GALAXY QUEST is a satirical comedy that pokes fun at the influence science fiction shows such as STAR TREK have had on their audience. The cast members of the cult sci-fi television series GALAXY QUEST now earn their livings appearing at conventions and grand openings, led by their bombastic captain Jason Nesmith, played by Tim Allen. When an alien race--the Thermians--arrives on earth, it appears that they have mistakenly appropriated the show's culture as their own, thinking the series was actual fact. Desperate for help in battling the evil General Sarris, they bring the actors with them into space to save their planet. A surprisingly smart and funny send-up of the science-fiction culture and the influence television has on the world at large, GALAXY QUEST is a comedy that even nongenre fans can enjoy, with terrific turns by Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Sam Rockwell, and Tony Shalhoub.
Shot in Los Angeles, California, and Goblin Valley, Utah.
Excerpt: "Never give up, never surrender!"--Captain Jason Nesmith (Tim Allen)
Stars
Tim Allen: American actor/comedian, Home Improvement/THE SANTA CLAUSE
Sigourney Weaver: American actress, ALIEN (1979), GORILLAS IN THE MIST
Alan Rickman: British Film/Stage Actor
Tony Shalhoub: Actor, MONK
Daryl Mitchell: African American actor
Enrico Colantoni:
Sam Rockwell: Actor, CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND
Robin Sachs:
Missi Pyle: Actress, JOSIE & THE PUSSYCATS (2001)
Director
Dean Parisot:
Producer
Mark Johnson: Producer, "Donnie Brasco"
Charles J. Newirth: PRODUCER/EXECUTIVE
Suzann Ellis: Producer
Screenwriter
Robert Gordon: Screenwriter
David Howard: Screenwriter, Playwright, GALAXY QUEST
Composer
David Newman: Composer, SERENITY (2005)
Editor
Don Zimmerman: American Editor
Review 1:
"...Genuinely imaginative special effects which manage to recognisably in the spirit of the cheesy originals..."
Source: USA Today
p.48-9 05/01/2000
Review 2:
"...[With] Enrio Colantoni scoring as a marble-mouthed alien; and a deeply funny Sam Rockwell as the crew member-extra..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.83 04/28/2000
Review 3:
"...Mischievously clever..."
Source: Variety
pp.57-62 12/20/1999
Review 4:
"...The expert cast is more than game. Extra points to [Rickman and Weaver]..." -- 3 out of 5 stars
Source: Premiere
pp.100-1 06/01/2000
Review 5:
"...Fast, light and funny, GALAXY QUEST has a wide, generation-spanning appeal -- and you don't have to be a die-hard Trekkie to enjoy it..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.C2 12/24/1999
Review 6:
"...This tightly scripted, lightning-paced laffer delightfully pulls all the elements together and builds to a giddy and gleeful climax..."
Source: Box Office
p.57 02/01/2000
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