Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

William Shatner

Writers (WGA):

Gene Roddenberry (creator: based on "Star Trek")
William Shatner (story) ...

Release Date:

9 June 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

The Enterprise is back. This time, have they gone too far?

Plot:

Capt. Kirk and his crew must deal with Mr. Spock's half brother who hijacks the Enterprise for an obsessive search for God.

Plot Keywords:

Captain | Vulcan | Climbing | Futuristic | Teleportation

Awards:

3 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

William Shatner	...	Captain James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy	...	Captain Spock
DeForest Kelley	...	Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy
James Doohan	...	Capt. Montgomery "Scotty" Scott
Walter Koenig	...	Cmdr. Pavel Chekov
Nichelle Nichols	...	Cmdr. Uhura
George Takei	...	Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
David Warner	...	St. John Talbot
Laurence Luckinbill	...	Sybok
Charles Cooper	...	Gen. Korrd
Cynthia Gouw	...	Caithlin Dar
Todd Bryant	...	Capt. Klaa
Spice Williams-Crosby	...	Vixis (as Spice Williams)
Rex Holman	...	J'onn
George Murdock	...	God

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Klingon

Color:

Color (Technicolor) | Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints)

Certification:

Italy:T | Canada:PG (Ontario) | South Korea:12 | Brazil:Livre | Australia:PG | Finland:K-11 (DVD rating) | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

In McCoy's first scene, where he complains about Kirk's rock climbing, he says "If I'm not careful, I'll end up talking to myself." McCoy said the exact same thing in the original series episode "The Corbamite Manuver".

Goofs:

Continuity: When the shuttle approaches the Enterprise from Nimbus III the shuttle bay doors open. When the shuttle heads for the Enterprise the doors are closed and then they're open again

Quotes:

[first lines]
Sybok: I thought weapons were forbidden on this planet. Besides, I can't believe you'd kill me for a field of empty holes.
J'Onn: It's all I have.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

The Moon's A Window To Heaven

not so bad...one for the Trek fans I say

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier is not by any means the best Star Trek movie. There are things you MUST keep in mind when watching this movie. The budget was cut for this movie by Paramount...then it was cut again...and again and again until the reality was that they had no money for expensive actors, expensive sets, or expensive props. The Enterprise-A you see in Star Trek movie had to be malfunctioning because the budget didn't allow a fully-functional Enterprise to be made. The story originally planned that the Enterprise would find God and that he would hopefully be played by Sean Connery. However, Connery was too busy filming Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) to star in this movie. So, they based his name for the mythical planet Sha-Kah-Ree. William Shatner is certainly not the best director in the world, but he made a lot out of nothing. This movie deserves much more credit than is generally given. The thing about Trekkies/Trekkers as I say is that we love everything....from the excellent (Khan, TNG, tribbles) to the not so excellent (Nemesis, Enterprise, this movie). We embrace it all and I encourage everyone to keep an open mind when watching this movie. Embrace it for its humor, action, and the development of the relationship between Kirk, McCoy, and Spock. The growth their relationship makes in this movie--to me--is the sole reason Shatner set out to make this movie...6 stars.