Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home was the fourth movie set in the Star Trek universe. It was made in 1986 by Paramount Pictures.
| Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Leonard Nimoy |
| Produced by | Harve Bennett |
| Written by | Screenplay: Steve Meerson Peter Krikes Nicholas Meyer Harve Bennett Story: Leonard Nimoy Harve Bennett Characters: Gene Roddenberry |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Leonard Rosenman |
| Cinematography | Donald Peterman |
| Edited by | Peter E. Berger |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | November 26, 1986 |
Running time | 119 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $27,000,000 (estimated) |
| Box office | $133,000,000 (worldwide) |
James T. Kirk and his crew have to travel back in time in a Klingon space ship to save the Earth from an alien probe attempting to contact now-extinct humpback whales. The crew travel to the 20th century, in order to find the whales and take them to the 24th century, so they can answer the probe's call.
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Media
- MontereyBayAquariumBackview.jpg
The Monterey Bay Aquarium, viewed from the back. The shallow area behind the rocks was turned into a whale tank via special effects; other changes included the addition of the San Francisco skyline in the background.: Script error: The function "hyphen2dash" does not exist. 
- Vasquez Rocks 2.jpg
Vasquez Rocks was used as a stand-in for the alien world of Vulcan. The rocks had also appeared in TOS and many other TV shows and movies.