Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country -- Special Edition

Starring: David Warner, William Shatner Director: Nicholas Meyer Original UK Premiere: 1991 Dvd Release: 1st March, 2004 Number Of Discs: 2 Format: PAL, Special Edition, Region 2 Encoding

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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is the sixth feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. TUC or TUC. It is the last of the films based solely on the original series cast & it presents their final mission together. // The Klingon economy is thrown into turmoil after the explosion of Praxis, a key Klingon energy production facility. The Klingon Empire sues for peace with the Federation. Starfleet chooses to send the USS Enterprise to meet with Chancellor Gorkon to open negotiations, a decision that doesnt sit well with Captain James T The Search for Spock. Captain Kirk, upon rendezvousing with Gorkons battle cruiser Kronos One at the Klingon border, invites the Klingon chancellor along with his guests to dinner aboard the Enterprise. The dinner does not go well, as the humans & the Klingons spar on the eventual course of the projected peace, discussing, among other things, the possible annihilation of Klingon culture. Posters Of The Undiscovered Country

DVD Extras: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is a two-disc set with the main feature presented in anamorphic widescreen at the fascinating ratio of 2.00:1. Sound is strong Dolby Digital 5.1. Director Nicholas Meyer & screenwriter Denny Martin Flinn provide an audio commentary & Trek-trivia gurus Michael & Denise Okuda give another of their fact-packed text commentaries. The second disc has several lengthy & interesting documentaries: The Perils of Peacemaking delves into the many deliberate parallels with the Cold War; Stories from Star Trek VI consists of eight separate chapters about the making of the film ; The Star Trek Universe has various nuggets of information, including the creation & evolution of the Klingons. Finally, in Farewell there are interviews with the principal cast from the set, plus a tribute to DeForest Kelley. Nicholas Meyer, Leonard Nimoy & William Shatner all provide up-to-date contributions throughout.

With the return of director Nicholas Meyer, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country restored the movie series to its classic blend of space opera, intelligent plotting & engaging interaction of stalwart heroes & menacing villains. Borrowing its subtitle from Shakespeare, the movie finds Admiral Kirk & his fellow Enterprise crew members on a diplomatic mission to negotiate peace with the revered Klingon Chancellor Gorkon . When the high-ranking Klingon & several officers are ruthlessly murdered, blame is placed on Kirk & crew. The subsequent investigation, which sees Spock taking on the mantle of Sherlock Holmes , uncovers an assassination plot masterminded by the nefarious Klingon General Chang in an effort to disrupt a historic peace summit.

As this political plot unfolds Star Trek VI takes on a sharp-edged tone with Kirk & Spock confronting their opposing views of diplomacy & testing their bonds of loyalty when a Vulcan officer is revealed to be a traitor. With a dramatic depth befitting what was to be the final movie mission of the original Enterprise crew, this film took the veteran cast out in respectably high style, with the torch being passed to the crew of Star Trek: The Next Generation in the following movie, Star Trek: Generations. ,

David Warner is a British actor who often plays sinister characters. Warner was trained at RADA, before making an impact with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where his portrayal of Hamlet quickly made him famous. In 1963, he made his film debut in Tom Jones & in 1965 starred as King Henry VI of England in the BBC production of Shakespeare s Wars of the Roses cycle. Another early television role included starring alongside Bob Dylan in the 1963 play The Madhouse on Castle Street. A Suitable Case For Treatment, which established his reputation for playing slightly off-the-wall characters. The Animated Series playing Ras Al Ghul as well as rogue agent Alpha in the animated Men in Black series. He was also cast against type as Henry Niles in Straw Dogs & as Bob Crachit in the 1984 telefilm of A Christmas Carol. In addition, he played Nazi strongman Reinhard Heydrich in the movie SS - Portrait in Evil & the television mini-series Holocaust. The Undiscovered Country, Titanic, Scream 2 & more recently in independent televisions adaptation of the Hornblower series. Posters Of The Undiscovered Country

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William Shatner is an actor & writer. Shatner is most famous for his starring role as Captain James T Kirk of the Starship Enterprise in the television show Star Trek from 1966 to 1969 & in seven of the subsequent movies. Shatner has written three books chronicling his experiences playing Captain Kirk & being a part of the Star Trek franchise. He has since worked as a writer, producer, director, musician & best-selling author. Shatner earned a Bachelors degree from McGill University in 1952. Trained as a classical Shakespearean actor, he performed at the Stratford Festival of Canada in Stratford, Ontario before going to the United States to work. In 1959 he was given good reviews when he took on the role of Robert Lomax in a theatrical production of The World of Suzie Wong. His movie debut was in the classic MGM film The Brothers Karamazov with Yul Brynner in which Shatner starred as the pious brother Alexei. He also appeared in the Stanley Kramer film Judgment at Nuremberg & starred in two episodes of the acclaimed science fiction series The Twilight Zone. Posters Of American Psycho 2

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