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Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) -- When a destructive space entity is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral Kirk resumes command of the Starship Enterprise in order to intercept, examine, and hopefully stop it.
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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   23,660 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Gene Roddenberry (television series Star Trek) and
Alan Dean Foster (story) ...
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Release Date:
7 December 1979 (USA) more
Tagline:
The human adventure is just beginning more
Plot:
When a destructive space entity is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral Kirk resumes command of the Starship Enterprise in order to intercept, examine, and hopefully stop it. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 15 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(52 articles)
30 Years Ago Today 'Star Trek' Debuted on the Big Screen
 (From CinemaSpy. 6 December 2009, 9:50 PM, PST)

Tweet in Klingon
 (From Slash Film. 6 December 2009, 7:06 PM, PST)

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an under-rated film more (318 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Star Trek II (USA) (working title)
Star Trek: Phase II (USA) (working title)
Star Trek: Planet of the Titans (USA) (working title)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Director's Edition (USA) (DVD title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for sci-fi action and mild language.
Runtime:
132 min | USA:136 min (director's cut) | USA:143 min (TV version)
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Colour:
Colour (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital EX (director's cut) | Dolby
Certification:
Italy:T | Canada:PG (Ontario - 2006) | Iceland:L | South Korea:12 | Brazil:Livre | New Zealand:G | Netherlands:6 (theatrical rating) | Canada:G (Canadian Home Video rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Chile:TE | Finland:K-10 | France:U | Ireland:G | Netherlands:12 | Norway:12 | Sweden:11 | UK:U | USA:G | USA:PG (director's cut) | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG | Canada:F (Ontario) | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia) (director's cut) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:G (Nova Scotia) (original rating)

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Trivia:
The V'ger prop was so large and involved so much work that one end of it was being used in scenes while the other end was still being built. more
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Continuity: Spock's sideburns are squared at the bottom when he is lying on the diagnostic bed. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Klingon captain: [giving an order in Klingon] Tactical...
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#27.14)" (2002) more

FAQ

Why does the Ilia character talk of an "oath of celibacy" to Kirk?
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Why do the Klingons in this movie look so different from the Klingons from the original series?
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22 out of 29 people found the following comment useful.
an under-rated film, 9 December 2006
9/10
Author: b c from United States

This was an under-rated film in the first version, and it is improved a great deal with the changes that Robert Wise made just a few years before he passed away. There has been a backlash against this picture, mostly for two reasons; it was not Star Wars, and it was not what people expected of Star Trek.

If you put these expectations aside, and if you also have some attention span and willingness to relax into a picture this is a remarkable experience. I often here people use words like boring, too long etc. Well yes, if we are expecting a quick-hit, film that can be digested in 90 minutes like a TV show, this is not that type of film. If we apply these standards to Lawrence of Arabia, 2001, Blade Runner, Bridge on the River Kwai, or Citzen Kane (which Robert Wise edited, none of these films would have ever been made.

If you put Star Trek The Motion Picture in context of it's scale and the craftsman involved you start to appreciate it's quality and elegance. Robert Wise does not need qualification. He brings an elegance and texture to work and life in space that StarWars has not put to screen to this day.

Star Wars even now seems like nothing more than an impressive exercise in effects and sound. It is always reminding us that it is a movie. ST-TMP on other hand departed into an "immersive experience" developed by Robert Wise, with the amazing talents of Doug Trumbull and John Dykstra, and the enormous contibutions of Jerry Goldsmith. Likewise, the photography, the scale of the sets and the editing of the film all contribute to a immersive world that saturates the viewer into the film.

You gain a lot of knowledge and appreciation of this film and the experience that they achieved by watching the Director's Edition DVD and listening to Wise, Trumbull, Dykstra, Goldsmith and others discuss the production. This was a uniquely creative and enormous effort, and considering the technological limitations, the demands of the studio, and the many demands of the Star Trek Bible that qualified the creation of the movie. I am pleased to see that other reviewers here have come to appreicate this movie many years later. I encourage the skeptics to find the time to relax and watch it on the biggest screen you can find.

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