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From The Motion Picture to The Undiscovered Country, we've ranked the original Star Trek movies from worst to best!
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- Theatrical - Wide 1979-12-07
- Cast William Shatner Leonard Nimoy DeForest Kelley James Doohan George Takei
- Directed by Robert Wise
- Written by Harold Livingston
Box Office Gross:
$139,346,243
Running Time:
131 minutes
Language:
English
Production Company:
Paramount Pictures, Century Associates, Robert Wise Productions
Genres:
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Synopsis
When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns to the newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command.
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