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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
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Release Date:
6 December 1991 (USA)
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The battle for peace has begun more
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The crews of the Enterprise and the Excelsior must stop a plot to prevent a peace treaty between the Klingon Empire and the Federation. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 2 Oscars.
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5 nominations
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(24 articles)
Review: 'Star Trek: The Art of the Film'
(From CinemaSpy. 15 November 2009, 10:00 PM, PST)
Ewan McGregor And Christopher Plummer Are Beginners
(From Cinema Blend. 6 October 2009, 10:39 PM, PDT)
(From CinemaSpy. 15 November 2009, 10:00 PM, PST)
Ewan McGregor And Christopher Plummer Are Beginners
(From Cinema Blend. 6 October 2009, 10:39 PM, PDT)
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Classic Space Opera
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113 min | 110 min (theatrical version)
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Color (Technicolor)
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Canada:A (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) |
Italy:T |
South Korea:12 |
Brazil:Livre |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-11 (DVD rating) |
France:U |
Germany:12 |
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Nicholas Meyer was worried that William Shatner would be upset at some of the lines written for the scene where Martia, disguised as Kirk, fights him ('I can't believe I kissed you!' 'Must have been your lifelong ambition(!)'). However, Shatner reportedly loved it.
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Continuity: When the Klingons are being beamed aboard for dinner, Scotty changes position between shots.
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Captain Hikaru Sulu: Stardate 9521.6. Captain's Log, USS Excelsior. Hikaru Sulu commanding. After three years, I have concluded my first assignment as master of this vessel, cataloguing gaseous planetary anomalies in Beta Quadrant. We're heading home under full impulse power. I'm pleased to report that ship and crew have functioned well.
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Captain Hikaru Sulu: Stardate 9521.6. Captain's Log, USS Excelsior. Hikaru Sulu commanding. After three years, I have concluded my first assignment as master of this vessel, cataloguing gaseous planetary anomalies in Beta Quadrant. We're heading home under full impulse power. I'm pleased to report that ship and crew have functioned well.
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Referenced in "Futurama: Where No Fan Has Gone Before (#4.12)" (2002)
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THEME FROM 'STAR TREK' TV SERIES
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What did Spock mean by the old Vulcan saying "only Nixon could go to China?"more
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The final Star Trek film to feature the original cast is an enormous improvement after the awful fifth film, and might just be the best in the series. Much of it is probably thanks to the return of director Nicholas Meyer, who is responsible also for the classic Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (while film III through V were directed by cast members). Meyer's very professional directing shows in every scene on ST-VI, and the old cast - William Shatner (Kirk), Leonard Nimoy (Spock), DeForest Kelly (McCoy), James Doohan (Scotty) and the rest - give here what is without doubt their finest performance. Mind - Shatner and Nimoy are by now 60 years old, while Kelly and Doohan are well into their 70s. But there isn't a trace of the pathetic silliness that characterized the fifth movie; Meyer knows what to do with these aging actors that wouldn't make them look like idiots. What we see in Star Trek VI is a much more mature approach, and the crew members have to face, more than an outside enemy, their own aging, and their fear of change. That fear is a key element here, and it's an issue that is well handled and is always relevant.
While the old cast members are doing splendidly here, the movie introduces some fantastic new characters. First and foremost, the experienced Shakespearean actor Christopher Plummer makes a fascinating villain in the conservative and suspicious Klingon General Chang, endlessly throwing out Shakespeare quotes on every turn. ('You haven't truly enjoyed Shakespeare until you've read it in the original Klingon') Also, Kim Cattrall, who achieved much success lately in the acclaimed 'Sex And The City'), plays the Vulcan Lt. Valeris and gives a great performance. Finally, David Warner gives a brief but memorable performance as the visionary Chancellor Gorkon. The real stars here, though, are Shatner and Kelly, whose attempt to save the Chancellor's life, as well as their trial for assassination before a Klingon court (CAMEO: Michael Dorn, who plays Worf in the Next Generation, plays Kirk and McCoy's attorney here - Colonel Worf. An ancestor, probably) make for some of the best scenes ever seen on Star Trek. The directing and camera work are splendid, and the script has just the right amount of self humor, which was dreadfully lacking from the fifth movie (e.g.: Spock: 'If I were human I believe my response would be "go to hell." ...If I were human.' All in all, a remarkable sign off for the original crew of the Enterprise and one of the best sci-fi movies of all time.