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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Adult Language, Watch With Your Kids, Sci-Fi Violence Movie Release: 1999 DVD Release: 05/02/2000 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 42 mins Studio: DreamWorks Members Wishing: 6 Genres: Comedy, Science Fiction, Sci-Fi Comedy, Showbiz Comedy See Also: Galaxy Quest, Galaxy Quest [Deluxe Edition], Galaxy Quest [Blu-ray]

A team of intrepid adventurers travels through the outer reaches of the galaxy, each week finding excitement and adventure on Galaxy Quest! Or at least that's the way it was in the mid-1970s, when brave if reckless Captain Peter Quincy Taggart, lovely Lieutenant Tawny Madison, and inscrutable alien Dr. Lazarus were the leaders of an interstellar law enforcement team on the TV series of that name. Twenty years later, the show is still in reruns, and Jason Nesmith (Tim Allen), Gwen DeMarco (Sigourney Weaver), and Alexander Dane (Alan Rickman) prop up their sagging careers by making appearances at sci-fi conventions, where they grudgingly shake hands and give autographs for the show's socially inept following. However, it turns out that nerdy sci-fi fans aren't the only ones watching: somewhere in another solar system, a group of alien rebels living under a regime of violence and repression have picked up broadcasts of Galaxy Quest, and they aren't aware that it's fiction. They travel to Earth and encounter the Galaxy Quest cast, who figure that they're just another bunch of guys who like to dress funny. However, they soon realize that they're being hired not for another autograph-signing session but for a real-life outer space rescue mission. Galaxy Quest was directed by Dean Parisot, who had a background in TV directing before his theatrical debut with the dark comedy Home Fries. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Tim Allen - Jason Nesmith
Sigourney Weaver - Gwen DeMarco
Alan Rickman - Alexander Dane
Tony Shalhoub - Fred Kwan
Sam Rockwell - Guy Fleegman
Enrico Colantoni - Mathesar

On this DVD, "Special Features" means just that. They include "On Location from Space," a typical behind-the-scenes featurette; "From the Cutting Room Floor," which features seven scenes cut from the final version of the film; the theatrical trailer; sneak previews of three DVDs; multi-screen biographies and filmographies of the main actors, including very brief interviews; and 12 screens of production notes. Although the 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen picture jerks in places, the four-channel Dolby Digital 5.1 fills the room with sound. A two-page booklet includes more production notes plus a chapter index. ~ Craig Chalquist, All Movie Guide