Star Trek 8 : First Contact

Starring: Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorn Director: Jonathan Frakes Original UK Premiere: 1996 Dvd Release: 31st July, 2000 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding Subtitled In: Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish Dubbed In: Hungarian, Polish

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Star Trek: First Contact is the eighth feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. The Next Generation again encounter their adversaries, the Borg & this time attempt to prevent the Borg from changing history by conquering the Earth of the 21st century through the use of time travel. The film is directed by Jonathan Frakes from a script by Brannon Braga & Ronald D Moore, with music composed by Jerry Goldsmith. Generations, the bridge crew, with the exception of Worf, was transferred to a new Sovereign class starship, the USS Enterprise -E. Shortly before the beginning of the film, a Borg cube ship has entered Federation space on a course for Earth. However, instead of stationing their most advanced vessel among the fleet assembled to protect Earth, Starfleet has assigned the Enterprise to patrol the Romulan Neutral Zone. Because of Captain Jean-Luc Picard s past experience with the Borg, Starfleet considered him too unstable to lead a ship into battle against them.

Even-numbered Star Trek movies tend to be better, & this one is no exception, an intelligently handled plot involving the galaxy-conquering Borg & their attempt to invade Earths past, alter history, & assimilate the entire human race. Time travel, a dazzling new Enterprise, & capable direction by Next Generation alumnus Jonathan Frakes makes this one rank with the best of the bunch. Capt. Picard & his able crew travel back in time to Earth in the year 2063, where they hope to ensure that the inventor of warp drive will successfully carry out his pioneering warp-drive flight & precipitate Earths first contact with an alien race. A seductive Borg queen holds Lt. Data hostage in an effort to sabotage the Federations preservation of history, & the captive android finds himself tempted by the queens tantalising sins of the flesh. Sharply conceived to fit snugly into the burgeoning Star Trek chronology, First Contact leads to a surprise revelation that marks an important historical chapter in the ongoing mission to boldly go where no one has gone before. ,

Jonathan Frakes is a well-known American actor & director who is best known for his portrayal of Commander William Riker in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. First Contact earning him the nickname Two-Takes Frakes. Frakes, originally a psychology major, received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at Penn State University in the early 1970s & went on to receive his Masters from Harvard. He moved to New York City & became a member of The Impossible Ragtime Theater. In that company Frakes did his first off-Broadway acting in Eugene ONeill s The Hairy Ape. His first Broadway appearance was in Shenandoah. At the same time, he landed a role in the NBC soap opera The Doctors. When his character was dismissed from the soap, Frakes moved to Los Angeles, California & played guest spots in many of the top television shows of the 1970s & 1980s such as The Waltons & Hill Street Blues. The Next Generation. He is married to soap opera actress Genie Francis. The couple now live in London with their son, Jameson & daughter, Elizabeth.   article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki. Posters Of Star Trek

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Michael Dorn is an American actor. He was born in Luling, Texas. The first movie he had a role in was Rocky & Dorn was a regular in television series CHiPs. Deep Space Nine. During several interviews, he claims to have been interested in the role of Worf due to his playing a nice guy before on television & wanted to break away from any stereotyping of him as a nice guy. Dorn also appeared in the Christmas movie The Santa Clause 2 playing The Sandman. He is the voice of I M Weasel in the animated series Cow & Chicken & Dr Sins of the Fathers. Battle for Dune - A game loosely based on Frank Herberts Dune novels - as the Duke of house Atreides. Dorn enjoys flying his single engine plane, something he was not permitted to do while in The Next Generation but was apparently able to do after joining the cast of Deep Space Nine.   article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.

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