The Voyage Home is a 1986 American science fiction film directed by Leonard Nimoy and based on the television series Star Trek. It is the fourth feature installment in the Star Trek film series, and is a sequel to Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. The film was released on November 26, 1986, in North America by Paramount Pictures, and became the top-grossing film at the weekend box office. Unlike previous Star Trek films, The Voyages Home was shot extensively on location.
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The Voyage Home is a 1986 American science fiction film directed by Leonard Nimoy and based on the television series Star Trek. It is the fourth feature installment in the Star Trek film series, and is a sequel to Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. The former crew of the USS Enterprise find the planet in grave danger from an alien probe attempting to contact now-extinct humpback whales. The crew travel to Earth’s past to find whales who can answer the probe’s call. The film was released on November 26, 1986, in North America by Paramount Pictures, and became the top-grossing film at the weekend box office. It was financially successful, earning USD 133 million worldwide, and earned several awards and four Oscar nominations for its cinematography and sound. Unlike previous Star Trek films, The Voyages Home was shot extensively on location; many real settings and buildings were used as stand-ins for scenes set around and in the city of San Francisco. The movie was dedicated to the crew of Space Shuttle Challenger, which broke up 73 seconds after takeoff on the morning of January 28, 1986. It has been hailed as one of the best films of the 1980s by critics and fans of the series, as well as the best Star Trek movie ever made (along with Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan). The film’s humor and unconventional story were well received by critics, fans, and the general audience, and it was well-received by the film industry as a whole.
It also won several awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Director for the third film in the series (Star Trek II The Wrath Of Khan), and Best Actor for William Shatner in Star Trek IV: The Search For Spock. In the film, the crew take their captured Klingon Bird of Prey and return to Earth to face trial for their actions in the previous film, but only Saavik remains on Vulcan. The ship’s power is drained by the time travel maneuver, so the crew split up to accomplish several tasks: Admiral James T. Kirk, Spock, Montgomery Scott, and Hikaru Sulu construct a tank to hold the whales they need for a return to the 23rd century. Uhura and Pavel Chekov are tasked to find a nuclear reactor, whose energy leakage can be collected and used to re-power the Klingon vessel. Dr. Gillian Taylor is found in the care of Dr. Kirk and asks for the whales, but she refuses to cooperate. Scott, Scott, Sulu, and McCoy trade the formula for the transparent aluminium for the materials needed for the whale tank. Kirk goes to rescue Gillian, but is severely injured in an attempt to escape the whales. Chekov and Uhura are discovered on board the aircraft carrier, the Enterprise, but they need to return to a nearby hospital. They collect the power to power the ship, but Uhura is beamed out but is subsequently injured.
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