The Terminator (1984)

Directed by James Cameron

The Terminator movie poster

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?

Genre: Action, Thriller, Science Fiction

Language: en

Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

Production

Cinematographer: Adam Greenberg · Composer: Brad Fiedel · Editor: Mark Goldblatt

Production: Hemdale

Budget: $6.4M

Script: Read the script on Script Slug

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