Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

11/26/19861h 58m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Star date: 1986. How on Earth can they save the future? ~

Overview:

When a huge alien probe enters the galaxy and begins to vaporize Earth's oceans, Kirk and his crew must travel back in time in order to bring back whales and save the planet.

Director:

Leonard Nimoy

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$21,000,000.00

Revenue:

$133,000,000.00

Key words:

spacecraft
saving the world
teleportation
san francisco, california
starship
whale
marine biologist
uss enterprise-a
time travel
humpback whale
space opera
nostalgic
whaling ship
philosophical
aircraft carrier
outer space
playful
space probe
cloaking device
inspirational
lighthearted
grand
didactic
sentimental
adoring
amused
appreciative
approving
celebratory
compassionate
exhilarated
exuberant
informative
sympathetic

Cast

William Shatner

~ as ~

Kirk

Leonard Nimoy

~ as ~

Spock

DeForest Kelley

~ as ~

McCoy

James Doohan

~ as ~

Scotty

George Takei

~ as ~

Sulu

Walter Koenig

~ as ~

Chekov

Nichelle Nichols

~ as ~

Uhura

Mark Lenard

~ as ~

Sarek

Jane Wyatt

~ as ~

Amanda

Majel Barrett

~ as ~

Commander Chapel

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Reviews (2)

GenerationofSwine
Written 2 year(s) ago
1
I guess when I was 6 i liked it, and every generation needs it's time travel movie doesn't it?

But, no, bringing them back to contemporary 80s earth just doesn't work. It's sort of too close to home to be good. Star Trek is Sci-Fi, sure, but this just doesn't work.

They live in a future that COULD be, with it's own history, it's own mythology, and taking the crew of the Enterprise back to our world just makes them feel more out of place than the comedic tone of the film intended.
CinemaSerf
Written 1 year(s) ago
7
Probably my favourite of these sci-fi adventures. Having revived "Spock" to something akin to his previous, pompous old self; the crew of the now destroyed "Enterprise" set sail for home in their captured Klingon Warbird. Meantime, unbeknown to them, a probe is wreaking havoc on the galaxy as it emits odd pinging sounds on it's way to Earth. Our explorers approach the planet to discover that the probe has polarised the atmosphere and even the sophisticated Starfleet Command has no idea what's going on... Well, it turns out that the probe is pretty fluent in humpback whale-song but we have long since hunted them into extinction. What's required now is some legerdemain and a bit of time travel to go get some from back in 20th century California. What follows is a fun series of escapades as they set about their tasks - and all of the crew have their own roles to play. It touches on the ecology issues in a humorous but pointed manner and all round delivers an enjoyable 2 hours of entertainment.