What was the first website to be created specifically to promote a movie?

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I'm trying to figure out what the first instance was of a website being created specifically for a movie. I've narrowed it down to Star Trek: Generations (1994) and Stargate (1994). I was pretty sure it was Star Trek: Generations , because I had it from a couple of sources, but then, after a little bit more googling, I found that people make the same claim for Stargate . According to IMDB, Star Trek: Generations was released in November 1994 and...

Originally asked by David Walker on Stack Exchange (movies) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Although it was obviously quite close between them, I believe the answer to the question is that the Stargate website came before the Star Trek: Generations website. Although there are lots of pages and references to both sites as being first, I have only been able to find a single reference for either of them that includes a date. From the Star Trek: Generations entry on the Memory Alpha website: The official website for Star Trek: Generations s, created on 28 October 1994, was the first site on the internet to officially publicize a feature film. Memory Alpha While this quote does state that Star Trek: Generations came first, the launch date for the website happens to be the exact same...

Full answer by David Walker: https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/27326 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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