Star Trek: First Contact

Name: Star Trek: First Contact
Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Thriller
Released: 1996-11-22
Duration: 1 h 51 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn

Resistance is futile.

Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

Timing: 1:51 (111 min)

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Video for the film Star Trek: First Contact — Star Trek: First Contact (1996) Original Trailer [FHD]

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Release date

1996-11-22

Country

United States

Production

Paramount

Genre

Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Thriller

Budget

$45 000 000

Box office

$146 027 888

Website

https://www.paramountmovies.com/movies/star-trek-viii-first-contact

Director

Jonathan Frakes

Actors

Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, James Cromwell, Alfre Woodard, Alice Krige
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Peter Lauritson, Rick Berman, Marty Hornstein

Camera operator

Matthew F. Leonetti

Composer

Jerry Goldsmith

Artist

Herman F. Zimmerman

Audition

Junie Lowry-Johnson, Ron Surma

Editing

Anastasia Emmons, John W. Wheeler
Whole Team (217)

Short description

The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue the Borg back in time to prevent the invaders from changing Federation history and assimilating the galaxy.

What's left behind the scenes

The film takes place in 2373 (the 405th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr.) between April 4th and 5th.
In one of the early script versions, Neil McDonough's character, Lieutenant Hawk, was gay. He could have become the first LGBTQ+ character in the Star Trek cinematic universe, but all references to his sexual orientation were removed from later script drafts. Lieutenant Hawk is depicted as gay in one of the Star Trek universe novels written by Andy Mangels and Michael Martin.
Due to budgetary constraints, the production team of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994) was strongly opposed to the Borg sets and costumes. However, the funds allocated to this project allowed them to create the Borg as envisioned by the project's creators. As a result, both the sets and costumes were subsequently repeatedly used during the filming of Star Trek: Voyager (1995-2001).
The Borg Queen was created because the scriptwriters had difficulty writing dialogue for what was supposed to be the central computer of the Borg.
Geordi La Forge's VISOR, as portrayed by LeVar Burton, was finally replaced with "visual implants." The actor had requested the VISOR be replaced for many years so that his eyes would be visible to the audience, believing that otherwise the expressiveness of his performance was lost.
Alice Krige, who played the Borg Queen, found the filming very difficult. The costume was too tight, chafing her skin, and the silver contact lenses she wore caused the actress so much pain that she couldn't wear them for more than 4 minutes at a time.
In one of the early script versions, Neil McDonough’s character, Lieutenant Hawk, was gay. He could have become the first LGBTQ+ character in the Star Trek cinematic universe, but all references to his sexual orientation were removed from later script versions. Lieutenant Hawk is portrayed as gay in one of the books about the Star Trek universe, written by Andy Mangels and Michael Martin.