Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country
Action, Mystery, Science Fiction
Paramount Pictures  (1991) 113 mins PG

7.2 (18,758 votes)
The Klingon moon Praxis explodes, threatening their atmosphere, and the Empire must turn to their sworn enemy, the Federation, for help. James T. Kirk (William Shatner), once again commanding the Enterprise, is assigned to escort the Klingon Chancellor Gorkon (David Warner) to Earth. After a ceremonial dinner the Chancellor’s ship is fired upon apparently by Enterprise, and two Starfleet crewmen assassinate Gorkon during the resulting chaos. Kirk and Doctor McCoy (DeForest Kelley) fail to save Gorkon, and are arrested by the Klingons, tried, and sentenced to life on the frozen asteroid Rura Penthe. Kirk and McCoy attempt to escape but are betrayed by shapeshifter Martia (Iman). Sulu (George Takei), now Captain of the Excelsior, Spock, and the rest of the original crew rescue Kirk and McCoy in the nick of time. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) finds out that it was Klingon General Chang’s (Christoph...

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Cast and Crew
William Shatner  ......  Capt. James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy  ......  Capt. Spock
James Doohan  ......  Capt. Montgomery Scott
DeForest Kelley  ......  Dr. Leonard McCoy
Walter Koenig  ......  Cmdr. Pavel Chekov
Kim Cattrall  ......  Lt. Valeris
Director  .....  Nicholas Meyer
Producer  .....  Ralph Winter; Leonard Nimoy; Steven-Charles Jaffe
Writer  .....  Nicholas Meyer; Leonard Nimoy; Gene Roddenberry
Cinematography  .....  Hiro Narita
Musician  .....  Cliff Eidelman
Notes
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: On Rura Penthe, McCoy's lips initially aren't moving when he says, "He's definitely on about something, Jim." (more)

Trivia:
The Klingon translating Chang's words into English is Klaa (Todd Bryant), the renegade captain from the previous film, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989). Though it isn't said in the film, several sources state the character was demoted to translator duty as punishment for his unsanctioned attack on Kirk. (more)

Filming Locations:
Alaska, USA (more)

Quotes:
[first lines]
Captain Hikaru Sulu: Stardate 9521.6. Captain's Log, USS Excelsior. Hikaru Sulu commanding. After three years, I have concluded my first assignment as master of this vessel, cataloguing gaseous planetary anomalies in Beta Quadrant. We're heading home under full impulse power. I'm pleased to report that ship and crew have functioned well.
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 5 nominations (more)