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tar Trek IV picks up where the best-forgotten third movie finished. The crew of the recently destroyed Enterprise have decided to end their self-imposed exile on Vulcan, and return to Earth in their commandeered Klingon ship to face the charges levied after their previous adventure.
When they arrive in the solar system, they see that their home planet is under attack by a mysterious probe, that Spock correctly realises is trying to communicate with it's earth envoys, humpback whales. However, no reply can be given, as the species was hunted to extinction in the mid 21st century.
Knowing that no response can be simulated, and that to ignore the probe would mean the end of all life on earth, they use the Sun's gravitatiional pull to sling-shot themselves into 'time-warp' and return to the late 20th century to try and collect a couple of whales to repopulate the species in their own time.
When in the 1980's San Fransisco, they encounter (and solve) several problems: finding the whales is easy, as there are a pair in the Whale Institute, overseen by Dr Gillian Taylor (Hicks).
Getting them into the ship is harder, as it needs Scotty (Doohan) and McCoy (Kelley) to construct a whale tank. At the same time, the time travel has damaged the dilithium crystals essential for warp travel, and these need to be fixed, so Chekhov (Koenig) and Uhura (Nichols) break into a US airctaft carrier to collect some nuclear material. Unfortunately, Chekhov is injured, and needs rescuing from the hospital before they can go home.
At the last minute, Dr Taylor jumps aboard ship, and the journey home begins. Will they be in time?
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Widely regarded as one of the best of the early franchise movies, this is played firmly tounge-in-cheek.
Kirk, Spock, and McCoy seem to really enjoy their verbal jousting, and the other cast members each take larger roles. The action rolls along at a nice pace, and there are enough laughs to make the whole thing very enjoyable.
If you are looking for high drama and special effects, forget it. If you want a fun couple of hours, where you aren't too mentally challenged, sit back and soak it up!
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The success of this movie lead to the production of "Star Trek: The Next Generation".  -Thanks to Mike Martin
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The film was originally supposed to have Eddie Murphy instead of Catherine Hicks. Murphy was supposed to be a professor concerned with UFO's who spots the de-cloaking Klingon ship at the Super Bowl. Apparently, all others are convinced the ship is a half-time special effect while Murphy believes it is real. Paramount declined this script for two reasons: Paramount didn't want to combine their two most profitable franchises ("Star Trek" and "Beverly Hills Cop") and Murphy had signed on to do "The Golden Child" (1986) instead.
A couple of months before the film's release, Catherine Hicks appeared in the time traveling fantasy-comedy "Peggy Sue Got Married." She later went on to play opposite Stephen Collins, who was among the cast of the first "Star Trek" feature in the series "7th Heaven." -Thanks to Robert Baum
Majel Barret (most noted for her role as the voice of the computer) can be seen in a cameo as Nurse Christine Chapel, her character from the original series. -Thanks to Aaron Taylor
I was a crew member on the USS Constellation (CV-64), we were moored directly behind the Ranger at the time of the filming and I stood on the pier, witnessing "Checkov" falling off the aircraft elevator. That scene was filmed at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego California. I later served on the USS Ranger and found all the compartments and passageways that were used in the film. -Thanks to Bruce Marcotte
Catherine Hicks, who portrayed Gillian Taylor, had the lead role in director Tom Holland's now classic horror film, Child's Play. She also starred alongside actor Tim Matheson in a short-lived supernatural TV series called Tucker's Witch. -Thanks to Phantom Planet
The rude punk rocker on the bus is Associate Producer Kirk Thatcher, who also wrote and performed the song that is playing on the boom-box. -Thanks to Mike Martin
This is the only Star Trek movie in which nobody dies. This was a conscious decision by Leonard Nimoy. He wanted no fights, and no villans. -Thanks to Mike Martin
The "USS Enterprise CVN-65" was in reality the "USS Ranger CV-61." -Thanks to Mike Martin
The "whaling ship" in the movie was a 140' World War II mine sweeper named the "Golden Gate". -Thanks to Mike Martin
During pre-production, a real humpbacked whale named "Humphrey" swam into the San Francisco bay and up the American River. The crew scrambled but was unable to get any footage they would be able to use in the movie. -Thanks to Mike Martin
Some of the cameos include former Indian tennis star now producer Vijay Amritraj, Michael Berryman, and Go-Go's guitarist Jane Wiedlin. -Thanks to Robert Baum
Because Nimoy was able to direct two films in the series, Shatner inked a deal to direct the next two. -Thanks to Robert Baum
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Some shots of the whales were in fact four foot long animatronic models. Four models were created and were so realistic that after release of the film, US fishing authorities publically criticised the film makers for getting too close to whales in the wild. The scenes involving these whales were shot in a high school swimming pool. The shot of the whales swimming past the Golden Gate Bridge were filmed on location and nearly ended in disaster when a cable got snagged on a nuclear submarine and the whales were towed out to sea.
The people that Chekov and Uhura ask for directions to Alameda are not actors. The scene was filmed with a hidden camera on a San Francisco street.
The tank used for the water sceens was located in the Paramount parking lot. While trying to locate a large enough tank to shoot the scene, Leonard Nimoy noticed the lines in the parking lot and had the old plans brought up. The tank was originally built in the 1930's to shoot Pirate movies in. Paramount excavated and used the tank for this movie. After shooting was complete, they filled it back in and re-converted it to a parking lot. The background was of a building which was already there, but they painted it blue with clouds to make a suitable background. (This is all documented on the "Directors Cut" VHS release). -Thanks to Mike Martin
During the scene in the tank, James Doohan (Scotty) slipped into the water and the rest of the cast just followed him in, it was completely unscripted. -Thanks to Mike Martin
The original planned entry for the Eddie Murphy version of the script would have had the Bird-Of-Prey landing in the middle of a Superbowl Halftime show, then cloak and disappear. This would leave the spectators with the impression it was just special effects. Murphy's character was to be an English Professor, and Catherine Hicks (Dr. Gillian Taylor) was to have been a newspaper reporter. After Murphy left the project, the characters were combined to make the Gillian Taylor character. -Thanks to Mike Martin
Nicholas Meyer, who was one of the writers was also the director of a 1979 movie called "Time After Time". This movie featured Jack The Ripper escaping into 1980's San Francisco. Nicholas Meyer almost refused to work with ST IV because of the similarity between the two movies. He fought hard (but failed) to have the story moved to Paris. When he directed Star Trek VI, he had the President of the Federation headquartered in Paris. -Thanks to Mike Martin
The Starship first seen encountering the alien probe at the opening of the film was actually the model for the Federation vessel U.S.S. Reliant, the starship commandeered by Khan in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan." -Thanks to Robert Baum
Originally there was scheduled to be a scene where Sulu encounters a young boy who actually turns out to be one of the characters ancestors but things didn't work out and the scene never made it into the picture. -Thanks to Robert Baum
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 Featured Movie Location: The "Double Dumb-Ass" Street Intersection
Wanna see the real life filming location used for The "Double Dumb-Ass" Street Intersection in the movie? These scenes were actually shot at The intersection of Kearny St and Pacific Avenue, located in San Francisco, N. California. [New! Show Google Map]
Star Trek IV was filmed at locations in and around San Fransisco. See the link, below, for an extensive tour.
Not mentioned at the referenced site is the park that Kirk and co land in. That is because it is Will Rogers State Park, 14253 Sunset Boulevard, Pacific Palisades in LA. The other locations were all in the S.F. area.
The Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monerey CA was used for the Cetacean Institute. There is actually no area in that (or any) aquarium large enough to hold whales, so they digitally inserted them into the outdoor tidepool and indoor kelp forest exibits. [Thanks to Erik]
Featured Link: Tour of the locations
Can you help? Do you know any of the San Francisco, N. California (or any other) filming locations used for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home? [Please send them in]
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This time we have Leonard Rosenman at the conductors stand. The soundtrack is fitting for the movie - light, cheerful, and fun. Use our search feature to find a copy.
Track Listing:
1. Main Title
2. The Whaler
3. Market Street
4. Crash-Whale Fugue
5. Ballad of the Whale
6. Gillian Seeks Kirk
7. Chekov's Run
8. Time Travel
9. Hospital Chase
10. The Probe
11. Home Again: End Credits
The punk rock song that Kirk Thatcher's character listens to was reused in the following year's Paramount release "Back To The Beach". Thatcher was one of that movie's producers. -Thanks to John Edward Kilduff
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