Stargate [1994] (1 disc)

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• Many of the crowd scenes feature mannequins, as they were cheaper than extras.
• Wardrobe and cinematography had to work around Jaye Davidson's nipple rings - he refused to remove them.
• 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 War Games.
• Special effects footage for the explosion of Ra's ship is a re-use of the visual effect seen in the opening scene of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. This effect is often referred as the "Praxis Effect" or "Praxis Explosion Effect". Controversially, a similar effect was added to the detonation of both Death Stars in the 1997 Special Edition releases of the [Star Wars trilogy].
• According to the DVD commentary, the group of scantily-clad youths which surround Ra were intentionally included to create unease in the audience.
• ^[?] Vaitiare Bandera 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].
• Richard Kind (Dr. Gary Meyers) is the only actor to appear in both Stargate and [Stargate: Atlantis], while Alexis Cruz (Skaara) and Erick Avari (Kasuf) are the only actors to appear in both Stargate and [Stargate SG-1].
• French Stewart's film debut.