
Babylon 5: The River of Souls(1998)
A group of Soul Hunters come to Babylon 5 demanding the return of something that was stolen from them.


The feature-length pilot for this Emmy award-winning show. Babylon 5 is the latest in a series of space stations built by humans. The Vorlon ambassador, Kosh, has been poisoned. It is the new commanding officer, Jeffrey Sinclair, who has the responsibility of finding the culprit. Otherwise, the space station will fail in its role of bringing many alien races together.

Michael O'Hare
Cmdr. Jeffrey Sinclair

Tamlyn Tomita
Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima

Jerry Doyle
Michael Garibaldi

Mira Furlan
Delenn

Peter Jurasik
Londo Mollari

Andreas Katsulas
G'Kar

Blaire Baron
Carolyn Sykes

John Fleck
Del Varner

Patricia Tallman
Lyta Alexander
Steven R. Barnett
Eric Hazeltine
Babylon 5: The Gathering is a science fiction, action, adventure film released in 1993 exploring themes of galaxy, alien life-form, killer, space centre. Directed by Richard Compton, it stars Michael O'Hare, Tamlyn Tomita, Jerry Doyle. The feature-length pilot for this Emmy award-winning show. Babylon 5 is the latest in a series of space stations built by humans. The Vorlon ambassador, Kosh, has been poisoned. It is the new commanding officer, Jeffrey Sinclair, who has the responsibility of finding the culprit. Otherwise, the space station will fail in its role of bringing many alien races together.
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