

Star Trek: The Motion Picture
The human adventure is just beginning.
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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $44M
- Box office
- $139.3M
- Language
- English
- spacecraft
- man vs machine
- artificial intelligence (a.i.)
- self sacrifice
- teleportation
- san francisco, california
- starship
- space opera
- reunited friends
- outer space
- lighthearted
- didactic
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalG7 Dec 1979
- PhysicalPGDirector's Edition6 Nov 2001
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalU15 Dec 1979
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalG21 Dec 1979
BrazilBR
- TheatricalL18 Jan 1980
FinlandFI
- TheatricalS28 Mar 1980
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP27 Mar 1980
- PhysicalDVD18 Apr 2002
- PhysicalBlu-Ray27 Oct 2009
- Physical4K UHD7 Sept 2022
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1227 Mar 1980
- Physical12VHS (TV Version)28 Dec 1998
- Physical12Directors Edition DVD6 Nov 2001
GreeceGR
- Theatrical1325 Apr 2002
IrelandIE
- TheatricalG21 Dec 1979
ItalyIT
- Theatrical3 Apr 1980
JapanJP
- TheatricalG12 Jul 1980
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical1219 Jun 1980
- TV9Yorin8 Aug 2002
- Physical9DVD1 Apr 2008
- Physical9Blu ray28 May 2009
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture was released on 7 December 1979.
Audience reviews
3- W9/10
Wuchak
9/1/2019
***Stands Alone in the Feature Film Series*** A colossal, mysterious space cloud called V'ger travels across the galaxy and threatens Earth, annihilating interlopers along the way ; the origins of V'ger are revealed at the end. "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" (1979) addresses some of the deepest questions of life: Is this all there is? Why are we here? Does love exist since it cannot be proved via pure logic?…
- G1/10
GenerationofSwine
1/10/2023
BORING. I mean, it opens great. The first few minutes sort of give you the impression that this movie is going to be epic... ... and then the rest of it is best spent looking at your phone, cleaning your finger nails, watching linoleum curl, defrosting your freezer... ... finding anything else you can do as it plays in the background just to keep you form dying of Boredom. And I say this as a Star Trek fa…
- C5/10
CinemaSerf
6/5/2023
To be fair, this film does pick up quite plausibly from the television series. The characterisations are roughly the same, if somewhat older - and that does help give it some cohesion; but the opening scene goes on interminably. The premiss is stretched to breaking point and riddled with metaphors and pseudo-philosophical clichés; and there is precious little action. Persis Khambatta who plays "Ilia" - the conduit be…
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