An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
Production
Practical sets that look expensive and cheap simultaneously
Costume
Ra's entire glitter-draped androgynous villain serve
Visual Effects
The stargate sequence still slaps, sorry to CGI haters
Director
Roland Emmerich
James Spader
Dr. Daniel Jackson
Kurt Russell
Colonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil
Jaye Davidson
Ra
Viveca Lindfors
Catherine
Alexis Cruz
Skaara
Mili Avital
Sha'uri
Erick Avari
Kasuf
John Diehl
Lieutenant Kawalsky
Djimon Hounsou
Horus
Carlos Lauchu
Anubis
Leon Rippy
General W.O. West
French Stewart
Lieutenant Ferretti
Derek Webster
Brown
Christopher John Fields
Freeman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jaye Davidson was so reclusive after 'The Crying Game' that Emmerich flew to London to personally beg him to play Ra.
This flopped with critics but became the highest-grossing MGM film of 1994—directly funding 'Independence Day' and launching 17 seasons of TV.
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