Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: First Contact is the eighth movie set in the Star Trek universe. It was made in 1996 by Paramount Pictures. The Borg travel back in time to destroy Phoenix, the Earth's first warp ship. Captain Picard and his crew must follow them to save the Earth from assimilation by the Borg.
| Star Trek: First Contact | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jonathan Frakes |
| Produced by | Rick Berman Marty Hornstein Peter Lauritson |
| Written by | Story Rick Berman Brannon Braga Ronald D. Moore Screenplay Brannon Braga Ronald D. Moore TV series Star Trek Gene Roddenberry |
| Starring | Patrick Stewart Jonathan Frakes Brent Spiner James Cromwell Alfre Woodard |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith Joel Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | Matthew F. Leonetti |
| Edited by | Anastasia Emmons John W. Wheeler |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | November 22, 1996 (US) November 28, 1996 (AUS) December 13, 1996 (UK) |
Running time | 111 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $45 million |
| Box office | $146,000,000 |
The movie was very successful at the box office. The movie also got very good reviews from movie critics.
Star Trek: First Contact Media
Having directed several episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Jonathan Frakes made his feature film directorial debut with First Contact.
A fiberglass capsule was fitted over this decommissioned missile to convert it into Cochrane's Phoenix.
