Sony: Special 10th Anniversary DVD Releases

Special Release of S1-S8 in Slim Packaging

From: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

RICHARD DEAN ANDERSON, MICHAEL SHANKS, AMANDA TAPPING, CHRISTOPHER JUDGE AND DON DAVIS STAR IN THE EIGHT-TIME EMMY® NOMINATED SERIES

Stargate SG-1: Seasons 1-8

DVD Sets Celebrate Television’s Longest Running Sci-Fi Series 10th Anniversary

Culver City, Calif. (April 3, 2006) — Sony Pictures Home Entertainment celebrates the 10th anniversary of “Stargate SG-1” with the release of the Stargate SG-1: Seasons 1-8 DVD collection on June 13. Starring Richard Dean Anderson (MacGyver, General Hospital), Michael Shanks (Door To Door), Amanda Tapping (Life or Something Like It), Christopher Judge (Snow Dogs) and Don Davis (A League of Their Own), Stargate SG-1 is based on the hit 1994 film Stargate. Chronicling the adventures of the Stargate Command, the series follows the four members of SG-1 on their missions through an ancient “gate” to new worlds where they encounter fascinating and sometimes dangerous cultures.

Created by Jonathan Glassner and Brad Wright (TV’s “The Outer Limits”), Stargate SG-1 debuted on Showtime in 1997, later airing on The Sci-Fi Channel beginning with Season Six. Now in its 10th season, Stargate SG-1 is the longest running sci-fi series in television history and has been nominated for more than 71 awards, including eight Emmy® nominations.

The Stargate SG-1: Seasons 1-8 DVD collection contains the complete episodes for each season and value added content including “The Directors’ Series” and “Beyond the Gate” featurettes. The commemorative collection will also feature sleek, innovative slim packs decorated with classic sci-fi themed art. Stargate SG-1: Seasons 1-8 will each be available for an SRP of $49.96.

SYNOPSIS
Colonel Jack O’Neill (Anderson) resurfaces from retirement when a corrupt being passes through the Stargate to Earth and kidnaps a female soldier. Stargate, discovered in Egypt at the turn of the 20th century, is a portal that immediately carries travelers across vast distances to other galaxies. The reactivation of Stargate unleashes O’Neill’s silence about the truth — O’Neill never destroyed Stargate as he was ordered to years before and scientist Dr. Daniel Jackson (Shanks) is alive and well on the far-away planet of Abydos.

When Colonel O’Neill passes through the Stargate to Planet Abydos to rescue the lost soldier once again, he is reunited with Dr. Jackson who then confesses that the evil being also kidnapped his wife and brother-in-law. Jackson then unveils his new discovery – an ancient map of hieroglyphics indicating other existing Stargates that lead to other planets throughout the galaxy, not only Planet Abydos.

O’Neill returns to Earth to inform his superior General George Hammond (Davis) about the advancement of Stargate as a portal to many unknown frontiers. Hammond sends newly assembled SG teams to travel throughout the galaxy to conduct research and fight conflict and dark power threatening the safety of Earth and other peaceful planets. This team, known as SG-1, works under the auspices of a covert agency known as the SGC, a division of Air Force Intelligence that is highly classified; only the President and the Joint Chiefs know of its existence. Jackson’s discovery and the SG team’s subsequent missions “unlock the universe” and the adventures of Colonel O’Neill, and Stargate SG-1 begins.

Season 1 Episodes (July 27, 1997 — March 6, 1998)

1. Children of the Gods: Part 1
2. Children of the Gods: Part 2
3. The Enemy Within
4. Emancipation
5. The Broca Divide
6. The First Commandment
7. Cold Lazarus
8. The Nox
9. Brief Candle
10. Thor’s Hammer
11. The Torment of Tantalus
12. Bloodlines
13. Fire and Water
14. Hathor
15. Singularity
16. Cor-Ai
17. Enigma
18. Solitudes
19. Tin Man
20. There But for the Grace of God
21. Politics
22. Within the Serpent’s Grasp

Stargate SG-1: Season 1
DVD Catalog #: 1001607
DVD UPC Code: 027616859174
DVD Order Date: 5/11/06
DVD SRP: $49.96

Season 2 Episodes (June 26, 1998 — March 12, 1999)

1. The Serpent’s Lair
2. In the Line of Duty
3. Prisoners
4. The Gamekeeper
5. Need
6. Thor’s Chariot
7. Message in a Bottle
8. Family
9. Secrets
10. Bane
11. The Tok’ra: Part 1
12. The Tok’ra: Part 2
13. Spirits
14. Touchstone
15. A Matter of Time
16. The Fifth Race
17. Serpent’s Song
18. Holiday
19. One False Step
20. Show and Tell
21. 1969
22. Out of Mind

Stargate SG-1: Season 2
DVD Catalog #: 1003839
DVD UPC Code: 027616879585
DVD Order Date: 5/11/06
DVD SRP: $49.96

Season 3 Episodes (June 25, 1999 — March 10, 2000)

1. Into the Fire
2. Seth
3. Fair Game
4. Legacy
5. Learning Curve
6. Point of View
7. Deadman Switch
8. Demons
9. Rules of Engagement
10. Forever in a Day
11. Past and Present
12. Jolinar’s Memories
13. The Devil You Know
14. Foothold
15. Pretense
16. Urgo
17. A Hundred Days
18. Shades of Grey
19. New Ground
20. Maternal Instinct
21. Crystal Skull
22. Nemesis

Stargate SG-1: Season 3
DVD Catalog #: 1004660
DVD UPC Code: 027616887016
DVD Order Date: 5/11/06
DVD SRP: $49.96

Season 4 Episodes (June 30, 2000 — February 23, 2001)

1. Small Victories
2. The Other Side
3. Upgrades
4. Crossroads
5. Divide and Conquer
6. Window of Opportunity
7. Watergate
8. The First Ones
9. Scorched Earth
10. Beneath the Surface
11. Point of No Return
12. Tangent
13. The Curse
14. The Serpent’s Venom
15. 29 September 2000
16. Chain Reaction
17. 2010
18. Absolute Power
19. The Light
20. Prodigy
21. Entity
22. Double Jeopardy
23. Exodus

Stargate SG-1: Season 4
DVD Catalog #: 1005198
DVD UPC Code: 027616895264
DVD Order Date: 5/11/06
DVD SRP: $49.96

Season 5 Episodes (June 29, 2001 — May 17, 2002)

1. Enemies
2. Threshold
3. Ascension
4. The Fifth Man
5. Red Sky
6. Rite of Passage
7. Beast of Burden
8. The Tomb
9. Between Two Fires
10. 2001
11. Desperate Measures
12. Wormhole X-Treme!
13. Proving Ground
14. 48 Hours
15. Summit
16. Last Stand
17. Fail Safe
18. The Warrior
19. Menace
20. Sentinel
21. Meridian
22. Revelation

Stargate SG-1: Season 5
DVD Catalog #: 1005928
DVD UPC Code: 027616901576
DVD Order Date: 5/11/06
DVD SRP: $49.96

Season 6 Episodes (June 7, 2002 — March 21, 2003)

1. Redemption: Part 1
2. Redemption: Part 2
3. Descent
4. Frozen
5. Nightwalkers
6. Abyss
7. Shadow Play
8. The Other Guys
9. Allegiance
10. Cure
11. Prometheus
12. Unnatural Selection
13. Sight Unseen
14. Smoke & Mirrors
15. Paradise Lost
16. Metamorphosis
17. Disclosure
18. Forsaken
19. The Changeling
20. Memento
21. Prophecy
22. Full Circle

Stargate SG-1: Season 6
DVD Catalog #: 1006080
DVD UPC Code: 027616903020
DVD Order Date: 5/11/06
DVD SRP: $49.96

Season 7 Episodes (June 13, 2003 — March 19, 2004)

1. Fallen
2. Homecoming
3. Fragile Balance
4. Orpheus
5. Revisions
6. Lifeboat
7. Enemy Mine
8. Space Race
9. Avenger 2.0
10. Birthright
11. Evolution: Part 1
12. Evolution: Part 2
13. Grace
14. Fallout
15. Chimera
16. Death Knell
17. Heroes: Part 1
18. Heroes: Part 2
19. Resurrection
20. Inauguration
21. Lost City: Part 1
22. Lost City: Part 2

Stargate SG-1: Season 7
DVD Catalog #: 1006666
DVD UPC Code: 027616908278
DVD Order Date: 5/11/06
DVD SRP: $49.96

Season 8 Episodes (July 9, 2004 — March 25, 2005)

1. New Order: Part 1
2. New Order: Part 2
3. Lockdown
4. Zero Hour
5. Icon
6. Avatar
7. Affinity
8. Covenant
9. Sacrifices
10. Endgame
11. Gemini
12. Prometheus Unbound
13. It’s Good to Be King
14. Full Alert
15. Citizen Joe
16. Reckoning: Part 1
17. Reckoning: Part 2
18. Threads
19. Moebius: Part 1
20. Moebius: Part 2

Stargate SG-1: Season 8
DVD Catalog #: 15256
DVD UPC Code: 027616152565
DVD Order Date: 5/11/06
DVD SRP: $49.95

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