Star Trek V The Final Frontier on DVD
Screenplay by David Loughery
Story by William Shatner, Harve Bennett, David Loughery
Directed by William Shatner
Cast: Captain James T. Kirk-William Shatner, Mr. Spock-Leonard Nimoy, Dr. Leonard McCoy-DeForest Kelley, Montgomery Scott-James Doohan, Hikaru Sulu-George Takei, Pavel Andreivich Chekov-Walter Koenig, Nyota Uhura-Nichelle Nichols, Sybok-Laurence Luckenbill, Admiral Robert Bennett-Harve Bennett, Caithlin Dar-Cynthia Gouw, Captain Klaa-Todd Bryant, General Koord-Charles Cooper, David McCoy-Bill Quinn, Young Sarek-Jonathan Simpson, Young Amanda-Cynthia Blaise, St. John Talbot-David Warner, Vixis-Spice Williams
Stardate 8454.1
Released June 9, 1989
In 2287, Kirk, Spock and McCoy
are enjoying shore leave on Earth at Yosemite National Park when suddenly their
vacation is interrupted by an emergency call to duty by Starfleet Command. Kirk
and his friends learn that the Klingon General Korrd, Romulan Caithlin Dar and
Federation counsel St. John Talbot are being held hostage on the planet Nimbus
III, the planet of galactic peace. The new U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-A warps
to investigate the situation.
Meanwhile,
on a nearby Klingon Bird-of-Prey, Captain Klaa learns of the mission of the U.S.S.
Enterprise and the hated Kirk and sees an opportunity for advancement in
the Klingon ranks. In an effort to intercept the U.S.S. Enterprise, he
orders the ship to Nimbus III.
The
U.S.S. Enterprise is the first to arrive at Nimbus III and Kirk sends a
shuttlecraft and landing party to the planet's only town. It is soon discovered
that the town is held by a band of scruffy colonists led by a telepathic insane
Vulcan, Sybok. In addition, the team learns that the hostage situation was just
an elaborate ruse to obtain a Federation starship. Sybok believes that his
destiny, the discovery of Sha Ka Ree, meaning "heaven" in Vulcan, has
finally been fulfilled, but he needs a starship for transportation. Sybok
forces the shuttlecraft to take his people to the U.S.S. Enterprise,
where he fights with Kirk for control. Strangely, Spock has the opportunity to
kill the insane Vulcan, yet he doesn't. Forced to explain his actions, Spock
reveals that Sybok is his half-brother, exiled from Vulcan for choosing emotion
over logic. Family relations aside, Kirk and the rest of the crew are thrown in
the starship's brig.
Scotty
finally helps Kirk, Spock and McCoy escape from the brig and sends an urgent
message to Starfleet. But the message is intercepted by Vixis, Klaa's first
officer.
In
an effort to gain valuable followers, Sybok uses his powers to reveal to McCoy
and Spock their inner-most pain, then helps each "heal." Kirk,
however, refuses to allow the Vulcan to use his telepathic powers. Sybok is
angered, yet he knows that he needs Kirk to pilot the Enterprise to
"Sha Ka Ree," and thus a reluctant truce is declared.
The
starship then sets course for the center of the galaxy, a mythical planet bound
by an energy field—the Great Barrier. Sybok and the captured crew are
successful in penetrating the barrier, and find a small blue planet. Sybok
takes a landing party to the planet's surface, where he suddenly calls out to
God. In a blinding flash of light, an entity appears, questioning him about the
U.S.S. Enterprise. When Kirk asks why a god would need to ask such
mundane questions, he is stricken down with bolts of electricity. McCoy
brusquely tells Sybok that he has trouble believing in a god who enjoys
inflicting pain. This seems to affect Sybok, and the Vulcan slowly begins to
doubt his own quest. Afraid that the entity might be let loose in the galaxy,
Sybok tries to use his telepathic powers to make the creature realize its own
pain. The two grapple and mysteriously disappear underground. Convinced that
the entity must be destroyed at all costs, Kirk orders a photon torpedo be
fired at the planet. The U.S.S. Enterprise transporter can only bring up
two crewmen at a time, so Kirk sends McCoy and Spock. With Kirk left all alone
on the planet's surface, the enraged being suddenly appears and tries to
destroy the Captain for ruining its plans of escape, via the starship, and
subsequent galactic conquest.
Just
then, Captain Klaa's ship arrives and uncloaks to fire on the U.S.S.
Enterprise. Spock demands that the first officer, General Korrd, pull rank
and beam Kirk up to the Klingon warbird and fire upon the mysterious being.
Spock transfers with Korrd to the Klingon ship in order to insure that his
"suggestion" is carried out.
With
Kirk saved and the evil entity destroyed, there is a reception on board the Enterprise
to celebrate this unusual Klingon-Starfleet cooperation. Scotty and Korrd enjoy
drinks while Klingons cautiously mingle with U.S.S. Enterprise crew.
McCoy suggests that the Great Barrier is in place to keep the entity boxed in,
not to keep others out, which implies an even greater being at work.
Having
saved the galaxy yet again, the three officers return to their interrupted
vacation at Yosemite.
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