Release Date
December 6, 1979
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Running Time
132 minutes
MPAA Rating
Rated G
Two Klingon Bird of Preys are vaporized. A Federation space station is destroyed. All they pick up before the cameras go blank is a gigantic, supernatural force of immense energy. And all they can determine is it's destination: Earth.
Captain Kirk, Spock, Bones, and the rest are reassigned to their newly redone starship, the Enterprise. The most advanced ship in the fleet, the Enterprise has been selected to figure out the phenomenons' motive and, if... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Star Trek: The Motion Picture is nothing more than a graphics spectacular but it does an excellent job as just that. It's graphics might not be quite up there with Star Wars, which beat this Star Trek in the Academy Awards department, but they come pretty close. Half of the movie, or more, has to be devoted to just showing off the graphics, which, unfortunately, left little time for plot. The ending was somewhat cheesy but this was the first Star Trek movie; it sprouted several sequels and television series. Full movie review »