Galaxy Quest

"A comedy of galactic proportions."

1999 1h 42m EN

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★7.1TMDB · 2,660

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Synopsis

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For 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 Now, twenty years later, aliens under attack have mistaken the Galaxy Quest television transmissions for "historical documents" and beam up the crew of has-been actors to save the universe.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.

“A comedy of galactic proportions.”

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Cast

Tim Allen
Jason Nesmith
Sigourney Weaver
Gwen DeMarco
Alan Rickman
Alexander Dane
Tony Shalhoub
Fred Kwan
Sam Rockwell
Guy Fleegman
Daryl Mitchell
Tommy Webber
Enrico Colantoni
Mathesar
Robin Sachs
Sarris

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Dean Parisot
Writers: David Howard, Robert Gordon, David Howard
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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27 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Dean Parisot, shot by Jerzy Zieliński. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by David Newman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Don Zimmerman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Tim Allen and Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A comedy of galactic proportions.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0177789 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Dean Parisot directs. Jerzy Zieliński behind the camera. David Newman scores. Don Zimmerman cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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127 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Dean Parisot, shot by Jerzy Zieliński. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by David Newman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Don Zimmerman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Tim Allen and Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "A comedy of galactic proportions.".
7IMDB entry: tt0177789 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8The top-rated still from this film on TMDB has 7 community votes — a signal the frame composition stuck with viewers.
9Classified under 16 themes, including "spacecraft", "teleportation", "space battle", "time travel".

The technical file

Cinematography: Jerzy Zieliński
Original score: David Newman
Editing: Don Zimmerman
Production design: Linda DeScenna
Costume design: Albert Wolsky
Makeup / hair: Joy Zapata
VFX supervisor: Mat Beck
Sound: Richard Beggs
Stunt coordinator: Andy Armstrong
Runtime: 102 min · 1h 42m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $45,000,000
Box office: $90,683,916
Return: 202% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Galaxy Quest (1999)

Awards

Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
Saturn Award for Best Actor
Nebula Award for Best Script

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write2topcat2018-03-09
★ 10/10
If you are thinking this sounds like a spoof of Star Trek you're on the right track. Tim Allen (Home Improvement, Last Man Standing) adds his brilliant comedic contribution to this star studded cast which includes Sigourney Weaver, Tony Shalhoub, Alan Rickman, and Sam Rockwell. They are the aging stars of the one time hit TV series Galaxy Quest. None of them have worked much since the series ended and they make a meager living reprising their characters at various sci fi conventions, or worse, store openings. Tim Allen loves appearing for die hard fans of the show as "Commander Jason Nesmith", but none of the other cast members are very thrilled about these appearances, and resent the attention the "Commander" receives. The cast finds a high quality mock up of the show's space ship at a store opening appearance, as well as some "extras" who are nothing if not 'in character' as members of an alien race seeking help from the famous crew. Before they realize what has happened they find themselves in space on a real life adventure. This is a FUNNY movie which had me laughing to the end. I was really sorry when it was over, I loved it that much.
Kamurai2020-07-21
★ 7/10
Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend, especially for Star Trek fans. This has a sufficiently high production value, but I think a lot of the budge went to hiring the cast, and building the locations, especially the ship. It's probably the chief reason why (at least I feel it is the case) people have wanted to do spoofs of Star Trek since the original series, but only "Galaxy Quest" and "The Orville" have really made the attempt. Usually the reaction is to take it in its own serious direction, like Babylon 5, and even "The Orville" lands in between. I think my favorite aspect of this movie is that it's actually very similar to "The Invention of Lying" where not only does an alien race build a starship, hands it to Terrans, and then we just keep up the ruse so we can have a starship. While I think the more interesting aspect is the same things that we see in "Star Trek": the interactions between xenos and Terrans and the reflective aspects of humanity, the audience is quickly reminded that it's a comedy throughout the movie. Everyone of the actors is funny, there's even a young Justin Long here, and while there is sufficient action / drama to move the story forward with some substance, it's the comedy that you're going to remember here. Alan Rickman and Tim Allen fighting, Sigourney Weaver translating from human to ship, and general awkwardness of situation. It's a good watch, and I think that whether or not you're a fan of "Star Trek", then I think there is something at which you can laugh.
CinemaSerf2023-08-28
★ 7/10
I usually struggle with comedy movies - but a combination of great casting; good, well-paced comedy writing and some lovely special effects from Stan Winston keep this rollicking along with loads of tongue-in-cheek swipes at the sci-fi genre (and "Star Trek" in particular) that is done in a sympathetic, engaging fashion. The "crew" are a bunch of washed-out actors doing the comic-con rounds with Tim Allen as the supercilious Captain: Alan Rickman - a wonderfully aloof thespian playing the disillusioned semi-crustacean ship's doctor; Sigourney Weaver as the buxom, but largely pointless "Tawny Madison" and Tony Shalhoub as the engineer on the "NSEA Protector". At one such event, they encounter the "Thermians" who need help battling the evil, all-conquering "Sarris". Having seen the telecasts of "Galaxy Quest" and treated them as actual historical documents the "Thermians" have built a real starship and hope the crew can be as true to their characters as they were to their scripts and save everyone's bacon... They are all on good form here, even poor old Sam Rockwell in the sort of Trekkie "red shirt" role (who expects to be killed at any moment). Perhaps not quite laugh out loud, but if you are a fan of this genre then you cannot fail to frequently raise a smile at the fight scenes that are comically staged; off course the captain's shirt gets ripped - and everyone finds a tiny bit of heroism in their persona. I loved it!