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The Terminator (1984)

Movie"Your future is in its hands."
Audience Score
77
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R 1 hr 48 minOct 26th, 1984Thriller, Action, Science FictionThe Terminator Collection PosterPart of The Terminator Collection
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?
StarringArnold SchwarzeneggerMichael BiehnLinda Hamilton
DirectorJames Cameron
WritersJames CameronGale Anne Hurd

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:October 26th, 1984 - Buy Tickets
On DVD & Blu-ray:September 3rd, 1997 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$6,400,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$78,371,200 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Derek Gibson, John Daly
Production Companies:Hemdale, Pacific Western
The Terminator on the Web:Official Website, Facebook
Movie Tags:
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The Terminator Collection

A series of science-fiction films about the futuristic conflict between the humans led by John Connor and the Terminators that are made and controlled by Skynet, a self-aware super computer that started Armageddon and may indeed end humanity for good. Skynet's most well-known products in its genocidal goals are the various terminator models, such as the T-800 (Model 101).