Star Trek (2009)

Director:

J.J. Abrams

Writers (WGA):

Roberto Orci (written by) &
Alex Kurtzman (written by) ...

Release Date:

8 May 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The future begins.

Plot:

A chronicle of the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members.

Plot Keywords:

Captain | Vulcan | Starship | Alien | Planet

Awards:

1 win & 8 nominations

Cast

Chris Pine	...	James T. Kirk
Zachary Quinto	...	Spock
Leonard Nimoy	...	Spock Prime
Eric Bana	...	Nero
Bruce Greenwood	...	Capt. Christopher Pike
Karl Urban	...	Bones
Zoe Saldana	...	Nyota Uhura (as Zoë Saldana)
Simon Pegg	...	Montgomery Scott
John Cho	...	Lt. Hikaru Sulu
Anton Yelchin	...	Pavel Chekov
Ben Cross	...	Sarek
Winona Ryder	...	Amanda Grayson
Chris Hemsworth	...	George Kirk
Jennifer Morrison	...	Winona Kirk
Rachel Nichols	...	Gaila

Also Known As:

Christa & Christan's Big Adventure (USA) (fake working title)
Corporate HQ (USA) (fake working title)
Corporate Headquarters (USA) (fake working title)
Star Trek (IMAX DMR version) (Hong Kong: English title) (IMAX version)
Star Trek XI (USA) (working title)
Star Trek Zero (USA) (working title)
Star Trek: The Future Begins (Malaysia: English title)
Star Trek: The IMAX Experience (USA) (IMAX version)
The Ernest Castelhun Chronicles (USA) (fake working title)
Untitled Blake Allen Project (USA) (fake working title)
Untitled Paramount Project (USA) (fake working title)
Untitled Walter Lace Project (USA) (fake working title)
Wet Paint (USA) (fake working title)
Звездный путь (Russia) [ru]
Seutta tteurek: Deo bigining (South Korea) [ko]
Singhung keiyu gei (Hong Kong: Cantonese title) [zh]
Star Trek (Uruguay) [es]
Star Trek (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Star Trek - El futuro comienza (Argentina) [es]
Star Trek - Viaje a las estrellas (Venezuela) (long title) [es]
Star Trek: The Beginning (South Korea) [ko]
Sutâ torekku (Japan) [ja]
Viaje a las estrellas - El futuro comienza (Venezuela) [es]
Xingji mihang (China: Mandarin title) [zh]
Xingji zhengbazhan (Taiwan) [zh]
Xingkong qiyu ji (Hong Kong: Mandarin title) [zh]
Zvjezdane staze (Croatia) [hr]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action and violence, and brief sexual content.

Runtime:

127 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital | Sonics-DDP (IMAX version)

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44847) | South Korea:12 | UK:12A | Netherlands:12 | Ireland:12A | Finland:K-13 | Singapore:PG | Norway:11 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Australia:M | Portugal:M/12 | Italy:T | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Brazil:12 | Sweden:11 | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Hong Kong:IIA | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Iceland:10 | Germany:12 | South Africa:10V | New Zealand:M | Mexico:B | France:U

Filming Locations:

Bakersfield, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Christopher Doohan, the son of the late James Doohan (Scotty from the original series), has appeared in the new Star Trek alongside the new Scotty, Simon Pegg. Simon Pegg was on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) and said that Chris "plays my assistant in one of the scenes". It is also known that Chris has a scene with Marlene Forte, who plays the part of Transport Chief on the Enterprise.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: In the original series' second pilot, "Star Trek: Where No Man Has Gone Before (#1.3)" (1966), the planet Delta Vega was a lithium-cracking station near the edge of the galaxy. In this film, the planet appears to have mysteriously been moved so close to the planet Vulcan that it can be seen in broad daylight from the surface. However, according to writers Roberto Orci and 'Alex Kurtzman' they were aware of this fact and chose to name the new planet in this film after the one originally encountered in the original series as a direct reference to the episode. It is also important to remember that conceivably there could be two planets named "Delta Vega," and given the same that they are light years away from one another in different solar systems, there would be no serious problem with this.

Quotes:

Spock: [after Kirk has assumed official command of Enterprise] Captain? As you have no First Officer I respectfully submit my candidacy. I can provide character references if you wish.
Kirk: It would be an honour, First Officer.

Movie Connections:

References "Enterprise" (2001)

Soundtrack:

Sabotage

What a production - cheesy bits forgiven!

There was no way that this reboot was going to avoid all references to either the original series of Star Trek or the other spin-off series - anyone going in to see this film had to accept that as a given. But any cheesy bits (of which there were relatively few) are blown away by the sheer beauty and bravado of this film.

I was a fairly big Trekkie in my youth, but in the last 10 years only really kept up with it by watching a few new episodes here and there and seeing the big screen outings (OK, I admit that I have all 10 films on special edition DVD - £47 was a bargain!) - but Abrams' vision here has me thinking the new franchise will be even better than what has come before.

What made this film special for me was not the story (remarkably good, bearing in mind that, like the first film in any new franchise, it's backbone was character development). What made this film for me was the....photography? Can you even call CGI photography? Well, either way, this film was a visual feast. The way that scale was conveyed was breath-taking. I'm not sure whether I read this somewhere or if I can take credit for it myself, but the difference came in the way that Abrams shoved aside the traditional Star Trek view of Enterprise as a lumbering naval ship and took a more Star Wars-esquire dogfight approach. This has set a high standard for a new era of Star Trek that I hope will spawn at least a couple more films.

It's not that I wasn't impressed with the character development, the acting, the script or the story - it's just that this film looked so gorgeous that I haven't been able to think of anything else since I saw it last night! But sufficed to say, this was overall an excellent feature. It might not quite deserve a 100% rating, but it's worth more than 90% in my eyes - so, by rounding up, it gets 10/10 from me! Final warning: see this film in the cinema. Do not wait for it to come out on DVD. It. Will. Not. Do. It. Justice.

JJ, you've won a fan!