Star Trek: Generations (1994)
Trivia
The producers asked George Takei to come back and play Sulu one more time, and take the helm of the Enterprise-B. But Takei refused, because if Sulu had taken the helm, this would have meant temporarily reducing Sulu's rank, so that he could serve under Captain Kirk again. He felt that Sulu had worked too hard to earn his command to allow even a temporary reduction. A new character, Demora, daughter of Sulu, was created to speak Sulu's lines.
The horse that William Shatner rides is his, as are the house and farm where the sequence takes place.
When Data sings, the looks of surprise on the crew members' faces were real. Originally, Brent Spiner was supposed to hum, but decided to ad-lib instead. Director David Carson was so amused, he left this in.
This was the first Star Trek film to be produced and filmed after the death of Gene Roddenberry. Following his death, the Star Trek creative team began using story ideas and concepts to which Roddenberry was opposed, which included the teaming up of Star Trek (1966) and Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) characters.
Malcolm McDowell was so taken with the line "Time is the fire in which we burn", he had this engraved on the pocket watch he used in this film.
This was the first film to have a website created to promote it. The site was launched at generations.viacom.com on October 28, 1994, three weeks before the release of this film. The site featured a graphical interface resembling the LCARS display of the Enterprise. Site content included: video of both versions of the movie trailer. audio clips and photos. cast and crew biographies. shopping from a catalogue of Star Trek videos on VHS (and a 1-800-number to call to order) a downloadable "interactive kit" with images and videos and a simple game. a fan survey on Star Trek favorites and on-line access. The website was mentioned on the NCSA "What's New" site, and quickly became one of the most popular destinations on the fledgling World Wide Web. This website no longer works.
James T. Kirk's final two words, "Oh, my..." are a spontaneous ad-lib made by William Shatner. Shatner later explained this was Kirk's reaction to eternity and truly going where Kirk had never gone before.
DeForest Kelley was set to appear in this film as Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy, but due to his declining health, he could not get on-set insurance (a union requirement for anyone on a movie set). His lines were then given to Walter Koenig as Pavel Chekov. This is the reason that Chekov recruits two reporters as a makeshift medical staff and oversees the treatment of the rescued El-Aurians despite having no previously established medical training.
Leonard Nimoy was originally asked to act in and direct this film, but he declined after reading the script and being told there was not time to fix the parts with which he had problems. According to Nimoy, there was a character named Spock in the script, but the lines were so bland, they could have been spoken by anyone (those lines were given to James Doohan as Scotty. Nimoy later pointed to this as proof he was right).
Original versions of the script called for Captain Kirk to take command of the battle bridge of the Enterprise and lead this into combat against the Klingons, thus dying on-board the Enterprise-D.
Partially because of the fans' negative reaction to Kirk's death, William Shatner later wrote a Star Trek novel titled "The Return" in which the Romulans and the Borg have formed an alliance. They bring Kirk back to life using Borg nano-technology and turn him against Picard and the crew of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). Spock (who would live to appear in "Unification" (season 5, episodes 7 and 8)), Scotty (who survived into the twenty-fourth century in "Relics" (season 6, episode 4), and McCoy (who sent off the Enterprise-D in the pilot episode "Encounter at Farpoint") were to appear. One of the plot points would have been the ultimate revelation that the Borg was the "machine planet" that sent the Voyager VI/V'ger probe back to Earth in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979).
William Shatner has stated that his line "Who am I to argue with the Captain of the Enterprise?" was the hardest line he ever had to deliver.
During the battle with the Klingons, Troi (Marina Sirtis) takes the helm when the Conn Officer is injured after a computer station explodes. Director David Carson wanted this action sequence done in one take, in order to fully capture the genuine reactions of the actors and actresses. However, during filming, Sirtis burned her bottom after she sat on a burning piece of debris that had landed on the Conn station chair. This was the take used for this film, however this cuts away right as Sirtis sits on the chair. Sirtis was not badly injured, and continued filming the scene afterwards.
In this film, Dr. Soran comments on La Forge's response to his interrogation by saying, "His heart just wasn't in it." This is a reference to the form of torture used in a deleted scene in which Soran used a nanoprobe to stop and start La Forge's heart. This was also referenced in a later scene in which Dr. Crusher mentioned that she had removed the nanoprobe.
Many of the recording devices used by the news crews on the Enterprise-B are actually hand-held video games.
Captain Kirk's mostly-unseen love interest in the Nexus, Antonia, was originally conceived as Carol Marcus from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982). Paramount Studios requested that the character be changed.
The Starfleet phaser and the dedication plaque on Captain Kirk's cabin wall are the only surviving relics from the original U.S.S. Enterprise that was destroyed in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984).
This film featured a brief appearance by Demora Sulu, the only child of an original series crew member depicted in any of the films except for Captain Kirk's son David Marcus, who appeared in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984). Her presence on the bridge even prompts Kirk to comment, "When did Sulu find time for a family?"
In the holodeck scene, Troi (when she goes to help Picard) hands over the sailing ship's helm to an elderly man. In real life, this man is the captain of the sailing ship "Lady Washington", (owned by Grays Harbor Historical Seaport in Aberdeen, Washington) which was used in filming this scene. The same ship also portrayed the Interceptor in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003).
Paramount Studios spent an extra $5 million (one-sixth of the budget) to re-shoot Captain James T. Kirk's demise.
Malcolm McDowell readily admits he was never an avid watcher of either the original series or the Next Generation series and only did this film for the paycheck. He later received death threats from obsessed Star Trek fans after his character Dr. Tolian Soran killed Captain James T. Kirk.
Barbara March and Gwynyth Walsh reprise their roles as the Duras sisters Lursa and B'Etor in this film one last time, ending their long story arc from Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) that spanned several seasons, and even one episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).
Originally, there was a scene in the script for Captain Kirk's funeral. In the scene, Spock was to be standing at the entrance of the church, hesitant to enter there (and therefore admitting to himself that his friend was really dead). He was supposed to be overwhelmed, and slightly revealing his emotional side as he was being urged into the service by Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelley) and Scotty (James Doohan). But Leonard Nimoy ultimately passed on this film, and Kelley was in declining health, and could not get insured, so the scene was never filmed, but this does appear in the film's novelization.
In Captain Kirk's house, a wall cabinet features some interesting items, including: a Klingon bat'leth, a picture of the U.S.S. Enterprise (from Star Trek (1966)), various pistols, a phaser from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), an unknown futuristic weapon, a Jem'Hadar weapon from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), and a photo of the original crew of the Enterprise (from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)).
This film marks the last on-screen appearance for newly-promoted Lieutenant Commander Worf as a regular member of the Enterprise-D crew. The rest of the senior staff would eventually transfer to the new Enterprise-E. However, Worf accepts a new assignment on Deep Space Nine, and later with the Klingon Empire, but still returns for various reasons to temporarily assist the Enterprise crew during the events of the three future films.
This film was to have started with Captain Kirk making an orbital skydive and Chekov and Scotty running to meet him when he lands on the ground to inform him that he has to be on the new Enterprise-B for its launching ceremony. This scene was shot, but deleted from the final movie. However, the orbital skydiving outfit was worn by B'Elanna Torres in an episode of Star Trek: Voyager (1995).
Fifty days before shooting began, the Captain's chair on the bridge set was stolen. A new one had to be used, one made of fiberglass around foam on an old first season frame.
The Enteprise's saucer was meant to break in half during the crash sequence, which would have been the main reason why Starfleet could not just take the saucer and attach this to a new engineering hull. However, this was quickly determined that there would be no way to satisfactorily achieve the effect with models or CGI of that era, and the idea was abandoned.
This is William Shatner's only "Star Trek" appearance without Leonard Nimoy.
A new set of Starfleet uniforms was intended to be introduced in this film to be worn by the Enterprise-D crew. These new uniforms would have been similar to the television ones, except the collars would have been the same department color as the rest of the tunic and the rank pips would have been worn on the shoulder with a corresponding rank braid on the wrists. The uniforms were eventually nixed by producer Rick Berman. The decision was then made to use the uniforms from Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), as well as the uniforms from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993). However, Playmates had already made an action figure line for this film with the Enterprise-D crew wearing the aborted uniforms. It was too late to retract the figures, which is the only place the aborted uniforms can be seen.
Sir Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner were the only cast members to have custom "color-top" uniforms (as used in seasons one through five of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), and later on in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)) made for use in this film. Jonathan Frakes had to borrow Avery Brooks' uniform, and LeVar Burton had to borrow Colm Meaney's uniform from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), neither of which fit very well. (Frakes had to roll up the sleeves, and Burton's is obviously too large for him.)
David Carson stated in an interview he was rather surprised that he was asked to direct this film, as he had no prior experience directing a big budget movie. Aside from the fact he had directed several episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), he said he was told he was picked primarily due to his experience in directing television, where directors have to be able to work quickly to get an episode done in television's compressed time schedule. He said Paramount Studios was concerned that this film could go overtime (and therefore overbudget) and they figured he was the best choice with this in mind. Except for the reshoot of the ending (which was not Carson's fault), he did deliver the film on time and under budget.
This is the last time Geordi La Forge is shown wearing his trademark VISOR. He received ocular implants sometime between the events of this film and Star Trek: First Contact (1996) because his VISOR had been tampered with.
Guinan and Dr. Soran are El-Aurians, as Soran puts this, "a race of listeners". The name derives from the Latin word "auris", meaning "ear".
With his role as Captain John Harriman in this film, Alan Ruck became the eleventh on-screen commander of the Starship U.S.S. Enterprise, joining Captains Jonathan Archer, Christopher Pike, Robert April, James T. Kirk, Willard Decker, Spock, Rachel Garrett, Jean-Luc Picard, Willam T. Riker and Edward Jellico.
The six-foot, two-part Enterprise model from Star Trek: The Next Generation: Encounter at Farpoint (1987) was taken out of storage and refurbished to meet the demands of the big screen. This was because this had to stand up to the glare of movie lighting.
Dr. Soran's line "They say time is the fire in which we burn" is from Delmore Schwartz's poem "Calmly We Walk Through This April's Day" from his collection titled "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities". This book is incorrectly acknowledged in the credits as "Dreams Begin Responsibilities".
A plot point that was not mentioned (or possibly deleted) in the final cut, but is mentioned in other media related to this film (such as the comic book adaptation), was that Guinan's brief experience inside the Nexus had changed her, and that she knew things about people, events, and about time in general, that she did not know before. This would suggest that her ability for insight on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) is not part of her species (as most TNG fans always believed), but instead is a gift from the Nexus.
In the opening scenes on board the Enterprise-B, three different news networks (each with a reporter and a camera person) are represented. They are: the Federation News Network, Starfleet Broadcasting, and the Earth Broadcasting Service.
Kirk urges Picard to never accept a promotion or any other assignment that takes him off the bridge of the Enterprise. In Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Spock makes a similar comment, observing that it was a mistake for Kirk to accept his own promotion to Admiral, and that anything other than commanding a starship is a waste of his talents.
The starship which Captain Picard and Commander Riker transport at the film's ending, the U.S.S. Farragut, bears the same name as the ship upon which Captain Kirk served as a young Lieutenant. In Star Trek: Obsession (1967), Captain Kirk recalls the details of one incident that occurred during that period of his career to the son of a former shipmate. The Farragut, which rescues Picard and Riker, was destroyed two years later by the Klingons during the short Federation-Klingon War. Its destruction is not shown on-screen, but is mentioned during Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Nor the Battle to the Strong (1996).
Malcolm McDowell is the maternal uncle of Alexander Siddig, who played Dr. Julian Bashir on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) and Star Trek: The Next Generation: Birthright, Part I (1993).
In the original version of the ending, Captain Kirk dies when Soran shoots him in the back, and Soran then dies when Captain Picard shoots him with his own disruptor pistol. The first edition of the novelization told the story this way, but was later edited and republished. When this ending was shown to a test audience, producer Rick Berman remembered that an ominous silence was present in the room. The executives at Paramount Pictures told Berman and writers Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga that the ending had to be re-shot. The writers considered multiple scenarios, including forcefields and tunnels, amongst others. They finally settled on having a bridge present that would eventually collapse and provide an action sequence with Captain Picard, Captain Kirk, and Soran. A sixty-five foot bridge was flown in by helicopter, and placed at the Valley of Fire. The set decorators had four days time to rebuild the scaffolding sets, even though it had taken them many weeks the first time; fortunately, the State of Nevada had kept the metal at the park following original filming. The actors returned, the ending was re-shot to what was seen in this film. Rick Berman recalled that original photography occurred during the summer months in one hundred ten degree heat, and when they returned, it was September and October, and only about eighty degrees. Braga and Moore though expressed dissatisfaction with how the ending turned out, even though many fans believed it was better than Captain Kirk being shot in the back.
The redesigned bridge of the Enterprise-D in this film was inspired by the "alternate-history" bridge of the Enterprise-D from Star Trek: The Next Generation: Yesterday's Enterprise (1990), also directed by David Carson.
In William Shatner's non-fiction book "Star Trek Movie Memories" (1994), he states that during the filming of Kirk's death scene, while he was delivering his final lines, his eyes focused over the shoulder of Sir Patrick Stewart on a large commercial airplane flying high, directly above them.
Although it is not intrinsically stated that Lursa's son survived her (had she actually given birth before the moment of her death in this film), it is at least strongly implied on TNG. She was revealed to be pregnant in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Firstborn (1994), when the future Alexander (Worf's son) brings a Klingon blade which bears the crest of the Duras clan with an additional mark etched in for Lursa's son. It thus can be concluded, then, that Lursa gave birth before the events of this film and has left her child an orphan upon her death. Lursa's son is called Ja'rod after his grandfather and is only mentioned in Star Trek Online (2010)
In mourning, Captain Picard tells Troi about how his family had even served in the Battle of Trafalgar. At his "house" while inside the Nexus, a painting of his ancestor from that period is hanging.
Most of the Enterprise sets were destroyed during filming of the crash sequence. What was not destroyed, such as crew quarters, transporter rooms, and parts of engineering was integrated into the sets of the U.S.S. Voyager from Star Trek: Voyager (1995). The frame from Data's lab on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) can be seen among the wreckage at the Amargosa Observatory. Worf's tactical console was all that remained of the Enterprise-D bridge after filming.
In order to keep his pants from riding up, William Shatner (an avid horseman) used an old trick of wearing something unusual under his costume. Sir Patrick Stewart was not a horseman, so Shatner told him about this. So when it came time for these two manly starship Captains to shoot the horseback scenes, both men did so wearing pantyhose.
Thomas Kopache (Communications Officer) is one of only a few actors to appear on all four of the Star Trek spin-off series, and is one of only five actors to play seven or more different characters in Star Trek (the others being Jeffrey Combs, Randy Oglesby, J.G. Hertzler and Vaughn Armstrong).
With the appearance of the Enterprise-B (NCC-1701-B), this film finishes filling the gap between the ship from Star Trek (1966) (NCC-1701, first seen in 1966), and the ship from Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) (NCC-1701-D, first seen in 1987). Indeed, the Enterprise-A (NCC-1701-A) first appeared at the end of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), and the Enterprise-C (NCC-1701-C) first appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Yesterday's Enterprise (1990). Thus, as of 1994, viewers had finally seen every Enterprise between the two television Enterprises.
When the Duras sisters' vessel is destroyed by the Enterprise, the explosion and destruction is reused footage of the prototype Klingon vessel in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) being destroyed.
This film marks the first explicit onscreen mention of 78 years difference between the original series era and the Next Generation era. This figure was used ever since the conception of the new series but the only evidence before this film was the mention of the year 2364 during the first season which is 78 years since 2286, the established time of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) which was the latest Kirk-era story at that point.
Although Data is the owner of Spot, the cat, Brent Spiner was rumored to hate cats, and allegedly objected to the scene where Data finds Spot in the wreckage of the Enterprise, saying "Does he have to find the cat? Can't he find, like, Geordi or something?" However, Spiner dismissed this on his Twitter account as not true, although he said it was "interesting".
The Enterprise-B bridge is a redress of the Enterprise-A bridge as seen in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991). After filming, this was heavily modified to become the Amargosa Observatory control center.
The Enterprise-B's science station shows the names of both ships stranded in the Nexus: S.S. Robert Fox and S.S. Lakul. In the Star Trek universe, Robert Fox was the ambassador of the United Federation of Planets in Star Trek: A Taste of Armageddon (1967).
The crash landing of the Enterprise's upper saucer was filmed using a model of the saucer and a landscape model carved out of foam. The saucer was mounted by a rod to a truck which was driven under the landscape, with the rod going through a groove at the bottom of the model. However, driving the saucer all the way to where they wanted this to stop would have destroyed the camera. To fix this, a mirror was mounted where the camera would have been, and the Enterprise was built backwards so that it would appear correct when reflected in the camera. Instead of destroying the camera, the saucer section destroyed the mirror instead.
At the film's ending, Captain Picard says "We must cherish every moment, because they will never come again." Ironic, since "living the same moment again" is exactly how he managed to defeat Dr. Soran just a short while earlier.
The Enterprise-B turbolift foyer, turbolift, and doors were saved, and became part of the Enterprise-E bridge set in Star Trek: First Contact (1996). The doors and foyer were originally built for the Enterprise bridge in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), and are the only surviving pieces of that set.
Some of the modifications to the Enterprise-D bridge, namely the raised command platform, were originally made for the future Enterprise as seen in Star Trek: The Next Generation: All Good Things... (1994).
The idea for the crash landing of the saucer section was originally intended as the season ending cliffhanger in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Descent (1993).
After the Enterprise-D was destroyed in this film, the effects crew at ILM assumed that next Enterprise would be a ship of the same class. So they gave the studio model new markings, with the registration number NCC-1701-E. Ultimately, there was an Enterprise-E, which debuted in Star Trek: First Contact (1996). But the producers wanted a new look, and the ship was of a completely new design. The old Enterprise-D model was eventually sold at an auction in 2006 for $576,000.
Sir Patrick Stewart was assisted in his portrayal of Captain Picard's grief by the script for Jeffrey (1995), which he was reading on the set. It touched him so deeply, he cried reading it.
All Enterprise crew members begin with the same uniform they wore in the series (black shoulders, colour below), but some gradually change over to the DS9/Voyager uniform (colour on the shoulders, black below). During many scenes, there is a mix of both uniform styles seen in the same shot. Among the main cast, Captain Picard, Riker, Data and La Forge all transition to the new style at some point within this film, whereas Dr. Crusher and Troi keep the old uniform until the end. Meanwhile, the combadges are of the DS9/Voyager style all the way through this film, having a trapezoid behind the Starfleet emblem (instead of the oval shape seen on TNG).
In the final shot of this film, the models of the two smaller ships evacuating the Enterprise-D crew, alongside the far larger U.S.S. Farragut, are those of the U.S.S. Reliant from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), and the U.S.S. Grissom from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984). The Reliant's registry number NCC-1864 is visible in the first part of the shot.
The only Star Trek film featuring the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) that had to use props and styluses (phasers, tricorders, PADDs, etc.) from the television series. In Star Trek: First Contact (1996), the props had been subtly updated (and were eventually used on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) and Star Trek: Voyager (1995)).
In real life, Sir Patrick Stewart and Malcolm McDowell are old friends.
This was Barbara March's final film before her death on August 11, 2019 at the age of 65.
Guinan had mentioned the destruction of her homeworld, which was destroyed by the Borg. The first time she mentioned this was in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Q Who (1989).
- This film was produced simultaneously with the third season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).
- The first film of the franchise to be released after the series finale of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).
- The film was released between Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Meridian (1994) (#3.18) & Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Defiant (1994) (#3.19).
- The film was released six months after the series finale Star Trek: The Next Generation: All Good Things... (1994).
The model of the Enterprise-B is simply the Excelsior with several new front details. These hull additions were made so that the damage caused by the Nexus ribbon would not require cutting into the actual model. This miniature was seen first in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) and was used in several episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).
The name of Captain Kirk's dog in the film, Butler, is the same as a deceased dog once owned by William Shatner. Shatner insisted on performing the scene with the name as a tribute to his beloved former pet, much to the chagrin of one of the screenwriters, who had scripted the scene with the name of his own deceased canine companion.
Sir Patrick Stewart suggested Malcolm McDowell to the producers when they were having problems trying to think of who to cast as the film's villain. Stewart and McDowell had known each other since the late 1960s when working in provincial UK theatres and had got on well as they were both from neighbouring areas of Yorkshire.
Originally, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) was going to end with Captain Kirk handing over the Enterprise to Captain Picard (Sir Patrick Stewart). This was dropped because Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) took place more than seventy years after "The Undiscovered Country".
The opening of this film was planned to feature Captain Kirk, Spock and Bones. Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley declined, so their lines were given to Walter Koenig (Chekov) and James Doohan (Scotty).
In the introduction of the Enterprise-D bridge crew, we see them enjoying sailing on the holodeck version of the schooner USS Enterprise (that was launched in 1799). Geordi first shows his love of old naval ships in "Elementary, Dear Data" (season 2, episode 3). Geordi builds a replica of HMS Victory for his former captain.
This was the first "Star Trek" film released after Viacom's takeover of Paramount Pictures earlier in 1994.
Of the main cast of the original series and its subsequent movie series, Uhura is the only one not specifically seen in person or mentioned in dialogue in Star Trek: Generations. Captain Kirk, Scotty and Chekov all appear. Sulu's daughter is seen as the helmsman of the new Enterprise-B and he is mentioned in conversation. Kirk notes a particular clock in the recreation of his cabin in the Nexus that he said he gave away to "Bones" McCoy, and he muses to Picard that Spock would say he's being "an irrational, illogical human being."
Only Uhura is not seen in person or mentioned by name, though she, along with the rest of the Enterprise-A crew, can briefly be seen in a portrait displayed in Kirk's cabin in the Nexus. The portrait in question was taken from a promotional photograph taken during the production of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).
Only Uhura is not seen in person or mentioned by name, though she, along with the rest of the Enterprise-A crew, can briefly be seen in a portrait displayed in Kirk's cabin in the Nexus. The portrait in question was taken from a promotional photograph taken during the production of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).
This is the final appearance of the real Captain Picard in the command red uniform seen from TNG season three onward. Picard is seen in this uniform in both the opening of Star Trek: First Contact (1996) and the premier of Star Trek: Picard (2020), but both of those instances turned out to be dream sequences.
On the holodeck version of the USS Enterprise, La Forge asks Commander Riker what a stuns'l is. A stuns'l, or stud sail, or studding sail, was an extra sail hoisted alongside a square-rigged sail to give the ship more speed in fair winds.
Sets used for the Enterprise-D bridge scenes are supposedly identical to those used on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), upon closer examination however, there are two extra crew stations in this film, one on either side and just to the aft of the main part of the bridge.
When Data rescues Spot, the piece of wreckage with two curved recesses that he moves aside is actually a packing tray for a two-reel box of movie film. This same type of tray is used elsewhere on Star Trek sets, usually with the curved shapes facing outwards.
"47" reference: Scotty is able to save forty-seven of the one hundred fifty El-Aurian refugees on the S.S. Lakul.
Thomas Dekker's first theatrical movie. He has the small role of Thomas Picard.
The scene in which Captain Picard meets Captain Kirk, and rides off with Picard to stop Dr. Soran was a nod to the western genre. Kirk is like the retired Old West lawman, who puts on his badge and loads up his gun one last time, and leaves the farm, and rides off to help Picard resolve a crisis in town.
The main cast, the crew of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), does not appear on-screen until more than eighteen minutes into this film.
During the opening credit sequence, notable for showing the major cast members of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), followed by James Doohan, Walter Koenig and William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk, a bottle flies through space and then smashes against the hull of NCC-1701-B. This is a bottle of Moet et Chandon a Epernay, Fondee en 1745, Champagne Cuvee Dom Perignon vintage 2265. It is labeled, in English: Produce of France, 12.5% By Vol, and the bottle number looks like 788537455. The bottle burst is NOT a convincing in-vacuo burst.
The dress worn by Antonia was also worn by Fenna in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Second Sight (1993) and Leosa in Star Trek: Voyager: Inside Man (2000).
At the end when Commander Riker is helping Captain Picard look for his photo album, they are in Picard's ready room, not in The observation lounge / conference room where the photo album was left when the destruction of the Amargosa star began.
A Kurlan naiskos, a very rare archaeological gift given to Captain Picard by a former mentor in "The Chase", is seen being held by Picard during his search for his family photo album in the wreckage of the USS Enterprise-D. Strangely, he sets it aside and is not seen retrieving it before leaving the planet aboard the USS Farragut.
Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga wrote the script for Star Trek: Generations concurrently with the script for the TNG finale "All Good Things..." occasionally becoming confused during the process as to which script included which story elements. The pair have admitted that, of the two projects, they consider "All Good Things..." to be the stronger offering.
The first of two films released in 1994 to feature Sir Patrick Stewart and Whoopi Goldberg. The other being The Pagemaster (1994).
This is the first Star Trek film not to feature Spock, Dr. Leonard McCoy, Nyota Uhura and Hikaru Sulu.
At one point, the producers considered approaching Marlon Brando to play Dr. Tolian Soran. But obviously, Brando turned down the role.
The last Star Trek film to feature William Shatner, and the first for Sir Patrick Stewart. As well as the only one to feature both of them.
On the Amargosa set, which itself was a major redress of the Enterprise-B bridge set, graphic status panels and buttons from the recreated TOS bridge used in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Trials and Tribble-ations (1996) are seen on the large central equipment prop.
Kirk's speech to Spock and McCoy in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) does not ring true as he told his friends that he knows when he dies, he will die alone. Captain Kirk instead dies in the presence of Captain Picard nearly eighty years later. In a manner, Shatner's line turned out to be prophetic on account of the passing of both DeForest Kelley on June 11, 1999 and Leonard Nimoy on February 27, 2015.
This is the final appearance of William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk. It was decided that the character was to be killed off on account of Shatner's age, and that Kirk would die heroically. Chris Pine succeeded William Shatner in Star Trek (2009) as Captain James T. Kirk. Although Shatner's Kirk died, he is reborn as Pine's Kirk.
Malcolm McDowell would later go on to portray Mr. Roarke in a reboot of Fantasy Island (1998). The original Mr. Roarke was played by Ricardo Montalban, who also portrayed Khan in both the original series and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982). This making twice that Captain Kirk, and the Enterprise, battled an actor who portrayed Fantasy Island's overseer Mr. Roarke.
Sir Patrick Stewart and Whoopi Goldberg appeared together in The Pagemaster (1994) and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002).
The purpose of Captain Kirk's, Scotty's, and Chekov's appearances in this film was to connect Star Trek (1966) with Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), and so Kirk could team with up with Captain Picard to fight Dr. Soran.
The second of three films released in 1994 to feature Sir Patrick Stewart. The others are Gunmen (1993) and The Pagemaster (1994).
William Shatner's final film role as Captain James T. Kirk. He has been vocal that he does not care to return in any follow-up.
In the original draft and subsequent novelization, Picard did not see his resurrected nephew in the Nexus.
Picard's wife in the Nexus is played by the film director's wife, Kim Braden.
Cameo
Tim Russ: The Vulcan security chief Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager (1995) has a small role as a human member of the bridge crew of the Enterprise-B. In addition, he played the mercenary Devor in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Starship Mine (1993).
Whoopi Goldberg: Reprising her role as the Enterprise's bartender Guinan from Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), but is not credited in the cast list.
Jenette Goldstein: As a member of the bridge crew on the Enterprise-B. Goldstein was originally considered for the role of Tasha Yar on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), and her own performance in Aliens (1986) was the original inspiration for the role.
Patricia Tallman: The actress who plays Lyta Alexandar on the television series Babylon 5 (1993) is Gates McFadden's stunt double in this film. She can clearly be seen as Doctor Crusher falling off the sailing ship.
Patti Yasutake: Nurse Alyssa Ogawa from Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) appears in a Sickbay scene, but has no spoken dialogue.
