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Star Trek: First Contact (1996) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
- Renaissance-Era Setting Nixed For Budgetary Reasons… and The Absurdity
- Patrick Stewart Had to OK Frakes as Director, Over Reuben Sandwiches
- Alice Krige Asked For A Second Audition Because She Thought She Blew It
- Alice Krige Needed 8 Borg Wranglers to Work in The Borg Queen Costume
- Brent Spiner Was Terrified of Doing The Missile Silo Jump Stunt
- Watch The Full 25Th-Anniversary Panel
During the “Revisiting First Contact” panel celebrating 25 years since the release of the beloved TNG film, Jonathan Frakes spoke about the genesis of the story of First Contact, saying:
After Jonathan Frakes was asked how he got the job as director, he told the story of the most memorable Reuben sandwich in his life.
Before her audition for the role of the Borg Queen, Alice Krige had no real knowledge of what Star Trek was all about. It took doing the audition for her to find the character, and in doing so, she was convinced she had totally biffed the audition. Of course, she hadn’t.
Alice Krige – who absolutely slayed in her role as the Borg Queen – spoke about how she got the role and what it was like playing the iconic character. One amusing tidbit was her mention of around eight “Borg wranglers” that were needed during her scenes.
While Brent Spiner had high praise for the film’s director, script, and co-stars, there was one aspect of making the film that wasn’t to his liking.
Paramount+ has uploaded the entire Star Trek: First Contactanniversary panel to Youtube. Find more articles on Star Trek history at TrekMovie.com.
Anyone else think First Contact is the best (and a perfect)Trek movie? This movie has it all. Like the best TNG on steroids: action, suspense, lots of lore, incredible acting, and great lines. It has possibly my favorite scene in all of Trek, when Picard is confronted by Lily to blow up the ship in a hopeless situation.
Nov 22, 1996 · Roger Ebert November 22, 1996. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. “Star Trek: First Contact” is one of the best of the eight “ Star Trek ” films: Certainly the best in its technical credits, and among the best in the ingenuity of its plot. I would rank it beside “ Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home ” (1986), the one where the ...
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With Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton. The Borg travel back in time intent on preventing Earth's first contact with an alien species. Captain Picard and his crew pursue them to ensure that Zefram Cochrane makes his maiden flight reaching warp speed.
- Jonathan Frakes
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Stuck in the past, Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton) helps a pioneer of space travel (James Cromwell) in his efforts to create the first warp drive while Capt. Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Cmdr....
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- Sci-Fi
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Box office. $146 million. Star Trek: First Contact is a 1996 American science fiction film directed by Jonathan Frakes in his feature film debut. It is the eighth movie of the Star Trek franchise, and the second starring the cast of the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
