Star Trek: The Motion Picture

About Star Trek: The Motion Picture

When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns to the newly transformed U.

Robert Wise's Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a 1979 mystery science fiction film. William Shatner appears as Admiral James T. Kirk, Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock, DeForest Kelley as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, and James Doohan as Cmdr. Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott.

At 131 minutes long, it arrived in December 1979. Written by Harold Livingston. It was produced by Robert Wise Productions.

Shelv files it under artificial intelligence (a.i.), lighthearted, sentimental, and sympathetic. In the United States it streams on fuboTV, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, and Paramount Plus Essential. It scores 6.5 out of 10 from 2,018 TMDB voters and it carries a G rating.

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and Star Trek: Nemesis make useful companions to Star Trek: The Motion Picture, all filed under didactic and outer space.