Topic Challenge: Kurt Russell and his films [completed]

Question

March 17th marks the birthday of Kurt Russell, who looks back on 55 years of acting. So in honour of him and due to popular demand we're starting a new topic challenge. From 2017-03-17 00:00 UTC to 2017-03-26 23:00 UTC we're challenging you to all your great questions about Kurt Russell and the films and TV-shows he was in.¹

Once the challenge is over, we'll tally the results and winners (by question score) here. Also don't forget to suggest and vote for new topics for our next possible challenge.

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1) _{But don't feel compelled to add a kurt-russell tag to each and every of those questions, tag responsibly instead.}

Answer 1

The challenge is over and the top-voted question (with a score of 16 and ~1,788 views) was asked by bureaquete, which makes him the winner of this challenge:

1. In Stargate, what has happened to the children in the pyramid?

The other questions asked, in order of votes are (the numbers are the votes and views):

2. In Stargate how did they manage to activate gate back to Earth? (7 / ~117)

   Did Napoleon Wilson "reappear" as Snake Plissken? (7 / ~86)

3. Was the scene with Kurt Russell and Kate Hudson created for personal reasons? (6 / ~71)

   Was Ronald responsible for starting the fire that killed Dennis McCaffrey? (6 / ~39)

4. Why isn't Steven Seagal listed in the opening credits? (5 / ~103)

5. Did Kurt get close to the fire in Backdraft? (3 / ~35)

   Why is Kurt Russell depicted as a Giant in this poster for Big Trouble in Little China? (3 / ~140)

6. How did they know what is on the other side? (2 / ~35)

7. Why did they reverse the propellers' rotation? (1 / ~63)