The Borg have once again targeted the Federation; this time, their devious plot threatens not only the present, but Earth's past as well. While Commander Riker, Deanna Troi, and Geordi La Forge work hard on the surface of 21st-century Earth to keep history on schedule, the rest of the crew plays a desperate game with the genetically-networked attackers above the planet, matching former Locutus Jean-Luc and cybernetically-naive Data against the erotic, mechanized cunning of the Borg queen. Resistance is futile.
The Borg have once again targeted the Federation--but this time, their devious plot threatens not only the present, but Earth's past as well. While Commander Riker, Deanna Troi, and Geordi La Forge work hard on the surface of 21st-century Earth to keep history on schedule, the rest of the crew plays a desperate game with the genetically networked attackers above the planet, matching former Locutus Jean-Luc and cybernetically naive Data against the erotically mechanized cunning of the Borg queen. Resistance is futile.
Copyright 1996 Paramount Pictures.
Released theatrically in the USA November 22, 1996.
Color by Deluxe.
Additional cast: Patti Yasutake (Nurse Ogawa).
Academy Awards nominations: Best Makeup.
Excerpt: "Resistance is futile." -- Android Lt. Commander Data (BRENT SPINER)
"Assimilate this!" -- Lt. Commander Worf (MICHAEL DORN)
DVD Features:
Region 1
Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround - English, French, Spanish
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French, Spanish
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish
Stars
Patrick Stewart: British Stage/TV Actor
Jonathan Frakes: American actor/director, STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
Brent Spiner: Actor, STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
LeVar Burton: Actor, STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, ROOTS
Michael Dorn: American actor, STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
Gates McFadden: American TV Actress, STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
Marina Sirtis: British Actress, STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
Alice Krige: Actress/In UK
Alfre Woodard: American actress
James Cromwell: American actor, BABE/L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
Director
Jonathan Frakes: American actor/director, STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
Producer
Rick Berman: TV/Film Producer/Writer
Peter Lauritson: TV/Film Producer
Screenwriter
Brannon Braga: Star Trek Writer
Ronald D. Moore: Screenwriter/"Star Trek"
Rick Berman: TV/Film Producer/Writer
Composer
Jerry Goldsmith: Film composer
Editor
John Wheeler: Film editor, Star Trek: First Contact
Costume Designer
Robert Blackman: Costume Designer
Director of Photography
Matthew F. Leonetti: Director of Photography, FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982)
Featured
Hillary Hayes:
Production Designer
Herman Zimmerman: Production Designer
Costume Designer
Deborah Everton:
Review 1:
"...A zippy new energy and a sleek, confident style....Witty, pleasurable..." -- Rating: B+
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.51 12/06/1996
Review 2:
"...Blessed with clever plot devices....FIRST CONTACT does everything you'd want a STAR TREK film to do, and does it with cheerfulness and style..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.F1 11/22/1996
Review 3:
"...A smashingly exciting sci-fi adventure that ranks among the very best....Stewart once again comports himself with all the gravity and panache you would expect from a Shakespearean-trained actor..."
Source: Variety
11/18/1996