Star Trek: Insurrection | |
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Directed by | Jonathan Frakes |
Produced by | Rick Berman |
Screenplay by | Michael Piller |
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Star Trek by Gene Roddenberry |
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Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
Cinematography | Matthew F. Leonetti |
Edited by | Peter E. Berger |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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103 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $58 million |
Box office | $112.6 million |
Star Trek: Insurrection – Selections from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |||||
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Soundtrack album by Jerry Goldsmith | |||||
Released | December 22, 1998 (original); August 6, 2013 (expanded) | ||||
Genre | Film score | ||||
Length | 42:49 (original); 79:05 (expanded) | ||||
Label | GNP | ||||
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Star Trek: Insurrection is a 1998 American science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures. It is the ninth feature film in the Star Trek film franchise, and is the third film in the series to star the cast of the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. In addition to that cast, F. Murray Abraham, Donna Murphy and Anthony Zerbe also appeared in main roles. The crew of the USS Enterprise-E rebel against Starfleet after they discover a conspiracy with a species known as the Son'a to steal the peaceful Ba'ku's planet for its rejuvenating properties.
Paramount Studios sought a change in pace after the previous film, Star Trek: First Contact. Michael Piller was asked to write the script, which was created from story ideas by Piller and executive producer Rick Berman. The story's first drafts featured the Romulans, and the Son'a and Ba'ku were introduced in the third draft. After Ira Steven Behr reviewed the script, Piller revised it and added a subplot involving a romantic interest for Jean-Luc Picard. The ending was further revised after test screenings.
The special effects depicting outer space were completely computer generated, a first for a Star Trek film. The Ba'ku village was fully built on location at Lake Sherwood, California, but suffered weather damage. Sets from the television series Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine were reused and redressed. Michael Westmore created the make-up for the new alien races, and Robert Blackman revised the Starfleet dress uniform designs. Sanja Milkovic Hayes created costumes for the Ba'ku from cellulose fibers, which were baked and glued together. Jerry Goldsmith produced the film's score; his fourth for the franchise.