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Star Trek: First Contact

Rated PG-13 for some sci-fi adventure violence.

PG-13 In Theaters 11/22/1996 , 110min.
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Plot & Details

The first "Trek" film to feature the cast of the Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series without any of the members of the original series, this action-packed hit was well received at the box office. The Federation comes under attack by its ongoing enemy, the Borg, a cybernetics-enhanced race that once kidnapped Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), "assimilating" him into a drone. As a former prisoner of the Borg, Picard is ordered to stay out of the new battle, but he cannot resist and orders the brand-new starship Enterprise into the fray. The Enterprise follows the only surviving Borg ship through a time tunnel, where they intend to conquer Earth in an earlier era. The Borg have targeted the work of Zefram Cochrane (James Cromwell), inventor of warp drive, the device that makes interplanetary travel possible. As the Enterprise crew attempts to stop the Borg from interrupting the work of Cochrane and his assistant, Lily (Alfre Woodard), Borg drones invade the Enterprise and take it over piece by piece, while Data (Brent Spiner) is captured and seduced by the Borg Queen (Alice Krige).
  • MPAA Rating: PG-13
  • Genre(s): Horror
  • Run Time: 110min.
  • Theatrical Release Date: 11/22/1996
  • DVD Release Date: 10/07/1998
  • Status: In Theaters
  • Director(s): Jonathan Frakes
  • Starring: Patrick Stewart , Jonathan Frakes , Brent Spiner , LeVar Burton , Michael Dorn
  • Themes: Robots and Androids,Space Wars,Evil Aliens
  • Tone: Rousing,Bittersweet,Forceful,Melancholy,Tense
  • Keywords: captain [ship],crew,cyborg,inventor,robot,space,spacecraft,time-travel
  • Language: English

Awards

Academy Awards

Year Award CategoryCast & Crew Result
1996 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Makeup Scott Wheeler Nominated
1996 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Makeup Jake Garber Nominated
1996 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Makeup Michael Westmore Nominated
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