
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home(1986)
When a huge alien probe enters the galaxy and begins to vaporize Earth's oceans, Kirk and his crew must travel back in time in order to bring back whales and save the planet.


“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.

William Shatner
Admiral James T. Kirk

Leonard Nimoy
Mr. Spock

DeForest Kelley
Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy

James Doohan
Cmdr. Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott

George Takei
Lt. Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu

Walter Koenig
Lt. Pavel Chekov

Nichelle Nichols
Lt. Cmdr. Uhura

Stephen Collins
Captain William Decker

Persis Khambatta
Lt. Ilia / The Probe

Majel Barrett
Dr. Christine Chapel
Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a science fiction, adventure, mystery film released in 1979 exploring themes of spacecraft, man vs machine, artificial intelligence (a.i.), self sacrifice, teleportation, san francisco, california. Directed by Robert Wise, it stars William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley. 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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