Stargate - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Stargate or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Stargate

[chad]

Richard Kind (Dr. Gary Meyers) is the only actor to appear in Stargate (1994) and Stargate: Atlantis (2004).

[duane]

At one point of the movie, Jackson explains to the staff of U.S. Air Force that for any space travel, it is necessary to have seven symbols to mark coordinates. Six of them indicate the destination, signing stars or constellations, to locate the place where to go. The seventh, and last symbol, indicates the point of origin to start the travel. In the television series, an extra glyph was added, which indicates the destination galaxy, however, it is not needed unless they plan on going to a different galaxy.

[charlie]

French Stewart (Lieutenant Ferretti) is the only actor to appear in both Stargate (1994) and Stargate Universe (2009). He played Dr. Andrew Covel in Stargate Universe: Alliances (2011).

[jessie]

Ra's glowing-eye effect was added in post-production, because test audiences didn't think that he was alien enough. This trait was continued in Stargate SG-1 (1997), as an identifier to people who are taken over by the Goa'uld.

[carla]

The early pre-release screenings of the movie were disastrous. The percentage of the audience who liked the movie fell into the mid-30s, and Executive Producer Mario Kassar realized the main problem was that the plot made zero sense. His solution: have the Ra character's dialogue subtitled, and made into information that presented a clear storyline. When these changes were made, the subsequent test screenings produced an overwhelming majority of positive reviews, and this carried the movie into becoming one of the surprise hits of fall 1994.

[addison]

When the scene opens, Colonel O'Neil is sitting on his son's bed. As the Air Force officers make their way to the bed room, he pushes the pistol under a pillow with Egyptian hieroglyphics on it.

[alyssa]

The horse-like creatures on the planet were, in fact, real horses with external costumes draped over them. Dogs were also used.

[ken]

James Spader admitted that he did the film for the money, as he found the script to be awful. He said, "Acting, for me, is a passion, but it's also a job, and I've always approached it as such. I have a certain manual-laborist view of acting. There's no shame in taking a film because you need some f****** money."

[stephanie]

Wardrobe and cinematography had to work around Jaye Davidson's nipple rings - he refused to remove them.

[cassandra]

Costume designer Joseph A. Porro was jokingly referred to as "The evil Joseph Porro" after the film was scored, because the music turns ominous at the same time his name appears in the opening credits.

[carla]

The mountain entrance to the place where the giant ring is kept on Earth is the same entrance that was used to enter NORAD in the movie WarGames (1983).

[ella]

A Clydesdale Horse was used for the dog-like desert animal.

[kyle]

Hasbro released action figures of the film such as Daniel Jackson, Anubis, Jack O'Neil, Ra, Anubis chief guard etc.

[oscar]

Although the planet visited through the Stargate is never referred to by name throughout the length of the movie, its spin-off television series Stargate SG-1 (1997) would later reveal the planet's name to be Abydos. While it says in the movie that the planet is located in the Kaliam Galaxy, in the television series, its location is retroactively changed to be within the Milky Way, while travel to another galaxy necessitates a combination of eight instead of seven glyphs.

[ella]

Some of the main Props were fabricated in a Industrial complex in North Hollywood on Lankershim boulevard. Pyramid and Head Dress Sculptures.

[duane]

Many of the crowd scenes feature mannequins as they were cheaper than extras.

[violet]

In a magazine interview, James Spader said that he found the original screenplay "awful" but also that it was so bad it actually intrigued him. He then met with Roland Emmerich, was inspired by the director's passion for the project, and decided to make the movie because he felt the energy and craziness of making such a film would translate into an exciting final film.

[victoria]

Dr. Jackson (James Spader) says disdainfully that the translators have obviously been using Budge, and wonders why "they keep reprinting him". He is referring to noted Egyptologist Sir E.A. Wallis Budge (1857-1934).

[terry]

Vaitiare Hirshon auditioned for the role of Sha'uri, but lost it to Mili Avital. Bandera would later play the character (renamed Sha're) in three episodes of Stargate SG-1 (1997).