The Terminator [1984 film] (1984)

by James Cameron (Director), Gale Anne Hurd (Screenwriter), William Wisher Jr. (Writer)

Other authors: Michael Biehn (Actor), Earl Boen (Actor), Brad Fiedel (Composer), Linda Hamilton (Actor), Lance Henriksen (Actor) — 4 more, Bill Paxton (Actor), Rick Rossovich (Actor), Arnold Schwarzenegger (Actor), Paul Winfield (Actor)

Series: The Terminator films (1)

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In 2029, the ruling giant super-computer, Skynet, sends in indestructible cyborg, a Terminator, back in time to 1984 to kill a woman, Sarah Connor, whose unborn son will become mankind's only hope.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Cameron, James	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Hurd, Gale Anne	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
Wisher Jr., William	Writer	main author	all editions	confirmed
Biehn, Michael	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Boen, Earl	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Fiedel, Brad	Composer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hamilton, Linda	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Henriksen, Lance	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Paxton, Bill	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rossovich, Rick	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Schwarzenegger, Arnold	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Winfield, Paul	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

▾Series and work relationships

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The Terminator films (1)

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The Terminator: Special Edition [1984 film] by James Cameron

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Has the adaptation

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Terminator and Philosophy: I'll Be Back, Therefore I Am (The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series) by Richard Brown

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The Terminator: Original Soundtrack by Brad Fiedel

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The Terminator [1984 film]

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The Terminator

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1984-10-26

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The Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger, T-800: Cyberdyne Systems Model 101 Series 800 Terminator)

Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn)

Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton)

Lieutenant Ed Traxler (Paul Winfield)

Detective Hal Vukovich (Lance Henriksen)

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This is the movie. Please do not combine it with the novelization or Arnold will be back. Thanks.

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In 2029, the ruling giant super-computer, Skynet, sends in indestructible cyborg, a Terminator, back in time to 1984 to kill a woman, Sarah Connor, whose unborn son will become mankind's only hope.

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