Search - Star Trek: First Contact [Special Collector's Edition]

The first "Trek" film to feature the cast of the Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series without any of the members of the original series, this action-packed hit was well received at the box office. The Federation comes under attack by its ongoing enemy, the Borg, a cybernetics-enhanced race that once kidnapped Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), "assimilating" him into a drone. As a former prisoner of the Borg, Picard is ordered to stay out of the new battle, but he cannot resist and orders the brand-new starship Enterprise into the fray. The Enterprise follows the only surviving Borg ship through a time tunnel, where they intend to conquer Earth in an earlier era. The Borg have targeted the work of Zefram Cochrane (James Cromwell), inventor of warp drive, the device that makes interplanetary travel possible. As the Enterprise crew attempts to stop the Borg from interrupting the work of Cochrane and his assistant, Lily (Alfre Woodard), Borg drones invade the Enterprise and take it over piece by piece, while Data (Brent Spiner) is captured and seduced by the Borg Queen (Alice Krige). ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Patrick Stewart - Capt. Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes - Cmdr. William Riker
Brent Spiner - Lt. Cmdr. Data
LeVar Burton - Lt. Cmdr. Geordi LaForge
Michael Dorn - Lt. Cmdr. Worf

1996	Best Makeup (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Michael Westmore
1996	Best Makeup (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Scott Wheeler
1996	Best Makeup (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Jake Garber

The seventh addition to the long-living Star Trek film franchise, Star Trek: First Contact, gets a quality two-disc collector's edition DVD release from Paramount Home Entertainment. The disc's outstanding picture quality is in a full theatrical 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen presentation. The thundering audio track is presented in closed-captioned English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround, DTS Surround, and French Dolby Digital Surround with optional English and Spanish subtitles. Two different audio commentaries are included on the first disc in addition to the always informative and occasionally hilarious text commentary from Michael and Denise Okuda. The first audio commentary comes from the film's director and star, Jonathan Frakes, who seems quite proud of this, his first film, and tells a series of seemingly endless stories from the film's production. The next commentary comes from writers Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore, who share an unusually bad attitude toward writing for Star Trek and pleasing the massive devoted fan base. The pair perk up when discussing abandoned concepts they came up with in early script drafts or how well the film performed during the theatrical release.

The second disc maintains the high level of quality bonus features found on Paramount's other Star Trek releases with a wide range of well-produced featurettes. From an exhaustive history of the film's villains, The Borg, to a detailed chronicle of the long production of the film, a lover of all things Trek is sure find much to drool over here. Highlights include a history of the Borg Queen character featuring interviews with actress Alice Krige, and a scientific documentary on contacting alien life titled "First Contact: The Possibilities." The true standout on the second disc is a thoughtful and touching tribute to the late film composer Jerry Goldsmith. Featuring interviews with Star Trek cast and crew and Goldsmith's friends and family members, the featurette offers a look at Goldsmith's career and his many contributions to Star Trek's musical library. Closing things out on this exceptional release are several featurettes on the film's standout Industrial Light and Magic-produced effects and a wide collection of trailers, story boards, and a photo gallery. ~ Jason Gibner, All Movie Guide

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