Star Trek VIII, first contact
By: Paramount Pictures presents ; a Rick Berman production ; screenplay by Brannon Braga & Ronald D. Moore ; produced by Rick Berman ; directed by Jonathan Frakes
Contributors: Goldsmith, Jerry, composer (expression); Stewart, Patrick, 1940- actor; Spiner, Brent, actor; Burton, LeVar, actor; Dorn, Michael, 1952- actor; McFadden, Gates, actor; Sirtis, Marina, 1955- actor; Woodard, Alfre, 1953- actor; Cromwell, James, actor; Krige, Alice, 1954- actor; Leonetti, Matthew F., 1941- director of photography; Wheeler, John W., editor of moving image work; Everton, Deborah, costume designer; Zimmerman, Herman, prodcution designer; Paramount Pictures Corporation; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Series: Star trek the next generation motion picture collection -- [disc 2]; Star trek the next generation movie collection -- disc 2.
Published: 2009
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 110
Subjects: Drama; Enterprise (Imaginary space vehicle); Interplanetary voyages
Other titles: First contact; Container of (work): Star trek, first contact (Motion picture); Container of (expression): Star trek, first contact (Motion picture). French.; Container of (expression): Star trek, first contact (Motion picture). Spanish.; Container of (expression): Star trek, first contact (Motion picture). Portuguese.
Description: After an epic battle against the Borg (cybernetically-enhanced life forms), Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise follow the Borg Sphere back into the 21st century to prevent the Borg from contaminating Earth's timeline and preventing Earth's first contact.
Notes: Widescreen presentation, enhanded for 16:9 TVs.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1996.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Special features include: commentary by Damon Lindelof and Anthony Pascale ; Industrial Light & Magic -- the next generation ; Greetings from the international space station ; Spaceshipone's historic flight ; Brent Spiner: Data and beyond part 2 ; Trek roundtable: First contact ; Starfleet Academy: temporal vortex.

Director of photography, Matthew F. Leonetti ; editor, John W. Wheeler ; music by Jerry Goldsmith ; costume designer, Deborah Everton ; production designer, Herman Zimmerman.

Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Alfre Woodard, James Cromwell, Alice Krige.

Rated PG-13 ; for some sci-fi adventure violence.

DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround; NTSC.

English, French, Spanish or Portuguese dialogue with optional English, French, Spanish, Portuguese subtitles ; closed-captioned.