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Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
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Ratings: 7.5/10 from 59,769 users
Metascore:
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Reviews: 256 user | 129 critic | 18 from Metacritic.com Captain Picard and his crew pursue the Borg back in time to stop them from preventing Earth from initiating first contact with alien life. Director:Jonathan Frakes |
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| Patrick Stewart | ... | ||
| Jonathan Frakes | ... | ||
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| LeVar Burton | ... |
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| Michael Dorn | ... | ||
| Gates McFadden | ... | ||
| Marina Sirtis | ... | ||
| Alfre Woodard | ... |
Lily
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| James Cromwell | ... | ||
| Alice Krige | ... | ||
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Michael Horton | ... |
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Marnie McPhail | ... |
Eiger
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| Robert Picardo | ... | ||
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Storyline
The time is the 24th century and the ship is the newly-commissioned Enterprise-E. Its captain, Jean-Luc Picard, has been ordered not to interfere in a battle between a Borg Cube and ships from the Federation. However, seeing the Federation is about to lose, Picard ignore his orders and takes command of the defending fleet. With his knowledge of the Cube's weak spot, they destroy it. However, a small part of it escapes and plots a course directly for Earth. The Enterprise chases it and enters a time distortion created by the Borg. They end up in the mid-21st century, and their only chance of stopping the Borg from assimilating Earth is to help Zefram Cochrane make his famous first faster-than-light travel to the stars. Written by Marc-André Deschênes <imer@videotron.ca>
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Planet Earth. Population 9 billion. None human See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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Budget:
$45,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$30,716,131 (USA) (24 November 1996) (2812 Screens)Gross:
$150,000,000 (Worldwide)Company Credits
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The Borg Queen: Locutus...
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: I am Locutus of Borg. Resistance is futile.
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Written by Dick Penner & Wade Moore
Performed by Roy Orbison
Courtesy of Orbison Records, Inc. See more »
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One of the reasons Jonathan Frakes was chosen to direct was because the producers wanted someone who understood Star Trek. Indeed, amongst the cast, he was the show's most prolific director. Reportedly, Ridley Scott and John McTiernan both turned down the chance to direct. See more »Goofs
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): After the destruction of the Borg sphere, Picard asks where the Borg were firing on, and Riker heads towards the Science station on his right to read the coordinates from the display. Just a moment after, he asks Lt. Hawk (who is at the helm) for the damage done on the surface. Hawk states that "long-range sensors are still off-line", but at that distance away from Earth, short-range sensors would have sufficed. Furthermore, Hawk shouldn't even be capable of reading long-range science sensors from the helm console, and even if he could, Riker is still next to the science station, with the science officer next to him, AND the information about the surface is still on the display, so there is no need to ask the helmsman for it. See more »Quotes
[first lines]The Borg Queen: Locutus...
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: I am Locutus of Borg. Resistance is futile.
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Crazy Credits
After 'Stunt Players' are listed, the 'Stunt Borg' are listed. See more »Soundtracks
"Ooby Dooby"Written by Dick Penner & Wade Moore
Performed by Roy Orbison
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