History Trivia / Stargate

* SimilarlyNamedWorks:
** Has nothing to do with the arcade game ''Stargate'', which is in fact a sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Defender}}.''
** Also unrelated to the 1982 novel ''Stargate'', by Pauline Gedge.
** Further has nothing to do with the 1980 Tabletop Wargame ''Stargate''. -- the term has been popular in Sci-Fi!
** Unrelated to the final episode of ''Series/LogansRun''.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In Mexico, the film became "La puerta del tiempo" which translates to "The Gate of Time". Some moviegoers mistakenly thought the far away planet the squad goes to was just a very early time in Egypt, and were seriously confused with the storyline.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/ SGCommand]]

* BreakthroughHit: For Music/DavidArnold, who got the gig after the producers heard his music from ''The Young Americans''.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: It's starting to push the bounds of plausibility that the CoolOldLady in the PresentDay was a preteen child in 1928, which places her birth sometime in the late 1910s or so. In 1994, this would put her in her seventies (roughly the same age as Viveca Lindfors's at the time), but today it would make her about a hundred (incidentally, Catherine's age seems to have been retconned by the TV series, which specified that she was twenty-one in 1945, thus placing her birth in about 1924, though now she would still be nearly a hundred).

** Creator/JamesSpader, going from his usual creepy, sex-obsessed dramatic roles to playing a dorky scientist to the nth degree. Creator/KurtRussell, meanwhile, goes from being a slapstick action hero to a broody DeathSeeker AntiHero [[spoiler: ([[CharacterDevelopment at least until the film's climax).]]]]

** Jaye Davidson wasn't very fond of acting and originally intended that ''Film/TheCryingGame'' would be the only film he ever made. However, the producers of this film were desperate to sign him on, and he agreed to do it for a million dollars; enough, he figured, to either make them give up or give him some financial security for the rest of his life.

** Creator/JamesSpader, going from his usual creepy, sex-obsessed dramatic roles to playing an {{Adorkable}} scientist to the nth degree. Creator/KurtRussell, meanwhile, goes from being a slapstick action hero to a broody DeathSeeker AntiHero [[spoiler: ([[CharacterDevelopment at least until the film's climax).]]]]

** [[https://www.gateworld.net/news/2020/10/mayan-stargate-dean-devlin-reveals-original-stargate-trilogy-plans/ Devlin revealed]] that the film was intended to be the first of a trilogy in which the second involving a planet based on Mayan culture (complete with pyramids) and the third leaning heavily into AllMythsAreTrue.

** A different take of the scene where Ra punishes his guard. Here Ra is seen from the side
** The village scene at the beginning is longer
** A longer entrance of Ra at the assembly. O'Neill and his men are pushed down by the guards
** An extended entry to the control room. Daniel gets an explanation of how things work. You see that the conference room is directly above the control room
** An extended activation of the Stargate. You see more of the two technicians operating the Stargate. General West orders final evacuation. The two technicians leave the control room. O'Neill looks back at West. West leaves the conference room and the shutters close

** ThePeteBest: And as a result of ''SG-1's'' AdaptationExpansion[=/=]AdaptationDisplacement, the actors who are usually remembered as Daniel and O'Neil(l) are Creator/MichaelShanks and Creator/RichardDeanAnderson rather than Spader and Russell.

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/JamesSpader, going from his usual creepy, sex-obsessed dramatic roles to playing an {{Adorkable}} scientist to the nth degree. Creator/KurtRussell, meanwhile, goes from being a slapstick action hero to a broody DeathSeeker AntiHero [[spoiler: ([[CharacterDevelopment at least until the film's climax).]]]]

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: It's starting to push the bounds of plausibility that the CoolOldLady in the PresentDay was a preteen child in 1928, which places her birth sometime in the late 1910s or so. In 1994, this would put her in her seventies (roughly the same age as Viveca Lindfors at the time), but today it would make her about a hundred (incidentally, Catherine's age seems to have been retconned by the TV series, which specified that she was twenty-one in 1945, thus placing her birth in about 1924).

* TheOtherDarrin: ''Series/StargateSG1'' recast all characters who originated in the movie except for Skaara and his and Sha'uri/Sha're's father Kasuf.

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/JamesSpader, going from his usual creepy, sex-obsessed dramatic roles to playing an {{Adorkable}} scientist to the nth degree. Creator/KurtRussell, meanwhile, goes from being a slapstick action hero to a broody DeathSeeker AntiHero [[spoiler: [[CharacterDevelopment at least until the film's climax.]]]]

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: It's starting to push the bounds of plausibility that the CoolOldLady in the PresentDay was a preteen child in 1928, which places her birth sometime in the late 1910s or so. In 1994, this would put her in her seventies (roughly the same age as Viveca Lindfors at the time), but today it would make her about a hundred. (Incidentally, Catherine's age seems to have been retconned by the TV series, which specified that she was twenty-one in 1945, thus placing her birth in about 1924.)

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/SeanConnery and Creator/WesleySnipes were offered the role of Col. Jack O'Neil.

** Further has nothing to do with teh 1980 Tabletop Wargame ''Stargate''. -- the term has been popular in Sci-Fi!

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: Has nothing to do with the arcade game ''Stargate'', which is in fact a sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Defender}}.''

* As mentioned on the main page, this was one of the first films to get a promotional website, as the Internet was just beginning to take off in popularity. There is debate on whether or not it was ''the'' first, as ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'' also claims to have the first website.
* There's a snyde ShoutOut to renowned Egyptologist E.A. Wallis Budge at the beginning when Daniel is asked to translate the writing on the stone. It may go right over the heads of most viewers, but to fans of Egyptology it's a hoot. Budge's translations as well as his interpretations of Egyptian religion and culture were unfortunately all too influenced by his Victorian attitudes. [[http://fannyfae.com/2013/09/05/using-budge-bad-idea/ This essay explains why the line is appropriate and accurate.]] If you're interested, [[http://ask.metafilter.com/46687/Is-E-A-Wallis-Budge-still-worth-reading here's some recommended reading.]]
--> '''Daniel.''' Well, the translation of the inner track is wrong. Must've used Budge. I don't know why they keep reprinting his books.