Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

William Shatner

Writers (WGA):

Gene Roddenberry (creator: based on "Star Trek")
William Shatner (story) ...

Release Date:

9 June 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

The Enterprise is back. This time, have they gone too far?

Plot:

Capt. Kirk and his crew must deal with Mr. Spock's half brother who hijacks the Enterprise for an obsessive search for God.

Plot Keywords:

Captain | Vulcan | Climbing | Futuristic | Teleportation

Awards:

3 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

William Shatner	...	Captain James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy	...	Captain Spock
DeForest Kelley	...	Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy
James Doohan	...	Capt. Montgomery "Scotty" Scott
Walter Koenig	...	Cmdr. Pavel Chekov
Nichelle Nichols	...	Cmdr. Uhura
George Takei	...	Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
David Warner	...	St. John Talbot
Laurence Luckinbill	...	Sybok
Charles Cooper	...	Gen. Korrd
Cynthia Gouw	...	Caithlin Dar
Todd Bryant	...	Capt. Klaa
Spice Williams-Crosby	...	Vixis (as Spice Williams)
Rex Holman	...	J'onn
George Murdock	...	God

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Klingon

Color:

Color (Technicolor) | Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints)

Certification:

Italy:T | Canada:PG (Ontario) | South Korea:12 | Brazil:Livre | Australia:PG | Finland:K-11 (DVD rating) | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

William Shatner's original idea for the climactic battle with the "False God" was for the ground to give away and reveal the ten levels of Hell in a homage to Dante's Inferno. The rock monsters were supposed to be apart of this sequence but Paramount refused to increase the film's budget so the idea, along with the already created rock monster, was canceled.

Goofs:

Continuity: The level of whiskey in McCoy's bottle changes during the camping scene (and not because he and Kirk are drinking it). For example, the bottle is mostly empty in the "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" shots, but nearly full when we cut to McCoy saying, "It's a song, you green-blooded Vulcan . . .," then empty again (and in his other hand) when we cut back to him for "God, I liked him better before he died."

Quotes:

[first lines]
Sybok: I thought weapons were forbidden on this planet. Besides, I can't believe you'd kill me for a field of empty holes.
J'Onn: It's all I have.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Cosmic Thoughts (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

The Moon's A Window To Heaven

This film is not as bad as they say.

I've never figured out why ST V gets so much criticism. It's really not that bad, if you're a true trekkie. First off, sure the effects are a little low-fi...but so were the TOS episodes. I don't know about you, but I care more about story than effects. The main reason that I like this film because it's very episodic in nature. If you are a fan of the original Star Trek series, sit down and watch this movie as if you were watching one of the original episodes and it will be much more enjoyable. For one, it starts out like an episode with a prologue before the opening credits start. Secondly, the theme music for the movie is similar to that of the original series. Third, there are some lines from the film that sound like they would be right out of one of the older episodes. Lastly, this movie is loosely based on the storyline of an original episode. Ironically, the episode that it's based on is one of the TOS worst episodes: The Way the Eden. If you've seen The Way to Eden, the actual plot of the episode is not bad, it's just the hippie stuff that makes it so awful. This film kildly leaves out the awful hippie music of the original episode and focuses solely on the plot instead. I often wonder if Shatner wrote this film to make up for how bad The Way to Eden was. So, to sum up, watch this movie as you would watch an old episode and you'll enjoy it much more.