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Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

The human adventure is just beginning.

Release:1979
Runtime:2h 11m
Country:United States
Director:Robert Wise
Language:English

Genre

AdventureMysteryScience Fiction
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Keywords

SpacecraftMan Vs MachineArtificial Intelligence A ISelf SacrificeTeleportationSan Francisco CaliforniaStarshipSpace Opera
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.4/10· 102K votes
Rotten Tomatoes51%
Metacritic50%
TMDb6.5/10· 2K votes

With 51% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.4/10 on IMDb and 50/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About Star Trek: The Motion Picture

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.

Cast of Star Trek: The Motion Picture

  • William Shatner

    William Shatner

    as Admiral James T. Kirk

  • Leonard Nimoy

    Leonard Nimoy

    as Mr. Spock

  • DeForest Kelley

    DeForest Kelley

    as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy

  • James Doohan

    James Doohan

    as Cmdr. Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott

  • George Takei

    George Takei

    as Lt. Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu

  • Walter Koenig

    Walter Koenig

    as Lt. Pavel Chekov

  • Nichelle Nichols

    Nichelle Nichols

    as Lt. Cmdr. Uhura

  • Stephen Collins

    Stephen Collins

    as Captain William Decker

  • Persis Khambatta

    Persis Khambatta

    as Lt. Ilia / The Probe

  • Majel Barrett

    Majel Barrett

    as Dr. Christine Chapel

  • Grace Lee Whitney

    Grace Lee Whitney

    as CPO Janice Rand

  • Mark Lenard

    Mark Lenard

    as Klingon Captain

Star Trek: The Motion Picture facts

Budget
$44M
Box office
$139.3M
Collection
Star Trek: The Original Series Collection

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • •Thoughtful science fiction explores artificial intelligence themes
  • •Cosmic scope and philosophical questioning elevates space opera
  • •Ambitious production design captures 1970s aesthetic grandeur

What the audience disliked

  • •Glacial pacing tests patience despite conceptual intrigue throughout
  • •Dialogue-heavy exposition burden slows narrative momentum significantly
Saga: Star Trek: The Original Series Collection

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