Cameron resurrected him as a "kinder, gentler" Terminator in the blockbuster sequel Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991). ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: English, French, KO, Por, Spanish, TH Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel Additional Features: 7 deleted scenes Creating The Terminator: Visual Effects & Music Terminator: A Retropective DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: A Content Length: min