| Release Date | 28 October 1994 |
| Budget | $55,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $72,000,000 |
| Tagline | It Will Take You A Million Light Years From Home |
| Genre | Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi |
| Country | FranceUSA |
| Filming Locations | Ballroom, Park Plaza Hotel - 607 S. Park View Street, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Language | English, Norwegian, Swedish |
| Sound Mix | DTS, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Space Adventure |
| Mood | Other Dimensions |
| Themes | Time Travel, Culture Clash, Finding a Way Back Home, Evil Aliens, Space Travel |
| Tones | Lavish, Rousing, Sweeping, Tense, Slick, Atmospheric |
| Tags | Alien [not Human], Archaeologist, Bad Guy, Captain [military], Dimension Travel, Good Guy, Teleportation, Time Travel |
Stargate is a 1994 American military science fiction film released through Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer (MGM) and Carolco Pictures. Created by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich, the film is the first release in the Stargate franchise. Directed by Roland Emmerich, the film stars Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson, Carlos Lauchu, Djimon Honsou, Erick Avari, Alexis Cruz, Mili Avital, John Diehl, French Stewart, and Viveca Lindfors. The plot centers around the premise of a "Stargate", an ancient ring-shaped device that creates a wormhole enabling travel to a similar device a galaxy away. The film's central plot explores the theory of extraterrestrial beings having an influence upon human civilization.