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On June 12th, 1987, audiences around the country got their first look at that (to borrow one of the more quotable bits from the movie) ugly motherfucker that is "Predator." It heralded a number of promising new stars –most notably Arnold Schwarzenegger, finally getting a bona-fide blockbuster after sleeper hits like "The Terminator" and "Conan The Barbarian" -- and director John McTiernan would emerge as one of the freshest, most stylish voices in action filmmaking since John Ford.