Star Trek: Insurrection

Director: Jonathan Frakes Jonathan Frakes

Overview

In this film, featuring the cast of the television show Star Trek: Next Generation, the Federation makes a deal with a group known as Son'a to relocate a planet's peaceful inhabitants for their own selfish gain. However, Captain Picard cannot stand by and watch the destruction of the planet's population.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/10/2013
UPC:	0097360729146
Original Release:	1998
Rating:	PG
Source:	Paramount
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:42:00
Sales rank:	33,090

Special Features

Closed Caption; Commentary by: Jonathon Frakes and Marina Sirtis; Westmore's Legacy; Marina Sirtis: The Counselor Is In; Brent Spiner: Data And Beyond Part 3; Trek Roundtable: Insurrection; Starfleet Academy: The Origins Of The Ba'ku and Son'a Conflict

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Patrick Stewart	Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Brent Spiner	Lt. Commandant Data
Jonathan Frakes	Commandant William T. Riker
Michael Dorn	Lieutenant Commander Worf
LeVar Burton	Geordi La Forge
F. Murray Abraham	Ru'afo
Donna Murphy	Anij
Gates McFadden	Cmdr. Beverly Crusher, M.D
Marina Sirtis	Deanna Troi
Anthony Zerbe	Matthew Dougherty
Gregg Henry	Gallatin
Daniel Hugh Kelly	Sojef
Michael Welch	Artim
Mark Deakins	Tournel
Stephanie Niznik	Ensign Perim
Michael Horton	Lt. Daniels
Bruce French	Son'a Officer No. 1
Breon Gorman	Lt. Curtis
John Hostetter	Bolian Officer
Rick Worthy	Elloran Officer No. 1
Larry Anderson	Tarlac Officer
D. Elliot Woods	Starfleet Officer
Jennifer Tung	Female Ensign
Raye Birk	Son'a Doctor
Peggy Miley	Regent Cuzar
Lee Arnone-Briggs	Librarian
Claudette Nevins	Son'a Officer No. 2
Max Grodenchik	Alien Ensign
Greg Poland	Elloran Officer No. 2
Kenneth Lane Edwards	Ensign
Joseph Ruskin	Son'a Officer No. 3
Zachary Williams	Ba'ku Child
McKenzie Westmore	Ba'ku Woman
Phillip Glasser	Young Ru'afo
Matthew F. Leonetti	Actor
Jerry Goldsmith	Actor,Composer
Ron Wilkinson	Actor
Marty Hornstein	Actor
Lee Arnone	Librarian
Max Grodénchik	Alien Ensign

Technical Credits

Michael Piller

Gene Roddenberry

Jonathan Frakes	Director
Michael Piller	Screenwriter
Rick Berman	Producer
Rick Avery	Stunts
Terry Frazee	Special Effects
Martin Hornstein	Executive Producer,Executive Producer,Producer
Junie Lowry-Johnson	Casting
Ron Surma	Casting
Gene Roddenberry	Screenwriter
Peter Lauritson	Producer
Bob Baron	Sound Effects
Thomas Causey	Sound Effects
R.J. Hohman	Special Effects
Thomas D. Causey	Sound/Sound Designer
Patrick Stewart	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Star Trek: Insurrection is the most complex and ambitious feature film in the entire Star Trek franchise. It doesn't always succeed, but it goes where no part of the franchise ever went before. The plot is filled with elements that refer clearly to events in the real world of the 1990s and beyond. The Federation, going into an alliance with a rogue planet, is prepared to violate the precepts upon which it was founded, ostensibly for the greater good of all; in the process, Captain Picard and his crew discover that, beyond the dubious morality and legality of the Federation's actions, there is also a blood feud being given new life with Star Fleet's help, and they decide to make this known to the public, risking their lives in the process. The treatment of the Ba'Ku by the Federation recalls the history of the United States and Native Americans, but the notion of nations compromising their ideals resounds all the way from Vietnam to recent events in the Middle East and Eastern Europe. The entire movie is a cautionary allegory about the care that empires must take in choosing their allegiances, and the harm that they can do when making deals with the devil, all in the name of the "greater good." The action and plot may seem small scale by the standards of the best Star Trek movies, but by its nature the script is very bold, dealing with moral questions that the earlier entries (except for The Undiscovered Country) usually didn't embrace. Even during the 1960s, when the original series was trying for topicality on a weekly basis, the show almost never used scripts that brought into question much of American history or current foreign policy in the way that Star Trek: Insurrection does. The movie's only flaw lies in the level of sophistication of the writing -- the authors were so subtle, that the topical nature of the plot eluded most critics and audience members. In fact, if one looks closely at the movie, it seems almost subversive, and it's all the more rewarding for this quality.