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Galaxy Quest
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Galaxy Quest is a 1999 American science fiction, adventure, parody, and comedy film directed by Dean Parisot. The screenplay was written by Robert Gordon, with Mark Johnson serving as producer. The cast includes Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, and Tony Shalhoub. The film was produced by DreamWorks Pictures and Gran Via Productions, and distributed by Netflix. It was filmed in Los Angeles, Malibu, and Utah, with the narrative set in Los Angeles.
The film has a runtime of 102 minutes and was released on December 25, 1999. It received a budget of 45,000,000 and generated revenue of 90,683,916. The main subject of the film is extraterrestrial life. David Newman composed the music, while Jerzy Zieliński was the director of photography and Don Zimmerman was the film editor. Albert Wolsky designed the costumes.
Galaxy Quest received the Saturn Award for Best Actor, the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, and the Nebula Award for Best Script. It was nominated for the Saturn Awards for Best Science Fiction Film, Best Supporting Actor, Best Actress, and Best Music. The film holds a rating of 7.4 on IMDb based on 191,975 votes and a vote average of 7.1 on TMDb from 2,510 votes.
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7.1For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA Protector — Commander Peter Quincy Taggart, Lieutenant Tawny Madison, and Doctor Lazarus — set off on a thrilling and often dangerous mission in space... until their series was cancelled! Now, twenty years later, aliens under attack have mistaken the Galaxy Quest television transmissions for "historical documents" and beam up the crew of has-been actors to save the universe. With no script, no director, and no clue, the actors must turn in the performances of their lives.
Cast
- Tim Allen as Jason Nesmith
- Sigourney Weaver as Gwen DeMarco
- Alan Rickman as Alexander Dane
- Tony Shalhoub as Fred Kwan
- Sam Rockwell as Guy Fleegman
- Daryl Mitchell as Tommy Webber
Themes
- spacecraft
- teleportation
- space battle
- time travel
- parody
- alien
- spoof
- fans
- fan convention
- mischievous
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Dean Parisot
- Screenplay by
- David Howard Robert Gordon
- Story by
- David Howard
- Produced by
- Mark Johnson Charles Newirth
- Starring
- Tim Allen Sigourney Weaver Alan Rickman Tony Shalhoub Sam Rockwell Daryl Mitchell
- Cinematography
- Jerzy Zieliński
- Edited by
- Don Zimmerman
- Music by
- David Newman
- Production company
- Gran Via Productions
- Distributed by
- DreamWorks Pictures
- Release date
- December 25, 1999 ( 1999-12-25 )
- Running time
- 102 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $45 million
- Box office
- $90.7 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Galaxy Quest is a 1999 American satirical science fiction comedy film directed by Dean Parisot and written by David Howard and Robert Gordon. It stars Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, and Daryl Mitchell. A parody of and homage to science-fiction films and series, especially Star Trek and its fandom, the film depicts the cast of a fictional cult television series, Galaxy Quest, who are drawn into a real interstellar conflict by aliens who think the series is a documentary and have shaped their society around the show.
Galaxy Quest was released by DreamWorks Pictures on December 25, 1999. The film grossed $90.7 million against a $45 million budget and received positive reviews. It won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and the Nebula Award for Best Script, and was nominated for ten Saturn Awards, including Best Science Fiction Film and Best Director, Best Actress for Weaver, and Best Supporting Actor for Rickman; Allen won Best Actor.
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