| Galaxy Quest | |
|---|---|
 "The Show Has Been Cancelled... But The Adventure Has Only Begun." | |
| Directed By | Dean Parisot |
| Screenplay By | Robert Gordon, David Howard |
| Cast | Sigourney Weaver, Tim Allen, Alan Rickman, Sam Rockwell |
| Produced By | Charles Newirth, Mark Johnson |
| Cinematography By | Jerzy Zielinski |
| Film Editing By | Don Zimmerman |
| Music By | David Newman |
| Distributed By | DreamWorks Pictures |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Release Date | December 25, 1999 |
| Runtime | 102 Minutes |
| Rating | PG |
| Budget | $45,000,000 |
| Gross | $90,683,916 |
Overview[]
Galaxy Quest is a 1999 American produced science fiction-comedy film starring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Sam Rockwell, Daryl Mitchell, and Robin Sachs. It was directed by Dean Parisot.
Galaxy Quest was a modest box office success and was positively received by audiences and critics. It is widely considered to be a thinly veiled parody and homage of the popular Star Trek Franchise and their quirky Trekkies fandom with many of the veteran cast members such as Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, George Takei, and Wil Wheaton all praising the film. It even earned an affectionate honorary placement on the 2013 Trekkies' List of Best Trek Movies of All Time.
For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA Protector embarked on a perilous mission to explore strange new worlds and boldly go where no man has ever gone before ... or at least until their TV series, "Galaxy Quest" was cancelled. But not forgotten.
Because a group of real life and desperate aliens mistake the TV show as a "historical documentary" and have come to seek out the heroic crew of Questers in order to save them! And now these out-of-work actors have to pull off the greatest performances of their lives without a script, a director, or even a clue just to make it back home.
Plot[]
Once upon a time, Galaxy Quest was an incredibly popular science fiction television show. Then it got cancelled but unlike most shows, it attained cult status and now, eighteen years later, the cast of actors find themselves unable to escape it. Forever typecasted by their performances and unable to find other work, they make a meager living opening electronic stores and appearing at Galaxy Quest Conventions. Until their biggest fans show up.
A highly advanced alien species known as the Thermians (with no concept of fiction) have seen the old broadcasts of Galaxy Quest and have assumed their shows are 'historical documents' and modeled their entire society based on the peaceful ethos and high-minded principles of the Questers. But the pacifistic Therians find themselves overwhelmed in a war against a race of tyrannical alien overlords led by Sarris. Desperate for help, they have come to Earth fully expecting their legendary 'heroes' to save them.
Cast[]
- Tim Allen as Jason Nesmith
- Sigourney Weaver as Gwen DeMarco
- Alan Rickman as Alexander Dane
- Tony Shalhoub as Fred Kwan
- Sam Rockwell as Guy Fleegman
- Daryl Mitchell as Tommy Webber
- Enrico Colantoni as Mathesar
- Robin Sachs as Gen. Roth'h'ar Sarris
- Justin Long as Brandon
- Missi Pyle as Laliari
- Patrick Breen as Quellek
- Sam Lloyd as Neru
- Rainn Wilson as Lahnk
- Susan Egan as Teek
Production[]
Alternative Movie Titles[]
- GalaxyQuest
Additional/Alternate Movie Taglines[]
- The show has been cancelled... But the adventure has only begun.
- Never give up, never surrender!
- These actors are now outer space heroes.
- From out-of-work actors to outer space heroes.
- A comedy of galactic proportions.