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STAR TREK MOVIES

STAR TREK:
THE MOTION PICTURE
RELEASE DATE - 12.07.79
STORY BY - Alan Dean Foster
SCREENPLAY BY - Harold Livingston
DIRECTED BY - Robert Wise
GATEWORLD RATING - * *
The crew of the starship Enterprise reunites to save Earth from VGER -- an alien probe that has its origins in Earth's own past.

STAR TREK II:
THE WRATH OF KHAN
RELEASE DATE - 06.04.82
STORY BY - Harve Bennett, Jack B. Sowards
SCREENPLAY BY - Jack B. Sowards
DIRECTED BY - Nicholas Meyer
GATEWORLD RATING - * * * *
A ruthless enemy from Kirk's past returns for revenge, stealing a deadly Federation secret project and hijacking a starship.

STAR TREK III:
THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK
RELEASE DATE - 06.01.84
WRITTEN BY - Harve Bennett
DIRECTED BY - Leonard Nimoy
GATEWORLD RATING - * * 1/2
Kirk and crew hijack the decommissioned and battle-scarred Enterprise to reunite Spock's soul with his body -- but discover that the Genesis planet has been taken over by Klingons.

STAR TREK IV:
THE VOYAGE HOME
RELEASE DATE - 11.26.86
STORY BY - Leonard Nimoy, Harve Bennett
SCREENPLAY BY - Steve Meerson, Peter Krikes, Harve Bennett, Nicholas Meyer
DIRECTED BY - Leonard Nimoy
GATEWORLD RATING - * * * 1/2
An alien probe threatens to destroy Earth, and the only way to stop it is for Kirk and his crew to journey back to twentieth century San Francisco to retrieve a pair of humpback whales.

STAR TREK V:
THE FINAL FRONTIER
RELEASE DATE - 06.09.89
STORY BY - William Shatner, Harve Bennett, David Loughery
SCREENPLAY BY - David Loughery
DIRECTED BY - William Shatner
GATEWORLD RATING - * 1/2
Spock's half-brother Sybok hijacks the Enterprise, brainwashing the crew and taking the ship on a dangerous mission to find God beyond the Great Barrier at the center of the galaxy.

STAR TREK VI:
THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY
RELEASE DATE - 12.06.91
STORY BY - Leonard Nimoy, Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal
SCREENPLAY BY - Nicholas Meyer, Denny Martin Flinn
DIRECTED BY - Nicholas Meyer
GATEWORLD RATING - * * * 1/2
Kirk and McCoy are arrested when Klingon Chancellor Gorkon is assassinated en route to a Federation peace summit. The Enterprise crew must free their shipmates and expose a conspiracy that could unravel the peace process.

STAR TREK:
GENERATIONS
RELEASE DATE - 11.18.94
STORY BY - Rick Berman, Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga
SCREENPLAY BY - Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga
DIRECTED BY - David Carson
GATEWORLD RATING - * *
History gives way to a new crew, and Captain Jean-Luc Picard must enlist the help of Captain Kirk -- now living in a timeless energy ribbon -- to stop a madman from destroying entire planetary systems.

STAR TREK:
FIRST CONTACT
RELEASE DATE - 11.22.96
STORY BY - Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Ronald D. Moore
SCREENPLAY BY - Brannon Braga, Ronald D. Moore
DIRECTED BY - Jonathan Frakes
GATEWORLD RATING - * * *
To save Earth, the Enterprise must follow a Borg ship into the past and ensure that humans' first contact with aliens occurs -- while defending the ship and Commander Data from Borg assimilation.

STAR TREK:
INSURRECTION
RELEASE DATE - 12.11.98
STORY BY - Rick Berman, Michael Piller
SCREENPLAY BY - Michael Piller
DIRECTED BY - Jonathan Frakes
GATEWORLD RATING - * *
Picard risks a court martial to protect the Baku from being displaced by the Federation and Sona, when he learns that they wish to take advantage of the planet's natural healing and longevity properties.

STAR TREK:
NEMESIS
RELEASE DATE - 12.13.02
SCREENPLAY BY - John Logan
DIRECTED BY - Stuart Baird
GATEWORLD RATING - * * *
A diplomatic mission to forge peace with the Romulan Empire throws the crew of the Enterprise into the midst of a new conflict, led by an enemy with very personal ties to Captain Picard.