Star Trek 9: Insurrection

Starring: Anthony Zerbe, Patrick Stewart Director: Jonathan Frakes Original UK Premiere: 1999 Dvd Release: 5th June, 2000 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding Subtitled In: Danish, Dutch, English, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish Dubbed In: Hungarian

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Star Trek: Insurrection is the ninth Star Trek feature film. The Next Generation. During a diplomatic mission, the Enterprise receives a communication that Commander Data has gone berserk during an observation mission at the Baku homeworld. After capturing & fixing Data they return to the Baku village on the planet surface to find what caused him to malfunction. They find a Federation ship which is basically a holodeck of the Bakus homeworld, apparently so the Baku can be unwittingly relocated without their knowledge. Captain Picard & his crew discover that the planet has fountain of youth qualities which the Federation & the Sona wish to harvest. However, harvesting the particles would cause the planet to become uninhabitable. Captain Picard & the Enterprise crew return to the planet surface to prevent the relocation of the Baku. When Picard is captured by the Sona & Federation, he reveals to the Federation Admiral that the Sona are actually Baku who left the planet years ago & are simply out for revenge. The film was directed by Jonathan Frakes..

Star Trek fans were decidedly mixed in their reactions to this, the ninth big-screen feature in Paramounts lucrative Trek franchise. Die-hard loyalists will appreciate the way this Next Generation adventure rekindles the spirit of the original Trek TV series while combining a tolerable dose of New-Age philosophy with a light-hearted plot for the Next Gen cast. This time out, Picard & his executive crew must transport to a Shangri-la-like planet to see why their android crewmate Data has run amok in a village full of peaceful Baku artisans who, thanks to their planets metaphasic radiation, havent aged in 309 years.

It turns out theres a conspiracy afoot, masterminded by the devious, gruesomely aged Ruafo , whos in cahoots with a renegade Starfleet admiral . They covet the fountain-of-youth power of the Baku planet, but because their takeover plan violates Starfleets Prime Directive of non-interference, its up to Picard & crew to stop the scheme. Along the way, they all benefit from the metaphasic effect, which manifests itself as Worfs puberty , Picards youthful romance with a Baku woman , the touching though temporary return of Geordis natural eyesight, & a moment when Troi asks Dr. Crusher if shes noticed that her boobs are firming up.

Some fans scoffed at these humorous asides, but theyre what make this Trek film as entertaining as it is slightly disappointing. Without the laughs , this is a pretty routine entry in the franchise, with no real surprises, a number of plot holes, & the overall appearance of a big-budget TV episode. As costar & director, Jonathan Frakes proves a capable carrier of the Star Trekflame, & its nice to see women in their 40s portrayed as smart & sexy, but while this is surely an adequate Trek adventure, it doesnt quite rank with the best in the series. ,

Anthony Zerbe is an American stage, film & television actor. Zerbe studied at the Stella Adler Theater Studio in New York. He is the former artistic director of Reflections, A New Plays Festival at the GeVa Theatre in Rochester, New York, which is currently touring the United States in Behind The Broken Words, a performance of contemporary poetry, comedy & dramatic works. Zerbe also continues to perform in a project, Prelude to Lime Creek, with poet & lyricist Joe Henry. From 1959 to 1971, Anthony Zerbe served in the United States Air Force. In 1976, Zerbe won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Continuing Performance By a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. He married Arnette Jens on October 7, 1962. 1989 Columbo. Columbo Goes to the Guillotine. 1983 The Return of the Man from UNCL,E. 1982 Rascals & Robbers. The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn. Anthony Zerbe at the Internet Movie Database. Posters Of Star Trek

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Patrick Stewart is a famous British film & television actor. His bald head & classically trained vocal mannerisms are his trademarks. He was born in Mirfield, Yorkshire, England. His first appearance on stage was at a local outdoor history pageant as Tom Of Towngate when he was 9 years old. At the age of 12, he entered the local Secondary Modern School where he continued to study drama. He has said that the greatest thing that ever happened to me was after he read Shylock aloud in front of his class & his teacher told him, Stewart, youre good at this. You should do it for a living. At 15, he dropped out of school & increased his participation in local theatre. He acquired a job as a news paper reporter, but after a year, his employer gave him an ultimatum to choose acting or journalism. He quit the job. His brother tells the story that Stewart would attend rehearsals during work time & then invent the stories he reported. Supposedly, this caught up with him the night of a large fire of which, when questioned by his boss, he knew nothing about. Posters Of Patrick Stewart

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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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