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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

  • 1991
  • PG
  • 1h 50m
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Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and DeForest Kelley in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
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On the eve of retirement, Kirk and McCoy are charged with assassinating the Klingon High Chancellor and imprisoned. The Enterprise crew must help them escape to thwart a conspiracy aimed at ... Read allOn the eve of retirement, Kirk and McCoy are charged with assassinating the Klingon High Chancellor and imprisoned. The Enterprise crew must help them escape to thwart a conspiracy aimed at sabotaging the last best hope for peace.On the eve of retirement, Kirk and McCoy are charged with assassinating the Klingon High Chancellor and imprisoned. The Enterprise crew must help them escape to thwart a conspiracy aimed at sabotaging the last best hope for peace.

  • Director
    • Nicholas Meyer
  • Writers
    • Gene Roddenberry
    • Leonard Nimoy
    • Lawrence Konner
  • Stars
    • William Shatner
    • Leonard Nimoy
    • DeForest Kelley
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    78K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,127
    250
    • Director
      • Nicholas Meyer
    • Writers
      • Gene Roddenberry
      • Leonard Nimoy
      • Lawrence Konner
    • Stars
      • William Shatner
      • Leonard Nimoy
      • DeForest Kelley
    • 245User reviews
    • 88Critic reviews
    • 65Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 2 wins & 9 nominations total

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    William Shatner
    William Shatner
    • Kirk
    Leonard Nimoy
    Leonard Nimoy
    • Spock
    DeForest Kelley
    DeForest Kelley
    • McCoy
    James Doohan
    James Doohan
    • Scotty
    Walter Koenig
    Walter Koenig
    • Chekov
    Nichelle Nichols
    Nichelle Nichols
    • Uhuru
    George Takei
    George Takei
    • Sulu
    Kim Cattrall
    Kim Cattrall
    • Lt. Valeris
    Mark Lenard
    Mark Lenard
    • Sarek
    Grace Lee Whitney
    Grace Lee Whitney
    • Excelsior Communications Officer
    Brock Peters
    Brock Peters
    • Admiral Cartwright
    Leon Russom
    Leon Russom
    • Chief in Command
    Kurtwood Smith
    Kurtwood Smith
    • Federation President
    Christopher Plummer
    Christopher Plummer
    • Chang
    Rosanna DeSoto
    Rosanna DeSoto
    • Azetbur
    • (as Rosana DeSoto)
    David Warner
    David Warner
    • Chancellor Gorkon
    John Schuck
    John Schuck
    • Klingon Ambassador
    Michael Dorn
    Michael Dorn
    • Klingon Defense Attorney
    • Director
      • Nicholas Meyer
    • Writers
      • Gene Roddenberry
      • Leonard Nimoy
      • Lawrence Konner
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    • Trivia
      Michael Dorn plays Colonel Worf, the grandfather of his regular character Lieutenant Worf on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).
    • Goofs
      Uhura's lack of knowledge of the Klingon language is at odds with her being Communications officer, since she should at least have some working knowledge of the language of the Federation's greatest rival. She once spent three months effortlessly handling the communications station on board the captured Klingon Bird of Prey in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), where all the controls were written in Klingon. (The filmmakers argued about this: see trivia.)
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      [Kirk's final Captain's Log]

      Captain James T. Kirk: Captain's Log, stardate 9529.1. This is the final cruise of the Starship Enterprise under my command. This ship and her history will shortly become the care of another crew. To them and their posterity will we commit our future. They will continue the voyages we have begun, and journey to all the undiscovered countries, boldly going where no man... where no *one* has gone before.

    • Crazy credits
      At the beginning of the end credits, the signature of each of the principal cast members is written one by one as a final send-off for their characters.
    • Alternate versions
      The Blu-ray release from 2009 is the first home media release to include the 110 minute theatrical version instead of the 113 minute special edition seen on all previous DVD, laserdisc, and VHS releases. The Blu-ray is also the first release to present the movie in its proper 2.40:1 aspect ratio instead of the opened up 2.00:1 ratio seen on previous releases.
    • Connections
      Edited into Star Trek: Generations (1994)
    • Soundtracks
      Theme From Star Trek TV Series
      Music by Alexander Courage

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    The story is engaging with good subtexts, the action is exciting, the performances roundly good and, most importantly, it is fun
    The Klingon empire is on the edge of destruction but not by the sword by but the destruction of a power planet and the pollution of the empire's atmosphere. The Klingons approach the Federation to talk peace and Kirk and the Enterprise are dispatched to rendezvous with their Chancellor to escort him and his entourage to the peace talks. After a night awkwardly "entertaining" the Klingon party, they return to their ship when, out of nowhere, it appears that the Enterprise fire on the Klingon ship before two crew members board to assassinate the Chancellor. However this leaves Kirk and McCoy the prisoners of the Klingons with the Federation unable to reach them for fear of derailing what little is left of the peace process. Meanwhile Spock tries to piece together what happened and rescue his friend.

    After the rather flat part V, it was a positive sign to see writer of the superior parts II and IV and director of II returning to the film series. And indeed it proved to be as this was yet again fuel for the myth of the "odd number curse" of the Star Trek films as it turned out to be one of the stronger of the original films. The plot is a great bit of action with its basis in political conspiracy while Spock gets to play Sherlock back on the Enterprise. The parallels with real life peace movements and the difficulties of preparing for peace are interesting but not forced down your throat. Many viewers will get the references to Adlai Stevenson in the Cuba Missile Crisis ("don't wait for the translation"), the use of the famous Nixon proverb and generally the theme of Kirk struggling to come to terms with the idea of peace after so many years of war and loss to the Klingons; however if you don't get them it doesn't matter.

    The action works well and is delivery with confidence by Meyer but it also helps that his script does make for a strong story (unlike the fifth film for example). The humour of the film is much better as well as it is an addition and doesn't feel out of place (again, like it did in the fifth film). There are some nice touches in here but my personal favourite is the reference to Shatner's ego in the "I can't believe I kissed you" line (again a welcome awareness within the series after Shatner ran amuck across the fifth film). Shatner is much better here than before. He is reigned in and is still hammy but he has material to work with and he does well. Nimoy has fun with his investigation while Kelley provides the usual stuff in a good way. Support from Doohan, Nichols and others is as good as always. Cattrall is OK while Warner has more to do than in the last film. Dorn makes the link to the next generation of films and, importantly, the film is given a good "baddie" in the shape of Chang. Picking up from Khan, Plummer delivers a deliciously hammy villain, complete with Shakespeare quotes, and provides a great adversary for Shatner's Kirk.

    Overall then a fitting sign-off for the original crew and one of the stronger of the original films. The story is engaging with good subtexts, the action is exciting, the performances roundly good and, most importantly, it is fun.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 6, 1991 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Startrek.com
    • Languages
      • English
      • Klingon
    • Also known as
      • Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country
    • Filming locations
      • Knik Glacier, Chugach State Park, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $30,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $74,888,996
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $18,162,837
      • Dec 8, 1991
    • Gross worldwide
      • $96,888,996
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
      • Dolby Surround 7.1
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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