Terminator 2 - Il giorno del giudizio

Titolo originale: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Regia: James Cameron |
Anno: 1991
Origine: France | United States of America |
Generi: Azione Thriller Fantascienza
Tag: man vs machine | cyborg | shotgun | dystopia | moral ambiguity | post-apocalyptic future | villain | time travel | mental institution | juvenile delinquent | fictional war | urban setting | troubled teen | morphing | nuclear weapons | shape shifter | savior | catch phrase | aggressive | action hero | complex | good versus evil | sinister | depressing | commanding | compassionate | exhilarated |
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger | Linda Hamilton | Edward Furlong | Robert Patrick | Earl Boen | Joe Morton | S. Epatha Merkerson | Castulo Guerra | Danny Cooksey | Jenette Goldstein | Xander Berkeley | Leslie Hamilton Gearren | Ken Gibbel | Robert Winley | Pete Schrum | Shane Wilder | Michael Edwards | Jared Lounsbery | Casey Chavez | Ennalls Berl | Don Lake | Richard Vidan | Tom McDonald | Jim Palmer | Gerard 'Gus' Williams | Gwenda Deacon | Don Stanton | Dan Stanton | Colin Patrick Lynch | Noel Evangelisti | Nikki Cox | Lisa Brinegar | DeVaughn Nixon | Tony Simotes | Diane Rodriguez | Dalton Abbott | Ron Young | Charles Robert Brown | Abdul Salaam El Razzac | Mike Muscat | Dean Norris | Charles A. Tamburro | J. Rob Jordan | Terrence Evans | Denney Pierce | Mark Christopher Lawrence | Pat Kouri | Van Ling | Martin DeLuca | Joel Kramer | Richard Ruskin | Scott Shaw | Sven-Ole Thorsen | Randy Walker | William Wisher | Dalton Hamilton | Mic Rodgers | Michael Albanese | Ed Arneson | Debra Casey | Anne Merrem | Gavin Kelly | Bret A. Arnold | Dean Blanke | Jim Dahl | Jennifer Jacono | Takao Komine | Steven Stear |

Dieci anni dopo i fatti del primo episodio, un altro, più evoluto Terminator viene inviato sulle tracce di Sarah Connor: stavolta l'obbiettivo è il figlio John, il futuro leader della ribellione alle macchine che stanno per conquistare il mondo. Ma anche i ribelli, dal futuro, cercheranno di provvedere alla protezione del ragazzo.

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"I always thought of it as an East meets West concept," says James Cameron regarding the metallic T- [...] D
The second of five movies with Earl Boen as a psychologist. The others were Terminator (1984), Termi [...] D
Sarah's recurring nightmare about the nuclear war, her aggressive behavior when she attacks Dr Silbe [...] D
Michael Edwards later reprised the role of adult John Connor in the Terminator fan film Skynet (2021 [...] D
During the assault on Cyberdyne, Sarah Connor wields a long slide 1911, very similar to the one the [...] D
There was concern as to how realistic CGI would look when it came to the helicopter going under the [...] D
The lead singer of heavy metal band WASP, Blackie Lawless, was considered for the role of the liquid [...] D
In the fight scene in the steel mill between the two Terminators, the set was dressed with rubber so [...] D
The Terminator proves to Miles Dyson he is a machine by cutting off his living tissue and revealing [...] D
August 29, 1997 is also the date that Netflix launched. Not only that, but it started in Scotts Vall [...] D
Robert Patrick would go on to reprise his role as the T-1000 as a cameo in Fusi di testa (1992). He [...] D
The sound used for Arnold Schwarzenegger's shotgun was actually two cannons. D
Special effects guru Stan Winston and his crew studied hours of nuclear test footage in order to mak [...] D
The Cyberdyne building in the movie is in fact a two-story structure in Fremont, California. A phony [...] D
For the sound of T-1000 passing through metal bars, sound designer Gary Rydstrom simply inverted an [...] D
For the early promotion of the movie, media material avoided showing Arnold Schwarzenegger's charact [...] D
Trailer narrated by Don LaFontaine. D
The explosive chemical being used to blow up the Cyberdyne building is Polydichloric Euthimol. This [...] D
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Robert Patrick each appeared in HBO's I racconti della cripta (1989) show [...] D
The badge on the T-1000's uniform reads "Austin" (after Producer Stephanie Austin), although it is n [...] D
In a deleted scene from Terminator (1984), Sarah looks up Cyberdyne Systems in a phone book and trie [...] D
(at around 1h 40 mins) During the chase scene, the police helicopter used by the T-1000 is suspended [...] D
Stan Winston's crew built three final T-1000 puppets for the 'pretzel man' effect, which has the cha [...] D
(at around 1h 1 min) The bullets Sarah Connor pulls out of the Terminator are slugs from a Browning [...] D
Stan Winston and Dennis Muren worked together again on Jurassic Park (1993), which James Cameron had [...] D
Arnold Schwarzenegger's young daughter screamed the first time she saw his face made up to show the [...] D
The name of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator is the Terminator Series 800 (shiny metal endoskeleto [...] D
[2:00:00] Director James Cameron's own screams were used for the death throes of the T-1000. D
All three US laserdisc releases of the 1993 Special Edition, released 11/24/93, have a catalog/spine [...] D
Carolco studio executives were nervous and concerned when the original budget of US $75 million ball [...] D
Filmed scenes not included in the theatrical release (all but two were restored in the Special Editi [...] D
The artificial substance used instead of melted steel (which would have been far too dangerous to us [...] D
(at around 1h 30 mins) The address given in the movie for the Cyberdyne Building is 2144 Kramer Stre [...] D
(at around 16 mins) [Special Edition only] The "forced medication" scene had to be re-shot several t [...] D
Because of the effects required for the climax, Arnold Schwarzenegger could not see through one eye [...] D
Scenes filmed but not included in DVD or Special Edition releases:-1st: After a resistance soldier d [...] D
James Cameron: [white frame] (at around 48 mins) When Sarah clocks Douglas in the face with the mop [...] D
The $300 that John and Tim steal from the ATM would be worth $563.34 in 2019 when adjusted for infla [...] D
The last Terminator film to be written and directed by James Cameron. Cameron was not involved in th [...] D
"He's funny, but he's never not threatening," says James Cameron about Arnold Schwarzenegger during [...] D
The arcade game parodies the film's R rating by giving itself its own R rating for "Righteous". D
(at around 1h 2 mins) After the escape from the mental hospital, the Terminator mentions that his in [...] D
James Cameron: [nuke] D
Terminator (1984), this film, and Terminator 3 - Le macchine ribelli (2003) have shown Terminators t [...] D
As the T-1000 is seen to disintegrate in the steel, which melts at approx. 2500 degrees Fahrenheit. [...] D
The Terminators seen at the beginning of the movie were fully workable animatronic models. D
Edward Furlong immediately got along with Arnold Schwarzenegger, as the young actor had grown up wit [...] D
After the release of The Abyss (1989) (featuring the infamous pseudo-pod scene), director James Came [...] D
The moaning audio for the T-1000's theme in the score is a sound file called Brassfall used in the F [...] D
One of the main percussive sounds of Brad Fiedel's score, the metallic beats of the Terminator theme [...] D
Robert Patrick reprises his role as the T-1000 in Fusi di testa (1992). He reprises his role again a [...] D
The liquid-metal T-1000 was actually intended for the first film: Skynet was supposed to send the li [...] D
The Terminator begins the film wearing leather and sunglasses and riding a motorcycle. He loses the [...] D
Pulling off the shot where the camera follows behind the T-1000 in a helicopter chasing the three le [...] D
The movie and the novel are in conflict concerning the question of why the T-800 can't self-terminat [...] D
Shot in eight months, compared to the first film's six-week filming schedule. The film was on a tigh [...] D
British censors wanted to cut the scene where the T-800 shoots a bunch of SWAT members in the legs, [...] D
Interceptor - Il guerriero della strada (1981) was the inspiration for the first Terminator movie. I [...] D
Given Arnold Schwarzenegger's US $15 million salary, and his total of seven hundred words of dialogu [...] D
This is the second R-rated Terminator film. Its predecessor and successor, Terminator (1984) and Ter [...] D
Identical twins Don Stanton and Dan Stanton played the hospital security guard and the T-1000. They [...] D
[1:40:00] Stunt pilot Charles A. Tamburro, who plays the unfortunate pilot who is forced to jump out [...] D
Linda Hamilton's then twenty-month-old son, Dalton, played an infant John Connor in a playground dre [...] D
Edward Furlong's first film. D
The steel mill effects were so convincing, some former workers from the plant (which had been closed [...] D
James Cameron chose to make the T-1000 a cop as a symbol for how authority can at times cause police [...] D
One effect that did not make it into the final cut was the "old Sarah" scene. In the proposed scene, [...] D
James Cameron and William Wisher both point out how impressive Linda Hamilton is in the film, both i [...] D
James Cameron ordered Stan Winston to create 10 skulls for the opening shot in which a T-800 Termina [...] D
A scene was filmed but deleted where Douglas and another guard enter Sarah's cell and order her to t [...] D
[42:11]The last Terminator movie to show a payphone. In Terminator (1984), the Terminator yanks a bi [...] D
Polydichloric euthynol, the name of the explosive used to blow up Cyberdyne, is a play on the halluc [...] D
The mall where the T-800 goes to look for John and fights the T-1000 is the Sherman Oaks Galleria, w [...] D
Working with the notoriously perfectionist James Cameron was so hard on many crew members that they [...] D
(at around 24 mins) The game that John plays in the Galleria is Missile Command (1980). The player m [...] D
[1:42:01]Sarah tells John, "I love you John, I always have". Kyle Reese in the first movie told Sara [...] D
(at around 7 mins) For the scene where the nude Terminator walks into a biker bar, Arnold Schwarzene [...] D
More explicit shots of the arm cutting scene were removed, as director James Cameron felt they were [...] D
In the Director's Cut, during Sarah's dream sequence, Kyle tells her how strong she's become and tha [...] D
Robert Patrick and Kristanna Loken both played evil terminators in Terminator 2 - Il giorno del giud [...] D
[1:19:00] When Sarah leaves her sniper's position in Dyson's yard, she walks past the pool. The pool [...] D
When James Cameron asked Edward Furlong during the audition for John Connor if he had ever done any [...] D
For a dream sequence, the script required a shot of Sarah Connor (portrayed by Linda Hamilton) who s [...] D
The technique used to give T-1000 the ability to transform is called morphing. Although it had been [...] D
This film is in the Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films on Letterboxd. D
James Cameron and Linda Hamilton got into a relationship during the making of the movie, while Camer [...] D
When the T-1000 copies Lewis the Guard and kills him by stabbing him through the eye, a robotic anim [...] D
In the first three Terminator films, the villainous character's death is greeted with the word "term [...] D
Although they were all much improved and technologically far more advanced, the T-800 endoskeletons, [...] D
"I don't like slow motion for action. I like slow motion for suspense," says James Cameron over the [...] D
In the helicopter scene, a shot of the pilot from the passenger seat was taken and overlaid onto the [...] D
James Cameron once owned a German Shepherd dog named "Wolfie" (short for Beowulf). The dog appeared [...] D
The second and last film in the Terminator franchise in which Sarah kills The Terminator. In Termina [...] D
James Cameron finds a child pointing a gun "morally reprehensible," even naming Stand by Me - Ricord [...] D
One of the tag lines for the movie was 'It's nothing personal'. This was a play on the cliché tag [...] D
Local residents in Lakeview Terrace held a protest outside the Medical Center when it was dressed up [...] D
"We did digital willie removal in this shot," says James Cameron when a naked Robert Patrick shows u [...] D
The grenade launcher wouldn't have worked as it does when the T-800 uses it to blow open a door. Acc [...] D
(at around 31 mins) In the first chase scene, the T-800's shotgun has an extra-large finger loop in [...] D
James Cameron: [nice cut] (at around 1 min) During the opening credits, the cut from the playing chi [...] D
Announced that the film would be digitally remastered in 3D to commemorate its 25th anniversary, wit [...] D
Because the film was shot out of sequence, Arnold Schwarzenegger was unsure if the Terminator was su [...] D
Stan Winston designed a replica of the T-1000 frozen in liquid nitrogen that was built with a fiber [...] D
An alternate coda was filmed, with an elderly Sarah and John as a US senator sitting peacefully in a [...] D
(at around 1h 45 mins) When the T-1000 kills the liquid nitrogen truck driver by stabbing him with h [...] D
John's t-shirt bears the logo for the group Public Enemy. One of the members of Public Enemy was nam [...] D
An opening segment showing the design of the Time Displacement Machine, which sent the first Termina [...] D
Arnold Schwarzenegger said James Cameron "did an extraordinary job creating that character (The Term [...] D
The two detectives that interview Sarah are named Mossberg and Weatherby, both brands of firearms. D
At 137 minutes (for the theatrical cut), and 156 minutes (for the 2009 Blu-ray Skynet Edition), this [...] D
Robert Winley plays the cigar biker (whose name is listed in the script as Robert Pantelli) who enco [...] D
In 2017, James Cameron has commissioned his company Lightstorm to do a 4K transfer of the movie, and [...] D
Scenes in the original screenplay but not filmed:-Extended Future War sequence. The entire prologue [...] D
Despite not being part of the description for the film's R rating from the MPAA, brief nudity is als [...] D
It's never explained how the T-1000 was able to go through the time portal even though it has no liv [...] D
Dean Norris has a small role as S.W.A.T. team leader. Norris had previously worked with Arnold Schwa [...] D
Several years earlier, Joe Morton(Miles Dyson) had suffered a collapsed lung. He drew on that experi [...] D
(at around 6 mins) The Terminator's "point-of-view" scenes at the biker's bar identify a Harley Davi [...] D
The cafe called Cactus Jack refers to the old movie Jack del Cactus (1979), starring Kirk Douglas as [...] D
It's theorized that the following installments of the franchise, Terminator 3 - Le macchine ribelli [...] D
The film includes Robert Patrick's first nude scene. D
(at around 38 mins) The photos of the 1984 attack were still shots of a re-shoot. Director James Cam [...] D
Because of Edward Furlong's small stature during filming, his stunt double, who was older and larger [...] D
(at around 27 mins) After throwing the T-800 out the store window in the mall fight scene, T-1000 ex [...] D
The shot of the semi truck flipping over on its side required two takes, since during the first shot [...] D
After its release, its worldwide box-office was the third biggest of all time, behind E.T. - L'extra [...] D
During the opening battle sequence there is quick shot of a soldier running with a weapon that appea [...] D
Director James Cameron cast Robert Patrick as the T-1000 after seeing him in 58 minuti per morire - [...] D
James Cameron was paid $5 million to return to direct the film. D
Van Ling: (at around 21 mins) The DVD Producer and Special Effects Coordinator appears as Dyson's as [...] D
It took three takes to properly capture the helicopter crashing on the freeway. D
[1:55:00] The scene where the Terminator reboots after being "shut down" by the T-1000 was not in th [...] D
"We basically rented a building and blew it up," says James Cameron regarding the building standing [...] D
William Wisher: (at around 27 mins) Co-writer Wisher is the photographer during the mall fight when [...] D
Since the film's release the three of the four Winchester 1887 shotguns have been publicly sold. One [...] D
Despite the film's R-rating, numerous children's toys were released and were a financial success. D
With the film's domestic box-office adjusted for inflation, it is the top grossing R-rated action fi [...] D
For any scene in which Edward Furlong had to ride his Honda XR80R dirtbike, a tow dragged him along [...] D
The original script had the T-1000 search John Connor's room early in the film, and find pictures of [...] D
John Connor's dirt bike is a 1990 XR 100. D
The damaged Terminator look in the climax of the film took five hours to apply and an hour to remove [...] D
(at around 25 mins) A character other than the Terminator says "I'll be back". It was said by Tim to [...] D
In the final scene in the foundry, the T-1000 fluctuates in its attire, between standard cop clothin [...] D
(at around 15 mins 8s) Dr. Silberman implies the drug Thorazine (chlorpromazine) is being prescribed [...] D
Both James Cameron and William Wisher realized early on that they wouldn't be able to keep it a secr [...] D
This was the highest-grossing movie of 1991. D
James Cameron received a letter from a nuclear laboratory thanking him for making the film and for t [...] D
When John introduces the Terminator to Enrique on the desert, he calls the T-101 'Uncle Bob'. This i [...] D
As of 2014, this is still TriStar Pictures' highest grossing film. D
Stan Winston built a copy of Arnold Schwarzenegger's head and torso so squibs could be used on the h [...] D
In the beginning, Sarah Connor says three billion people died on August 29, 1997. When this film was [...] D
In the extended cut, Douglas (Ken Gibbel) hits Sarah in the stomach with his billy club so he can fo [...] D
Director James Cameron was so impressed by Linda Hamilton's acting that he campaigned for her to be [...] D
With a lot at stake and not a lot of room for error (quite literally), as Chuck Tamburro, himself pu [...] D
Both of the arrival scenes of T-800 and T-1000 give hints on who is here to defend John or kill him. [...] D
Production took sufficiently long that Edward Furlong's growth caused the production team to have to [...] D
There are several 'Pepsi' product placements throughout the film. D
[1:00:00] The pumps in the gas station forecourt, shown prior to the chip surgery scene, display the [...] D
In the first film, Sarah drove down a straight road, toward a dark storm. The second film ends with [...] D
(at around 1h 50 mins) For the scene in which the shattered T-1000 melts and reforms, frozen mercury [...] D
Due to the tight schedules, there were three editors involved - Mark Goldblatt, Conrad Buff IV and R [...] D
The first of four movies with the word "day" that had Arnold Schwarzenegger, in which three of them [...] D
Gene Warren Jr., a member of the Oscar-winning visual effects team, is the son of Gene Warren, who w [...] D
The T-1000 kills John Connor's foster mother Janelle (Jenette Goldstein) and takes her form. Stan Wi [...] D
The film is one of the highest grossing R-rated films of all time with box office takings reaching n [...] D
(at around 1h 5 mins) For the scene where the Terminator tells Sarah Connor about Miles Dyson and th [...] D
The make-up artists mixed KY jelly into Arnold Schwarzenegger's make-up for the Terminator in "norma [...] D
Steven Seagal was under early consideration for the T-1000 role. D
(at around 1h 40 mins) The police helicopter in the climactic chase scene (registration number N830R [...] D
Filming began on October 9, 1990 and ended on March 28, 1991 after 5 months, 24 weeks or 170 days of [...] D
[2:00:00] After he kills the T-1000, The Terminator says, "I need a vacation", which Arnold Schwarze [...] D
The only sequel of the 1990s to be the #1 movie of the year. Star Wars: Episodio I - La minaccia fan [...] D
In 2008, a television series based on the Terminator films entitled Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chr [...] D
Arnold Schwarzenegger believed James Cameron stretched it beyond belief with visual effects on this [...] D
[2:00:00] In the final scene, the lines, "I cannot self-terminate. You must lower me in the steel," [...] D
Director James Cameron asked Arnold Schwarzenegger if he could make faster turns on his motor bike, [...] D
Cameron's decision to incorporate CGI to achieve the liquid metal villain was a huge risk. The CGI c [...] D
As stated on the commentary, James Cameron was uncomfortable about putting guns in the hands of Edwa [...] D
As Miles Dyson walks to the Cyberdyne vault, he holds the door open for the cameraman. D
In the future timeline of the movie, 'Judgment Day' occurs on August 29, 1997. Joel Schumacher, a di [...] D
This was the first movie in history to have a budget of more than $100 million. D
The special effects crew had to incorporate Robert Patrick's football-injury limp in their animation [...] D
When John and the T-800 are looking at the message that Sarah carved into the table, the T-800 is si [...] D
"The paranoia of both of these films is something very near and dear to my heart," says James Camero [...] D
Stuntman Matt McColm served as Arnold Schwarzenegger's body double. He worked on the set in late 199 [...] D
Although John Connor is ten years old, Edward Furlong was thirteen at the time of filming. D
When moving through a crowd, Robert Patrick mimicked a shark moving in on its prey. D
Arnold Schwarzenegger did not work with Linda Hamilton again until 28 years later on Terminator - De [...] D
During the climax, after T-1000 has pushed the T-800's arm into the gears, the T-1000 can be briefly [...] D
When they break into Cyberdyne Systems, Sarah's wearing Kyle's gray trench coat from the first movie [...] D
It is revealed on the DVD audio commentary that the Terminator's alternate source of power in the st [...] D
The steel mill finale featured some of the more complex liquid-metal-man gags created by Winston's t [...] D
"We call this Term-o-vision," says James Cameron when the first POV shot from the Terminator's persp [...] D
[31:00] The original script did not call for the top of the heavy tow truck to be ripped off during [...] D
Having real human skin, the T-800 sweats inside the steel mill, while the T-1000 does not. D
Director James Cameron makes an uncredited appearance in the opening scene when the Terminator arriv [...] D
The film was included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the four hundred movies nomin [...] D
Principal photography began on October 9, 1990 and concluded on March 28, 1991. D
The freeway chase near the end posed a few problems. Permission was granted to close down a five-mil [...] D
During the final chase scene when the SWAT van overturns and crashes, the moaning sound used was als [...] D
The opening credits sequence, showing Los Angeles burning in a nuclear fire, was originally conceive [...] D
James Cameron fought with Mario Kassar over the ending. Cameron wanted to end the film with an alter [...] D
James Cameron showed the older John Connor early in the film, because he liked the idea of bookendin [...] D
In the original script, the initial encounter between John and The T-1000 took place at an amusement [...] D
When John takes off from the mall on his motorbike, chased by the T-1000, he is riding a Honda XR 80 [...] D
(at around 13 mins) This film takes place ten years after the original film. Dr. Silberman states th [...] D
The policeman disguise for the T-1000 may have been inspired by a scene from the film Lost in Americ [...] D
[42:04]The scene where the Terminator shows up at the biker bar (and also across the street where th [...] D
When the project was first announced in late 1984, the projected budget was US $12 million. The fina [...] D
When it came time to shoot the teaser trailer for this film, Stan Winston was working with director [...] D
(at around 33 mins) To accomplish the scene in which the T-1000 slowly emerges from the fire, Robert [...] D
A dinosaur model is shown on display at Cyberdyne: James Cameron was interested in directing Jurassi [...] D
Robert Patrick undertook a rigorous running regime and practiced breathing only through his nose, in [...] D
Industrial Light & Magic's computer graphics department had to grow from six artists to almost thirt [...] D
Cameron shot the movie with two colors used as lighting and filtering: orange and blue. Orange was t [...] D
Arnold Schwarzenegger's then wife Maria Shriver and their daughter Katherine visited the set. D
[1:45:00] Sound designer Gary Rydstrom added some lion roars to the sounds of the tanker truck that [...] D
When the biker puts his cigar out on the Terminator's chest, the only thing protecting Arnold from b [...] D
Joel Kramer: (at around 49 mins) Stunt Coordinator appears as the guard in the hospital security roo [...] D
Stan Winston invented special foam rubber squibs to imitate gunshot wounds inflicted on the T-1000. [...] D
Edward Furlong was cast as John Connor by James Cameron mostly due to Edward Furlong's physical rese [...] D
Billy Idol was director James Cameron's original choice to play the T-1000, but a motorcycle acciden [...] D
Robert Patrick received weapons training under technical expert Uzi Gal, and James Cameron was so am [...] D
This was the first film to break US $300 million at the international box-office. D
Other improvements included a more authentic chrome finish. "The first Terminator robot was made of [...] D
According to director James Cameron, Linda Hamilton suffered permanent hearing damage in one ear dur [...] D
The practical effects created ranged from T-1000 body "wounds," blade arms, to a progressively more [...] D
This movie resembles two classic Lost in Space Episodes: The Android Machine and Revolt of the Andro [...] D
Oscar winner for special effects Stan Winston was also the man who created the monsters in Jurassic [...] D
In Terminator (1984), Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared nude. In this movie, he's wearing shorts for mo [...] D
This film outperformed the full gross of its predecessor, Terminator (1984), after just four days of [...] D
Denzel Washington turned down the role of Miles Bennett Dyson - "No offense to Jim Cameron, but when [...] D
Linda Hamilton's twin sister, Leslie Hamilton Gearren, was used as a double in scenes involving two [...] D
The ten-gauge shotgun used by Arnold Schwarzenegger during the majority of the film is a six-shot Wi [...] D
In an interview with Female for the film's 3D re-release, Cameron addresses the obvious: "we could'v [...] D
In the screenplay, the playful banter, high fives and such between John and the T-800 was just writt [...] D
Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) was originally envisioned in the movie as having a scar on her upper l [...] D
For the bad guy in the movie, James Cameron and co-Writer William Wisher briefly considered another [...] D
[0:56:27]Linda Hamilton learned to pick locks for the scene in the mental hospital where she does pr [...] D
There is a scene that is included in James Cameron's Aliens - Scontro finale (1986) special edition [...] D
An alternate ending was filmed, which showed an elderly Sarah sitting at the park, telling the story [...] D
[2:23:50]After the T-1000 falls in the molten steel and Arnold's "I need a vacation" line, John pick [...] D
Until The Bourne Ultimatum - Il ritorno dello sciacallo (2007) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), this w [...] D
The Terminator says that Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. This means that each cycle of l [...] D
Film debut of Edward Furlong. He won the part of John Connor after being discovered by Casting Direc [...] D
On the DVD, by highlighting "Sensory Control" and pressing the right navigation button five times un [...] D
This is one of two films from the early 1990s to be at least partially owned by Paramount Pictures t [...] D
The French VHS (called 'Terminator 2: Le Jugement Dernier'), has the main title translated into Fren [...] D
The sunglasses that the T-800 wears are Persol model 58230. D
The Terminator uses the following weapons throughout the movie: - Colt/Detonics 1911 9mm - Wincheste [...] D
This movie held the world record for highest opening-weekend gross of an R-rated film (with US $52,3 [...] D
Before becoming involved with T2, James Cameron had been a serious directorial consideration for La [...] D
The mall scenes were spread out over two malls. The scenes shot outside the mall were filmed outside [...] D
The Terminator is the only character to be listed in the American Film Institute's 100 Heroes and Vi [...] D
The movie's line, "Hasta la vista, baby," was voted as the #76 movie quote by the American Film Inst [...] D
Sarah Connor suffers from psychological trauma and PTSD. D
"What did you use for the liquid nitrogen," asks william Wisher. "Uh, liquid nitrogen," responds Jam [...] D
The liquid metal CGI effects of the T-1000 were rendered on a Silicon Graphics IRIS Indigo workstati [...] D
In 1999, the film's US television rights were acquired by Paramount Pictures, after parent company V [...] D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. D
This is the only "Terminator" film to win or be nominated for an Oscar. It won four out of the six i [...] D
A puppet of Arnold Schwarzenegger was used for the sequence which the SWAT cops shoot at The Termina [...] D
(at around 27 mins) In the first film, William Wisher portrays a police officer, "1 L 19", who witne [...] D
Eleven cameras were used to capture the explosion at Cyberdyne Headquarters. The camera crew later m [...] D
The Terminator uses sunglasses as a visual representation of his change in character. As the movie p [...] D
For the Los Angeles River sequence, Arnold Schwarzenegger was in pain because he could not wear a gl [...] D
The "Molten" Steel pit in the steel mill, called "The Spoof Pit" by the crew, was composed of an unk [...] D
Robert Patrick mimicked the head movements of the American bald eagle for some of his scenes as T-10 [...] D
William Wisher, co-writer and long-time friend of writer/director James Cameron, finally got a full [...] D
30 years after the movie's release, Michael Edwards returned as old John Connor in Skynet (2021). In [...] D
(at around 31 mins) The T-800's bike jump into the storm drain was performed by stuntman Peter Kent [...] D
This film and Fuori di testa (1982) both show Missile Command (1982). Not only were both movies film [...] D
In 1989, when Orion still retained the rights to the original, it was briefly reported that James Ca [...] D
(at around 47 mins) When the T-1000 (Robert Patrick) stabs Security Guard Lewis (Don Stanton) in the [...] D
Arnold Schwarzenegger said during the making of this film that he would never play another evil char [...] D
James Cameron says on the commentary track, which was recorded in 2003, that he had just spoken with [...] D
Sarah is diagnosed by Dr. Silberman with Acute Schizoaffective Disorder. Schizoaffective Disorder is [...] D
W.A.S.P. frontman, Blackie Lawless said that years later after this film was released, he ran into R [...] D
At the beginning of the film, Schwarzenegger's Terminator is armed on three occasions while fighting [...] D
Many people have often stated that Robert Patrick's performance as the T-1000 terrified them. D
In the original script and storyboards, the death of the T-1000 was only depicted as the android fal [...] D
"Parts of LA actually look like this now," says James Cameron about the post-nuke Los Angeles we see [...] D
Linda Hamilton turned down a part in another movie after hearing a simple outline of the plot by Jam [...] D
[1:50:00] As the Terminator's arm is being crushed by the gear at the steel mill, the initials "JC" [...] D
[1:40:00] The T-1000 tells the helicopter pilot, "Get out!" This is a parallel to Terminator (1984), [...] D
The effect of the T-1000 freezing and breaking up was achieved by filming shots of an amputee fitted [...] D
By the summer of 1990, Cameron had not yet written the script - there wasn't even a concept, but sti [...] D
The idea to destroy the Cyberdyne Systems building to prevent the future war was in the first Termin [...] D
According to Sound Supervisor Gloria S. Borders, approximately seventy percent of the dialogue, and [...] D
According to James Cameron, there are only 42 CGI shots used in this film. D
(at around 26 mins) When the Terminator arrives at the mall to look for John, he is carrying a box o [...] D
The image of the T-1000 walking through flames away from the burning truck was the first image that [...] D
The foreign distributors eagerly signed up for this film, even though it had more than ten times the [...] D
In the teaser trailer, we see the T-800 put into a machine called the "Bio-Flesh Regenerator" at the [...] D
The date of the fictional Judgment Day, August 29, 1997, is the anniversary of the Soviet Union's fi [...] D
When the T-1000 knocks on the glass door disguised as the guard, the sound is heard as metal hitting [...] D
The Terminator makes good on his promise not to kill anyone even before he meets John. For all of th [...] D
The 1997 Region 1 DVD from Artisan Entertainment includes an Audio Descriptive Track. D
The wind sounds in the opening sequence began through the crack of an open door and were completed i [...] D
Just like John Connor, Edward Furlong never knew his biological father. D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2001 list of the top 100 Most Heart-Pounding American M [...] D
(at around 1h 3 mins) The famous phrase; "Hasta la vista, baby" is translated to "Sayonara, baby" in [...] D
Most of Edward Furlong's voice had to be re-dubbed by Furlong again in post-production, because it c [...] D
After the release of Terminator Genisys (2015), James Cameron said that it was the natural follow up [...] D
James Cameron mentions on the DVD commentary that the Terminator does not blink in the film. However [...] D
The place under the bridge that the T-1000 arrives in the present from was later reused in another J [...] D
Originally the Terminator was going to use a MAC-10 to shoot at the police, but James Cameron decide [...] D
Released in 1991, the same year the Minnesota Twins won the World Series. Miles Dyson's son is weari [...] D
Ranked #8 on the American Film Institute's list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Science Ficti [...] D
John's foster parents' car is a 1979 Chevrolet Camaro Z28. D
The fireball over Arnold Schwarzenegger's credit was shot at 300 frames per second. "We almost burne [...] D
The movie premiered for the first time on British television on BBC1 on September 3, 1994 at 9:20 PM [...] D
The idea of flying the Bell JetRanger under the overpass was all James Cameron's idea. Cameron has m [...] D
In a more mundane example, when Silberman is showing other doctors around Pescadero and brings them [...] D
The T-1000 blinks twice throughout the entire movie. Once when he's talking to John's foster parents [...] D
While Arnold Schwarzenegger and Robert Patrick share several scenes together, they never exchange di [...] D
Director James Cameron consulted with real police officers and SWAT leaders to make the siege and ra [...] D
The blank ammunition for the minigun was powerful enough to create the flash but with only a fractio [...] D
During the opening title sequence, Cameron shows the playground three times. Once during a normal da [...] D
[2:05:00] This is the second time that Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) kills a Terminator by pushing a [...] D
In the audio commentary, James Cameron says the opening credits sequence was filmed using three hund [...] D
Charlie Korsmo was offered the role of John Connor, but he could not accept the role due to obligati [...] D
A female passer-by wandered onto the biker bar set thinking it was real, despite walking past all th [...] D
The battle at the beginning of the film was planned to be shot by the second unit, but they were run [...] D
James Cameron got into a debate with his editors about using George Thorogood's "Bad to the Bone" fo [...] D
Director James Cameron asked Stan Winston to direct a teaser trailer. Cameron did not want the trail [...] D
To give the effect that the Terminator's time portal burned a chunk out of a truck, scotch light is [...] D
This is the first Terminator movie in the series to be shown in a 2:35:1 aspect ratio unlike the las [...] D
As Arnie pulls up at the galleria (which is reported to be the same one he was in years earlier for [...] D
At the beginning, the film attempts to be misleading regarding the T-800's mission details. However, [...] D
In the audio commentary, director James Cameron said that not only was the biker bar scene filmed ac [...] D
Over one million feet of film was shot and printed. D
It is hard to make out, but the object that the dying Miles Dyson (Joe Morton) holds over the detona [...] D
Unlike the T-800 and T-X (Terminator 3 - Le macchine ribelli (2003)), we never view a scene from the [...] D
James Cameron was nervous about the entire concept of the T-1000 early in the scriptwriting phase. H [...] D
The film has over three hundred effects shots, which total almost sixteen minutes of running time. D
According to Stan Winston "We had to design the makeup effects that made Arnold, himself, the actor, [...] D
Linda Hamilton received weapons training from former Israeli commando Uzi Gal and personal physical [...] D
While a central point in this movie, the phrase, "There is no fate but what we make for ourselves," [...] D
Before the ultimate reveal that the T-800 is the good guy this time around and that the T-1000 is th [...] D
The film opens with the future war sequence, and the classic shot of an endoskeleton's foot crushing [...] D
Arnold Schwarzenegger's favorite moments from the franchise are when the Terminator tries to be huma [...] D
James Cameron came up with the film's plot when he was tripping on ecstasy. He stated: "I remember s [...] D
(at around 27 mins) Linda Hamilton's stunt double Maryellen Aviano can be seen as the woman next to [...] D
(at around 7 mins) At the beginning of the movie, the song playing at the biker bar is Guitars Cadil [...] D
So many shots of the T-1000 in metallic form had to be used in the film's final scene that they ende [...] D
So extensive is the Foley teamwork (sound design) in this movie, that just about every incidental mo [...] D
Originally, Enrique was the leader of a militia, but James Cameron felt it was too dark and heavy fo [...] D
James Cameron feels that the real terror of both Terminator films is not in the idea of robots comin [...] D
(at around 1h 40 mins) It took two takes to get the van crashing into the Cyberdyne lobby, and they [...] D
Danny Cooksey, who plays Tim in this movie, played Sam for several years on Il mio amico Arnold (197 [...] D
Michael Biehn was the first choice for the role of the T-1000, in a complete reversal of roles with [...] D
In the truck chase, just before the tow truck drops into the spillway, "Freightliner" is backwards a [...] D
[1:40:00] The T-1000 has four arms while in the helicopter: two for flying the helicopter and two fo [...] D
(at around 16 mins) In the ATM scene, John uses an Atari Portfolio laptop computer. D
In a deleted scene of Terminator (1984), it is revealed that the factory where the final scene takes [...] D
Arnold Schwarzenegger was given a slightly used Gulfstream III airplane (worth about US $14 million) [...] D