Terminator

UPC: 027616151285

Studio: MGM

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Violence, Not For Children]

Summary: 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, Rovi

Category: Science Fiction

Features: 7 deleted scenes
Creating The Terminator: Visual Effects & Music
Terminator: A Retropective

Terminator

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 06/20/2006

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 108 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,French,Portuguese,Spanish

Region: Blu-ray region A (North America, Central America, South America, Japan, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia)

Lucia Bozzola

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, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Ken Foree  Actor 
Leslie Morris  Actor 
Hettie Lynne Hurtes  Actor 
Franco Columbu  Actor 
Harriet Medin  Actor 
James Ralston  Actor 
Joe Farago  Actor 
Philip Gordon  Actor 
Marianne Muellerleile  Actor 
Chino "Fats" Williams  Actor 
Stan Yale  Actor 
David Hyde Pierce  Actor 
Tony Mirelez  Actor 
Hugh Farrington  Actor 
Dick Miller  Actor 
Brad Reardon  Actor 
Norman Friedman  Actor 
Earl Boen  Actor 
Bruce M. Kerner  Actor 
Patrick Pinney  Actor 
Brian Thompson  Actor 
William Wisher, Jr.  Actor 
Bill Paxton  Actor 
Stanzi Stokes  Actor 
Ken Fritz  Actor 
Shawn Schepps  Actor 
Barbara Powers  Actor 
James Cameron  Director 
James Cameron  Screenwriter 
John Daly  Executive Producer 
Brad Fiedel  Composer (Music Score) 
Derek Gibson  Executive Producer 
Gale Anne Hurd  Producer 
Gale Anne Hurd  Screenwriter 
William Wisher, Jr.  Screenwriter 
Arnold Schwarzenegger  Actor 
Michael Biehn  Actor 
Linda Hamilton  Actor 
Paul Winfield  Actor 
Lance Henriksen  Actor 
Rick Rossovich  Actor 
Bess Motta  Actor 

Country: USA