Release Date | 26 October 1984 |
Budget | $6,000,000 USD |
US Box Office | $38,000,000 USD |
Tagline | In the Year of Darkness, 2029, the rulers of this planet devised the ultimate plan. They would reshape the Future by changing the Past. The plan required something that felt no pity. No pain. No fear. Something unstoppable. They created 'THE TERMINATOR' La sua missione e una sola: distruggere, uccidere... (It's mission and only one: to destroy, to kill...) (Italian DVD) La sua missione e una sola: distruggere, uccidere... (Its mission and only one: to destroy, to kill...) (Italian DVD) |
Genre | Action Sci-Fi Thriller |
The Terminator is a 1984 American science fiction action film directed by James Cameron, written by Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd and produced by Hurd. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, a cybernetic assassin sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), whose unborn son will one day save mankind from extinction by Skynet, a hostile artificial intelligence in a post-apocalyptic future. Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn) is a soldier sent back in time to protect Sarah. The screenplay is credited to Cameron and Hurd, while co-writer William Wisher Jr. received an "additional dialogue" credit.