Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

Director:

William Shatner

Writers (WGA):

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

9 June 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Planet | Captain | Vulcan | Campfire | Climbing

Awards:

3 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

William Shatner	...	Kirk
Leonard Nimoy	...	Spock
DeForest Kelley	...	McCoy
James Doohan	...	Scotty
Walter Koenig	...	Chekov
Nichelle Nichols	...	Uhura
George Takei	...	Sulu
David Warner	...	St. John Talbot
Laurence Luckinbill	...	Sybok
Charles Cooper	...	Korrd
Cynthia Gouw	...	Caithlin Dar
Todd Bryant	...	Captain Klaa
Spice Williams-Crosby	...	Vixis (as Spice Williams)
Rex Holman	...	J'onn
George Murdock	...	God
Jonathan Simpson	...	Young Sarek
Beverly Hart	...	High Priestess
Steve Susskind	...	Pitchman
Harve Bennett	...	Starfleet Chief of Staff
Cynthia Blaise	...	Amanda
Bill Quinn	...	McCoy's Father
Melanie Shatner	...	Yeoman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Berryman	...	Sybok Warrior (uncredited)
Gene Cross	...	Sybok Warrior (uncredited)
Carey Scott	...	Young Spock (uncredited)
Mike Smithson	...	Klingon Helmsman (uncredited)

Directed by
William Shatner

Writing credits (WGA)
Gene Roddenberry		(creator: based on "Star Trek")
William Shatner		(story) &
Harve Bennett		(story) &
David Loughery		(story)
David Loughery		(screenplay)

Produced by
Harve Bennett	....	producer
Brooke Breton	....	associate producer
Mel Efros	....	co-producer
Gene Roddenberry	....	executive producer
Ralph Winter	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Jerry Goldsmith

Cinematography by
Andrew Laszlo		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Peter E. Berger		(as Peter Berger)

Casting by
Bill Shepard

Production Design by
Herman F. Zimmerman		(as Herman Zimmerman)

Art Direction by
Nilo Rodis-Jamero

Set Decoration by
John M. Dwyer

Costume Design by
Nilo Rodis-Jamero

Makeup Department
Janice Alexander	....	special makeup artist (as Jan Alexander)
Ellis Burman Jr.	....	special makeup artist (as Ellis Burman)
Hazel Catmull	....	hair stylist
Jeff Dawn	....	makeup artist
Wes Dawn	....	makeup artist
Katalin Elek	....	special makeup artist
Donna Barrett Gilbert	....	hair stylist
Ben Gorman	....	Klingon and Vulcan prosthetics
Edouard F. Henriques	....	special makeup artist (as Edouard Henriques III)
Rolf John Keppler	....	special makeup artist
Michael Mills	....	special makeup artist
Kenny Myers	....	special makeup designer
Ron Pipes	....	Klingon and Vulcan prosthetics
Brian Wade	....	Klingon and Vulcan prosthetics
Allan A. Apone	....	special makeup designer (uncredited)
Bruce Barlow	....	assistant hair stylist (uncredited)
Roland Blancaflor	....	foam latex technician (uncredited)
Erin Brasfield	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Tina Hoffman	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Mel Efros	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Burt Burnam	....	second assistant director (as Burt 'Skip' Burman)
George Fortmuller	....	second assistant director
Paul F. Schlichting	....	dga trainee
Douglas E. Wise	....	first assistant director
James Lansbury	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Richard J. Bayard	....	construction coordinator
James Betts	....	production painter (as James H. Betts)
Anthony Brockliss	....	assistant art director
Gary Clark	....	paint foreperson (as Gary A. Clark)
Antoinette J. Gordon	....	set designer (as Antoinette Gordon)
Don Hulett	....	property master
Kurt V. Hulett	....	property master
John Matheson	....	construction foreperson
Richard McKenzie	....	set designer (as Richard Frank McKenzie)
Andrew Neskoromny	....	set designer
Michael Okuda	....	scenic artist
Rick Sternbach	....	illustrator
Barton M. Susman	....	lead person
Cari Thomas	....	scenic artist
Sandy Veneziano	....	assistant art director (as Sandy L. Veneziano)
Ron Wilkinson	....	set designer (as Ronald R. Wilkinson)
Ed Miarecki	....	props (uncredited)
Victor M. Shannon	....	plasterer (uncredited)
Robert Van Dyke	....	propmaker gangboss (uncredited)

Sound Department
Gary Alexander	....	sound re-recording mixer
Wayne Allwine	....	sound effects editor
Scott Austin	....	sound recordist
Ron Bartlett	....	foley editor
Michael J. Benavente	....	sound effects editor
Destiny Borden	....	assistant sound editor
Greg Curda	....	foley mixer (as Gregory J. Curda)
Ken Dufva	....	foley artist (as Kenneth Dufva)
John Dunn	....	sound effects editor
David Lee Fein	....	foley editor (as David Fein)
Warren Hamilton Jr.	....	sound effects editor
Doug Hemphill	....	sound re-recording mixer (as D.M. Hemphill)
Alan Howarth	....	special sound effects
Chris Jenkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ken J. Johnson	....	sound effects recordist (as Ken Johnson)
Angie Luckey	....	assistant sound editor
Mark A. Mangini	....	sound effects (as Mark Mangini)
Randy McDonald	....	utility sound technician (as Stewart D. McDonald Jr.)
Dave Moreno	....	sound effects recordist (as David Moreno)
Andrew Patterson	....	adr editor
Sonny Pettijohn	....	assistant sound editor
John Pospisil	....	special sound effects (as John P.)
David M. Ronne	....	sound mixer (as David Ronne)
John B. Schuyler	....	boom operator (as John Schuyler)
Solange S. Schwalbe	....	foley editor (as Solange Schwalbe Boisseau)
David Spence	....	sound effects editor
Bill Voigtlander	....	adr editor
J.D. Ward	....	sound recordist
David A. Whittaker	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Mike Edmonson	....	special effects assistant
Michael Wood	....	special effects supervisor (as Michael L. Wood)
John McLeod	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Mike Reedy	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Michael A. Tice	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
John Alagna	....	senior optical layout: optical unit
Myles Ambrose	....	electrical technician: live action effects unit (as Miles Ambrose)
Eric Angelson	....	visual effects coordinator: Associates & Ferren
Valerie Baiardi	....	effects animator: optical unit
Patricia Barry	....	assistant producer: Associates & Ferren
Nicholas Baum	....	computer engineering: live action effects unit (as Nick Baum)
Stewart Brown	....	precision printer: optical unit
David Bruce	....	animation stand camera operator: model unit
Don Canfield	....	motion control operator
Paul Clemente	....	coordinator: model unit (as Paul Michael Clemente)
Susan Coursey	....	assistant: Mr. Ferren
Phillip Cullem	....	mechanical fabrication: live action effects unit (as Phillip Cullum)
David Drapkin	....	animation stand camera operator: model unit
Rachel A. Drapkin	....	manager: model unit
Joe Dubs	....	computer animation and tactical display: Novocom, Inc. (as Joe Dubbs)
Syd Dutton	....	matte paintings: Illusion Arts
Kinnereth Ellentuck	....	film librarian: live action effects unit
Michael Faerman	....	production executive: model unit
Bran Ferren	....	visual effects
Robert C. Francis	....	electrical technician: live action effects unit (as Bob Francis)
John Frith	....	electrical technician: live action effects unit
John Gaeta	....	chief lighting technician: model unit
Jim Gerken	....	computer animation and tactical display: Novocom, Inc.
Mike Gerzevitz	....	chief lighting technician: model unit (as Michael Gerzevitz)
Louis Goold	....	optical layout: optical unit
Phil Gosiewski	....	camera operator: live action effects unit
Gregory Harker	....	senior animation stand photographer: optical unit
Chester Hartwell	....	equipment manager: live action effects unit
Clint Hope	....	special projects supervisor: live action effects unit
Barry Hyman	....	titles and opticals
Paul Jordan	....	electrical engineering: live action effects unit
Michael Kellough	....	set construction: model unit
Robert Kohut	....	mechanical fabrication: live action effects unit (as Bob Kohut)
Maria Konwicka	....	2D artist: model unit
Peter Kuran	....	additional optical effects: VCE
Susan Le Ber	....	purchasing agent: Associates & Ferren
Otto Leichliter	....	computer engineering: live action effects unit
Veronica E. Lesser	....	2D artist: model unit
Robert Lyons	....	motion control camera operator: model unit
Jeff McGrath	....	computer animation and tactical display: Novocom, Inc.
David V. Mei	....	senior model maker: model unit
Linda Miller	....	computer animation and tactical display: Novocom, Inc.
Eric Moore	....	props: model unit
Seth Nathanson	....	electrical engineering: live action effects unit
Daniel Nauke	....	fabricator: model unit
Don Nolan	....	optical layout: optical unit
Thomas Quinn	....	motion control support: model unit
Edward Lee Rapp	....	motion control and animation producer: model unit
Dick Rauh	....	effects animation supervisor: optical unit
Jack Riedel	....	senior motion control photographer: model unit
Robert Rowohlt	....	senior optical photographer: optical unit
Mark Sawicki	....	matte photographer: Illusion Arts
Noel Scheinberg	....	optical coordinator: model unit (as Noel Sheinberg)
Robert Schulze	....	optical photographer: optical unit
James Shelly	....	general manager: Associates & Ferren
Tom Snowden	....	optical layout: optical unit
Eddie Stewart	....	precision printer: optical unit
Eric Stich	....	electrical engineering: live action effects unit
Michael Sullivan	....	model photography design and lighting: model unit
Dick Swanek	....	optical supervisor: optical unit
Michael Tabacco	....	model maker: model unit
Peterson Tooke	....	motion control stage manager: model unit
Susan Tremblay	....	2D supervisor: model unit
Bruce Vaughn	....	assistant photographer: live action effects unit
Michael Ventresco	....	senior effects animator: optical unit
Valentine Vignes	....	assistant model wrangler: model unit
Peter Wallach	....	motion control and animation supervisor: model unit
Liz Wassel	....	2D artist: model unit
Alan D. Webb	....	process projection support: live action effects unit
Ron Webster	....	computer engineering: live action effects unit
Tom Weston	....	photographer: live action effects unit
Frost Wilkinson	....	photographer: live action effects unit
Mitch Wilson	....	senior optical timer: optical unit
Ken Wisner	....	mechanical engineering: live action effects unit
Tim Zach	....	decals and graphics: model unit
Jammie Friday	....	animator: VCE (uncredited)
Gregory Jein	....	model constructor (uncredited)
George Muhs	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Ken Walker	....	visual effects: model unit (uncredited)

Stunts
Gregory J. Barnett	....	stunt double: Leonard Nimoy (as Greg Barnett)
Kenny Bates	....	high fall stunt (as Ken Bates)
David Burton	....	stunts
David R. Ellis	....	stunts (as David Richard Ellis)
Linda Fetters	....	stunts
James M. Halty	....	stunts
Freddie Hice	....	stunts
Tommy J. Huff	....	stunts (as Thomas Huff)
Terry Jackson	....	stunts
John McLeod	....	stunt rigger: Yosemite climbing sequence (as John McCloud)
Joyce McNeal	....	stunts (as Joyce L. McNeal)
Tom Morga	....	stunts
Frank Orsatti	....	stunts
Bernie Pock	....	stunt rigger: Yosemite climbing sequence
Don Pulford	....	stunt double: William Shatner
Air Randall	....	stunts
Bruce Randall	....	stunts (as Bruce Wayne Randall)
R.A. Rondell	....	stunts
Tom Wetterman	....	stunts
Glenn R. Wilder	....	stunt coordinator
Scott Wilder	....	stunts
Dick Ziker	....	stunts
R.A. Rondell	....	stunt double: William Shatner (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Bruce Birmelin	....	still photographer
Werner Braun	....	climbing rigger: Yosemite climbing sequence
Jim Bridwell	....	climbing rigger: Yosemite climbing sequence
Philip Caplan	....	camera operator (as Phil Caplan)
Lex DuPont	....	assistant camera: Yosemite climbing sequence
Jon Falkengren	....	dolly grip (as Jon A. Falkengren)
Steven Haire	....	climbing rigger: Yosemite climbing sequence
Richard Hartley	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Carmon H. Howell	....	first company grip
Troy Johnson	....	climbing rigger: Yosemite climbing sequence
Bill Killey	....	camera operator: Yosemite climbing sequence
Burton Lindemoen	....	second company grip
Richard Craig Meinardus	....	first assistant camera (as Dick Meinardus)
Nadim Melkonian	....	climbing rigger: Yosemite climbing sequence
Dean Miller	....	climbing rigger: Yosemite climbing sequence
Ken Nishino	....	first assistant camera (as Kenneth Nishino)
Don Nygren	....	chief lighting technician (as Donald O. Nygren)
Keith Peterman	....	camera operator
Sean Plunkett	....	climbing rigger: Yosemite climbing sequence
Bill Russell	....	climbing rigger: Yosemite climbing sequence
Dennis Seawright	....	second assistant camera (as Dennis B. Seawright)
Walter Shipley	....	climbing rigger: Yosemite climbing sequence
Paul Sibley	....	climbing rigger: Yosemite climbing sequence
Bob Stradling	....	assistant camera: Yosemite climbing sequence
Rob Sweeney	....	first assistant climbing photographer: Yosemite climbing sequence
Jeffrey Thorin	....	second assistant camera (as Jeffrey S. Thorin)
Joseph F. Valentine	....	camera operator: Yosemite climbing sequence (as Joe Valentine)
Patric J. Abaravich	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Sunny Johnson	....	grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dan Bronson	....	wardrobe: men (as John D. Bronson)
Joseph Markham	....	wardrobe: men (as Joseph R. Markham)
Sue Moore	....	wardrobe: women
Ray Phelps	....	wardrobe: men (as Raymond A. Phelps)
Dodie Shepard	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Christopher E. Bennett	....	apprentice film editor
John Haggar	....	assistant film editor (as John A. Haggar)
Robert Raring	....	color timer (as Bob Raring)
George C. Villaseñor	....	assistant film editor

Music Department
Bruce Botnick	....	music scoring mixer
Tom Boyd	....	musician: oboe soloist
Alexander Courage	....	composer: additional music (from "Star Trek")
Kenneth Hall	....	music editor (as Ken Hall)
Arthur Morton	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
Raymond A. McLaughlin	....	transportation coordinator
Gaston Veilleux	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Dale Bard	....	technical advisor: Yosemite climbing sequence
Charles Beichman	....	scientific advisor: infared processing and analysis center, Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena (as Dr. Charles A. Beichman)
Charlene Bergman	....	assistant: Mr. Bennett
Judy Biggs	....	production assistant
Kimberly Boyle	....	secretary: Mr. Bennett
Rebeca Brookshire	....	assistant: Mr. Winter
Deborah L. Campbell	....	production assistant
Robert Carmichael	....	director: Yosemite climbing sequence
James Collins	....	production assistant
Tony Criscione	....	assistant production auditor
Tom Dupont	....	paramedic: Yosemite climbing sequence
Marie Elder	....	assistant production auditor
Terry J. Erdmann	....	unit publicist (as Terry Erdmann)
Jim Evans	....	coordinator: Yosemite climbing sequence
Mary Jo Fernandez	....	assistant: Mr. Shatner
E.M. Fredric	....	assistant: Mr. Shatner (as Eva Marie Friedrick)
Bob Gaines	....	climbing double: William Shatner, Yosemite climbing sequence
Wendell Johnson	....	production assistant
Tom Jones	....	craft service (as Thomas B. Jones)
Valerie Mickaelian Kucera	....	production coordinator
Michael Mann	....	location manager
Susan McCrae	....	production assistant: Yosemite climbing sequence
Marc Okrand	....	consultant: Klingon dialogue
Don Petrie	....	production auditor
Corky Randall	....	wrangler
Gene Roddenberry	....	executive consultant
Stephen J. Ross	....	producer: Yosemite climbing sequence
Susan Sackett	....	assistant: Mr. Roddenberry
Marion Tumen	....	script supervisor
Michael Weis	....	technical advisor: Yosemite climbing sequence
Mitch Jones	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Greg Knapp	....	medic (uncredited)
Philip Weyland	....	stand-in (uncredited)

Thanks
James D. Bissell	....	special thanks (as Jim Bissell)
Tim Down	....	special thanks
Jack Morehead	....	special thanks: superintendent: Yosemite National Park Services
Robert Parker	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures (presents)

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1989) (USA) (theatrical)
• CIC-Taft Home Video
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1991) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Esselte Video (????) (Finland) (VHS)
• Nelonen (1997) (Finland) (TV)
• Paramount Home Entertainment Finland (2009) (Finland) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Paramount Home Video (1995) (USA) (laserdisc)
• Paramount Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Pictures Corporation (Canada) (2009) (Canada) (video) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• René Malo Vidéo-Malofilm Video (1992) (Canada) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Associates and Ferren (special visual effects produced by)
• Gregory Jein Inc. (new spacecraft models designed by)
• Visual Concept Engineering (VCE) (additional optical effects)
• Illusion Arts (matte paintings)
• Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) (stock optical recomposites)
• Makeup Effects Laboratories (uncredited)

Other Companies

• Richard Snell Make-Up Designs  Klingon and Vulcan prosthetics
• Novocom Inc.  computer animation and tactical display
• Reel People Inc.  negative cutting
• Record Plant Scoring  music recorded at
• Denali Productions Inc.  Yosemite climbing sequence provided by
• Westheimer Company  titles and opticals
• Epic Records  original soundtrack album available on (as Epic Records, Cassettes and Compact Discs)
• Yosemite National Park Services  special thanks
• Bureau of Land Management  special thanks
• California Film Commission  special thanks
• State of California - State Lands Commissions  special thanks
• Madera County Film Commission  special thanks
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory  special thanks
• Reebok International Ltd.  special thanks
• Jack Daniels  special thanks
• Apple Computer  special thanks (as Apple Computers)
• Monster Cable  special thanks
• Revo  special thanks
• International Scientific Instruments  special thanks
• Denton Vacuum  special thanks
• Princeton Gamma-Tech  special thanks
• Carl Zeiss  electron microscopy and image processing equipment provided by
• deGraf / Wahrman  special thanks
• B.A.S.E. Gamma Electronics  special thanks (as BASE Gamma Electronic Systems)
• Kraft Foods Inc.  marshmallows and dispenser by
• Levi Strauss & Co.  denim and casual clothing provided by
• Todd-AO/Glen Glenn Studios  sound by (as Todd A-O/Glen Glenn Studios)

Also Known As:

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 | Canada:G (Régie du Cinéma Québec) | Portugal:M/6 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 (1990) | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

One of the blip sound effects on Enterprise-A shuttlecraft Copernicus was from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Another, in the scene where the Galileo makes an emergency landing to avoid a Klingon attack, is from 2010 (1984).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Obvious double in the upside-down shot of Bones running toward Kirk after his fall from the mountain.

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:

Referenced in "The Big Bang Theory: The Lizard-Spock Expansion (#2.8)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

The Moon's A Window To Heaven

For true Trek fans...

What constitutes a true Trek fan? If you're wearing a pair of plastic Spock ears and waving a tricorder at the screen, you may go to the head of the class. If you can tell me Khan's full name... ooh you're good. (Hint: it's not "Khaaaaaaaaaan") and if you know all the words to "Heading Out to Eden" then you're gold.

The rest of you may read along anyway.

Star Trek V is without a doubt the most hated of all the trek films because it's light on action, even lighter on special effects, and there is no real bad guy. But think back, so were the great episodes "I, Mudd", "The Trouble with Tribbles", "A Piece of the Action" and "The Empath". In the tradition of the original series, this 5th installment of the Trek films is a timely pause for reflection. It's the most human of all the Treks, the most humorous, and for my money it's the most poetic.

I'll put it this way: the plot of the film doesn't emerge until nearly 45 minutes into it. Rightfully so; this isn't a plot-driven film. It's a film about friends, personalities and what makes us who we are. It just happens to be set in space with a bunch of aliens & such. But if you're a true Trek fan, you'll remember that that's exactly how the original series often was. Episodes like "The Deadly Years" or "All Our Yesterdays" were not so much about plot as they were about the characters Kirk, Spock & McCoy and the complexities of their interaction.

In Trek V we see the good old Spock-McCoy bickering. We see the dynamic between Kirk's fiery emotion and Spock's stoic coolness. And above all, we are reminded that these 3 are best friends through thick & thin. No, it may not be quite the heart-pounding scifi shootout that Trek II was, but that was never its intent. I take my hat off to William Shatner for having the integrity to take us back to the original Trek days, even at the risk of boring a new generation of fans. Tell me, what scifi flick has the balls to give us a campfire scene with the three main characters singing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"? ...Twice! And just a quick word about the directing, visuals and cinematography: awesome. Shatner made excellent use of lighting, shadows, perspective and a few Hitchcockian tricks you may recognize. Shatner's directing style reminds me a lot of the Serbian master Emir Kusturica. It's a shame that this is Shatner's only major directing effort (not including documentaries & TV shows).

My advice to true Trek fans (and non-true Trek fans who managed to read this far) is SEE THIS MOVIE. I love all 6 of the Trek films, but this one really has a special place in my heart. If you're looking for more than spaceships & laser guns, I think you'll really like it, too.