Star Trek Generations

Star Trek Generations
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Directed by	David Carson
Screenplay by	Ronald D. Moore Brannon Braga
Story by	Rick Berman Ronald D. Moore Brannon Braga
Based on	Star Trek by Gene Roddenberry
Produced by	Rick Berman
Starring	Patrick Stewart Jonathan Frakes Brent Spiner Levar Burton Michael Dorn Gates McFadden Marina Sirtis Malcolm McDowell James Doohan Walter Koenig William Shatner
Cinematography	John A. Alonzo
Edited by	Peter E. Berger[1]
Music by	Dennis McCarthy
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	November 18, 1994 (1994-11-18)
Running time	118 minutes[2]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$35 million[3]
Box office	$118 million[3]

Star Trek Generations is a 1994 American science fiction film and the seventh film in the Star Trek film series. Malcolm McDowell joins cast members from the 1960s television show Star Trek and the 1987 sequel series The Next Generation, including William Shatner and Patrick Stewart. In the film, Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise-D joins forces with Captain James T. Kirk to stop the villain Tolian Soran from destroying a planetary system in his attempt to return to an extra-dimensional realm known as the Nexus.

Generations was conceived as a transition from the original cast of the Star Trek films to the cast of The Next Generation. After developing several film ideas concurrently, the producers chose a script written by Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga. Production began while the final season of the television series was being made. The director was David Carson, who previously directed episodes of the television series; photography was by franchise newcomer John A. Alonzo. Filming took place on the Paramount Studios lots, and on location in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, and Lone Pine, California. The film's climax was revised and reshot following poor reception from test audiences. The film uses a mix of traditional optical effects alongside computer-generated imagery and was scored by regular Star Trek composer Dennis McCarthy.

Star Trek Generations was released in the United States on November 18, 1994. Paramount promoted the film with merchandising tie-ins, including toys, books, games, and a website—a first for a major motion picture. The film opened at the top of the United States box office its first week of release and grossed a total of $118 million worldwide. Critical reception was mixed, with critics divided on the film's characters and comprehensibility to a casual viewer. It was followed by Star Trek: First Contact in 1996.