Star Trek Generations

Patrick Stewart Director: David Carson David Carson

Overview

The seventh Star Trek feature passed the torch to a new crew. Decades after the original "Trek, the skipper of the fourth USS Enterprise is Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), who investigates a massacre at a science outpost. The only survivor is Dr. Soran (Malcolm McDowall), who perpetrated the event to cover up his invention: a bomb he launches into a nearby sun, exploding it. As Soran escapes with Klingon cronies, Picard learns that Soran's plan is to summon a heavenly energy ribbon called the Nexus. Those who enter it live forever with every wish fulfilled. Attempting to stop Soran, Picard ends up inside the Nexus, where he discovers former captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner), believed to have been killed in an accident 78 years earlier.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/10/2013
UPC:	0097360728842
Original Release:	1994
Rating:	PG
Source:	Paramount
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Time:	1:57:00
Sales rank:	31,435

Special Features

Closed Caption; Commentary by: Director David Carson and Manny Coto; Scoring Trek; Next Generation Designer Flashback: Andrew Probert; Stellar photography on Earth; Brent Spiner: Data and Beyond part 1; Trek Roundtable: Generations; Starfleet Academy: Trilithium

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Patrick Stewart	Capt. Jean-Luc Picard
William Shatner	James T. Kirk
Malcolm McDowell	Dr. Tolian Soran
Jonathan Frakes	Cmdr. William Riker
Brent Spiner	Lt. Cmdr. Data
LeVar Burton	Lt. Cmdr. Geordi LaForge
Whoopi Goldberg	Guinan
Michael Dorn	Lt. Cmdr. Worf
Gates McFadden	Dr. Beverly Crusher
Marina Sirtis	Counselor Deanna Troi
James Doohan	Montgomery "Scotty" Scott
Walter Koenig	Pavel Chekov
Barbara March	Lursa
Gwynyth Walsh	B'Etor
Alan Ruck	Capt. Harriman
Jenette Goldstein	Science Officer
Thomas Kopache	Com Officer
Glenn Morshower	Navigator
Tim Russ	Lieutenant
Tommy Hinkley	Journalist
John Putch	Journalist
Michael Mack	Ensign Hayes
Patti Yasutake	Nurse Alyssa Ogawa
Henry Marshall	Security Officer
Majel Barrett	Computer
Rif Hutton	Klingon Guard
Brian Thompson	Klingon Helm
Marcy Goldman	El Aurian Survivor
Judy Levitt	El Aurian Survivor
Kristopher Logan	El Aurian Survivor
Gwen van Dam	El Aurian Survivor
Kim Braden	Picard's Wife
Olivia Hack	Picard's Kid
Christine Jansen	Journalist

Technical Credits

Richard C. Berman

Brannon Braga

Ronald D. Moore

David Carson	Director
John A. Alonzo	Cinematographer
Yudi Bennett	Asst. Director
Peter E. Berger	Editor
Richard C. Berman	Original Story,Producer,Screenwriter
Robert Blackman	Costumes/Costume Designer
Brannon Braga	Original Story,Screenwriter
Thomas D. Causey	Sound/Sound Designer
Terry Frazee	Special Effects
John Knoll	Special Effects
Peter Lauritson	Co-producer
Dennis McCarthy	Score Composer
Ronald B. Moore	Special Effects
Ronald D. Moore	Original Story,Screenwriter
Sandy Veneziano	Art Director
Michael Westmore	Makeup
Bernard Williams	Executive Producer
Herman Zimmerman	Production Designer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Star Trek Generations
1. Scene 1 [3:04]
2. Scene 2 [4:08]
3. Scene 3 [6:27]
4. Scene 4 [4:34]
5. Scene 5 [2:40]
6. Scene 6 [3:35]
7. Scene 7 [3:11]
8. Scene 8 [4:21]
9. Scene 9 [8:53]
10. Scene 10 [2:15]
11. Scene 11 [2:32]
12. Scene 12 [4:43]
13. Scene 13 [1:11]
14. Scene 14 [6:01]
15. Scene 15 [:26]
16. Scene 16 [6:20]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Star Trek Generations
   Play
   Set Up
      Audio Options
         English 5.1 Surround
         Français
         Español
         Português
         Commentary by Director David Carson and Manny Coto
      Subtitle Options
         English
         Français
         Español
         Português
         Subtitle Options: None
   Special Features
      Commentary By Director David Carson and Manny Coto
      Next Generation Designer Flashback Andrew Probert
      Stellar Cartography On Earth
      Brent Spiner Data and Beyond Part 1
      Trek Roundtable Generations
      Starfleet Academy Scisec Brief 007 Trilithium
      Scoring Trek
      Previews
   Scene Selection

Editorial Reviews

Even though the Star Trek series dropped the Roman numerals with this, the seventh installment, Star Trek Generations is often thought to continue the trend of the odd-numbered sequels being weaker than the even ones. Still, there's a lot to like in this film, and not just because it gives fans the chance to bid a fond farewell to three folks from the original Enterprise: James Doohan's Scotty, Walter Koenig's Chekov, and, most poignantly, William Shatner's Kirk. But taking center stage this time is the crew from Star Trek: The Next Generation, led by Patrick Stewart's Jean-Luc Picard, and it's a pretty convincing theatrical debut, even if the characters are used unevenly. It's smart that we get a big dose of Brent Spiner's Data, the heretofore emotionless android, who installs an emotion chip in order to become more human. This allows Spiner excellent leeway to explore the android's wacky potential -- when, for example, he first tastes a disagreeable beverage, he revels outrageously in how much he dislikes it, then asks for seconds just to experience the thrill. Similarly delightful Data moments do draw screen time from such stalwart crew members as Worf (Michael Dorn), Riker (Jonathan Frakes), and Troi (Marina Sirtis), but the screenwriters only have so much time to dole out. The storyline is typically hyperbolic, as Trek movie storylines go -- Malcolm McDowell blowing up stars, to alter the path of a ribbon-shaped portal floating through space, ends up being both cool and surprisingly plausible, by Trek standards. David Carson, a veteran of numerous episodes of several Trek series, brings it all to the screen with workmanlike competence. Maybe it was just that odd-numbered curse that caused history to view this as a lesser Trek film.

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