The Terminator is a 1984 science fiction action film
directed by James Cameron, co-written by Cameron and William
Wisher Jr., and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn,
and Linda Hamilton.
Though not expected to be either a commercial or critical
success, The Terminator topped the American box office for two
weeks and helped launch the film careers of James Cameron and
Arnold Schwarzenegger. In 2008, it was selected by the Library of
Congress for preservation in the United States National Film
Registry, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically
significant".
The movie begins in a post-apocalyptic 2029, when Los Angeles
has been largely reduced to rubble and is under the thumb of
all-powerful ruling machines. Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn), a member
of the human resistance movement, is teleported back to 1984. His
purpose: to rescue Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), the mother of the
man who will lead the 21st-century rebels against the tyrannical
machines, from being assassinated before she can give birth.
Likewise thrust back to 1984 is The Terminator (Schwarzenegger), a
grim, well-armed, virtually indestructable cyborg who has been
programmed to eliminate Sarah Connor. After killing two "Sarah
Connors" who turn out to be the wrong women, he finally aims his
gunsights at the genuine article. This is the film in which
Schwarzenegger declared "I'll be baaaack" -- and back he was, in
the even more successful Terminator 2: Judgment Day
(1991).
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