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Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Science Fiction · Adventure · Mystery · 1979

When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns to the newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command.

Movie details

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

“The human adventure is just beginning.”

1979 Science Fiction · Adventure · Mystery 2h 11m

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TMDB

6.5 / 10

Community rating

When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns to the newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Star Trek: The Motion Picture?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Robert Wise

Written by

Alan Dean Foster · Harold Livingston

William Shatner

William Shatner

Admiral James T. Kirk

Leonard Nimoy

Leonard Nimoy

Mr. Spock

DeForest Kelley

DeForest Kelley

Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy

James Doohan

James Doohan

Cmdr. Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott

George Takei

George Takei

Lt. Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu

Walter Koenig

Walter Koenig

Lt. Pavel Chekov

Nichelle Nichols

Nichelle Nichols

Lt. Cmdr. Uhura

Court is in session

Put Star Trek: The Motion Picture on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.