Title and credits from container; additional cast from IMDb. Terminator originally produced as a motion picture in 1984, Terminator 2 in 1991, Terminator 3 in 2003, and Terminator salvation in 2009. Special features (the terminator): Deleted scenes; creating The Terminator: visual effects & music; Terminator: a retrospective. Special features (Terminator 2): Special edition (153 min.); interactive features: behind-the-scenes video and multimedia galleries, storyboard-script mode, quizzes and games; audio commentaries. Special features (Terminator 3): In-movie experience; introduction by Arnold Schwarzenegger; commentaries with the stars and director; TV special: HBO first look; featurettes; storyboards; Sgt. Candy scene; gag reel; the making of the video game. Special features (Terminator salvation): Director's cut (117 min.); reforging the future: reinventing the franchise; The moto-terminator: the relationship between the filmmakers and Ducati. Terminator: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield. Terminator 2: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, Joe Morton, Edward Furlong. Terminator 3: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, Kristanna Loken, David Andrews, Mark Famiglietti, Earl Boen, Moira Harris, Chopper Bernet. Terminator salvation: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Moon Bloodgood, Bryce Dallas Howard, Common, Jane Alexander, Helena Bonham Carter.
Contents:
Terminator (108 min.) / written by James Cameron with Gale Anne Hurd ; produced by Gail Anne Hurd ; directed by James Cameron -- Terminator 2 (137 min.) / written by James Cameron & William Wisher ; produced and directed by James Cameron -- Terminator 3 (109 min.) / producers, Mario F. Kassar [and others] ; screenplay writers, John D. Brancato, Michael Ferris ; director, Jonathan Mostow -- Terminator salvation (114 min.) / produced by Moritz Borman [and others] ; written by John Brancato & Michael Ferris ; directed by McG.
Summary:
Terminator: In 2029, the ruling giant super-computer, Skynet, sends an indestructible cyborg, a Terminator, back in time to 1984 to kill a woman, Sarah Connor, whose unborn son will become mankind's only hope. Terminator 2: A lethal cyborg, the T-1000, has been sent back from 2029 A.D. to present day Los Angeles on a mission to kill the boy destined to lead the freedom fighters of the future. The original Terminator cyborg is reprogrammed and sent to save the boy, assisted by the boy's mother, a woman warrior whose warnings of a world headed toward nuclear disaster go unheeded. Terminator 3: John Connor is a 20-something living on the streets as a common laborer. His mother has since died, and their earlier efforts did not stop the creation of SkyNet artificial intelligence network. As he will still become the leader of the human resistance, Connor is once again targeted by a Terminator sent from the future by SkyNet. This new Terminator, T-X, is a female and is more powerful than any of her predecessors. To protect Connor, the human resistance sends a new T-101 back from the future. Terminator salvation: The future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright, a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynets operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.
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