Stargate Sg1-Season 5 (1959)

Director: William Wyler  Starring: Charlton Heston  
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Product Summary
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Format: DVD
UPC: 00027616152534
Buy.com Sku: 202501351
Item#: V2CXNM
Buy.com Sales Rank: 34460
Category Keywords: Action  Adventure  Ancient World  Based On A Novel  Bible Epic  Classic  Epic  Essential Cinema  Period Piece  Recommended  Religion  Theatrical Release 
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Features: DVD
 
The Stargate is an intergalactic gateway, developed by an ancient civilization, that links other planets from other solar systems to ours. The U.S. Air Force assembles a Stargate team headed by Colonel Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson of "MacGyver") for interstellar peace-keeping missions. Boasting incredible special effects sequences, rapid-fire pacing and awesome scenes of alien warfare, Stargate SG-1 is your gateway to pulse-pounding, sci-fi action!
 
"Stargate was an enormously entertaining film that spawned an equally entertaining series."  Chuck Arrington, DVD Talk
"Overall this is a pretty damned good series."  Mark Davis, DVD Times

 


Editor's Note

Anno Domini: the seventh year of Augustus Caesar's reign. In the Roman province of Judea, Jews return to the city of their birth for the census. A bright star in the night over Bethlehem marks the birth of Jesus Christ. Years later, Roman commander Messala (Stephen Boyd), who was brought up in Judea, takes command of the Roman garrison in Jerusalem. His Jewish boyhood friend Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) greets him. Messala is delighted. But when Judah refuses to name Jewish patriots, Messala sentences him to the slave galleys and imprisons his mother, Miriam (Martha Scott), and sister, Tirzah (Cathy O'Donnell). Judah vows revenge.

In BEN-HUR, William Wyler's much-lauded epic, the story of Judah's search for his mother and sister and his quest for revenge intersects with crucial biblical events such as the Sermon on the Mount and the crucifixion. Wyler gets fine performances from Heston, Boyd, Jack Hawkins (as a Roman admiral who befriends Judah), and Hugh Griffith (as an Arab sheik who dreams of racing his beautiful white horses against Messala). Among BEN-HUR's vivid dramatic sequences are a violent sea battle and the famous chariot race that pits Judah against Messala in one of cinema's great action sequences.


Plot Summary

William Wyler's biblical epic is a production of unheard-of scale, exhibiting the work of literally tens of thousands of people. The film tells the story of Judah Ben-Hur, a Judean prince who as a galley slave saves the life of a Roman nobleman, changing his life forever. The 1880 novel by Lew Wallace had previously been filmed to great acclaim in 1927 with Ramon Navarro.

 

Features
"SG-1 Video Diaries" By Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge & Michael Shanks
Audio Commentary For Each Episode
Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
Featurettes: "Inside The Tomb" & "Dr. Daniel Jackson - A Tribute"
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection
Season 5 Stills Gallery
 
Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: Sony Pictures
Release Date: 1/13/2009
Running Time: 211 minutes
Original Release Date: 1959
Catalog ID: 301525
UPC: 00027616152534
Number of Discs: 2

Audio & Video
Available Audio Tracks: English [CC]
Video: Color

Aspect Ratio
Anamorphic Widescreen  1.78:1

 
Cast & Crew
Amanda Tapping
Beau Bridges
Ben Browder
Richard Dean Anderson
Dean Devlin, et. al. - Writer
Neal Acree - Original Music By
Peter DeLuise - Producer
Peter F. Woeste - Cinematographer
Richard Benwick, et. al. - Editor
Robert C. Cooper - Executive Producer
William Waring - Director

 
Awards

Emmy (2002)
   James Tichenor, et. al., Nominee, Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series

 
Professional Reviews
Variety
"...William Wyler's 1959 Roman drama still has a self-confidence and sheer scope that's jaw-dropping..." 03/05/2001 p.42

Premiere
"[H]istorically significant and fascinating." 10/01/2005 p.126

The DVD Report 9 of 10
A sequel to the 1994 movie Stargate, Stargate SG-1 is one of the premiere science-fiction series on television. First airing in July 1997, the show has been nominated for 7 Emmys and 23 Saturn Awards. The brainchild of creator Dean Devlin, producer of such Hollywood blockbusters as Independence Day (1996) and The Patriot (2000), Stargate SG-1 chronicles the further adventures of the Stargate Command (SGC) as Earth and its citizens advance forward into a new era of space exploration...The Stargate SG-1 (Season 5) DVD features a number of exciting episodes including the season premiere "Enemies" in which SG-1 and Jacob Carter are trapped in another galaxy with Apophis. - Britt Gillette
 
DigitallyObsessed.com 7 of 10
Stargate SG-1: The Complete Fifth Season Boxed Set includes 22 episodes that continue this compelling series in fine fashion. The overall product may fall a bit short of some preceding seasons, but plenty of memorable scenes occur, including the "death" of a major character. Luckily, the science-fiction world often gives writers a method for reviving departed souls. - Dan Heaton
 

 
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