Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

Director:

Nicholas Meyer

Writers (WGA):

Gene Roddenberry (based on "Star Trek" created by)
Leonard Nimoy (story) ...

Release Date:

6 December 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

The battle for peace has begun

Plot:

The crews of the Enterprise and the Excelsior must stop a plot to prevent a peace treaty between the Klingon Empire and the Federation.

Plot Keywords:

Captain | Assassin | Assassination | Prison | Prisoner

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

William Shatner	...	Captain James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy	...	Captain Spock
DeForest Kelley	...	Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy
James Doohan	...	Captain Montgomery "Scotty" Scott
Walter Koenig	...	Commander Pavel Chekov
Nichelle Nichols	...	Cmdr. Uhura
George Takei	...	Captain Hikaru Sulu
Kim Cattrall	...	Lieutenant Valeris
Mark Lenard	...	Ambassador Sarek
Grace Lee Whitney	...	Commander Janice Rand
Brock Peters	...	Admiral Cartwright
Leon Russom	...	Starfleet Commander in Chief
Kurtwood Smith	...	Federation President
Christopher Plummer	...	General Chang
Rosanna DeSoto	...	Azetbur (as Rosana DeSoto)

Runtime:

113 min | 110 min (theatrical version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Klingon

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.00 : 1

Sound Mix:

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

Certification:

Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Italy:T | South Korea:12 | Brazil:Livre | Australia:PG | Finland:K-11 (DVD rating) | France:U | Germany:12 | Iceland:LH | Ireland:PG | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Alaska, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The transporter room is a redress of the Enterprise-D's transporter room from "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)

Goofs:

Continuity: Valeris states that no one can fire an unauthorized phaser on a starship. This is evidenced when she fires on and alarms go off. Yet throughout all five series, phasers are fired on starships without any alarms.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Captain Hikaru Sulu: Stardate 9521.6. Captain's Log, USS Excelsior. Hikaru Sulu commanding. After three years, I have concluded my first assignment as master of this vessel, cataloguing gaseous planetary anomalies in Beta Quadrant. We're heading home under full impulse power. I'm pleased to report that ship and crew have functioned well.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Getaway: Seven Wonders of the World (#15.11)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

THEME FROM 'STAR TREK' TV SERIES

Excellent. Utterly compelling.

This is a taut political thriller that rivals Dune for impact, if not for complexity. The issues explored here are both timely and universal. Somehow, this mixes the Star Trek mythos with commentary on the Cold War, race relations and military down-sizing. It is indescribable how cool this movie is.