Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
幻游百科,影视科幻的百科全书
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| Series: | TOS |
| US Release: | 1986-11-26 |
| Prod. #: | 004 |
| Dates: | 2286 & 1986 |
| Stardate: | 8390.0 |
| Director: | Leonard Nimoy |
| Story: | Leonard Nimoy & Harve Bennett |
| Screenplay: | Steve Meerson & Peter Krikes and Harve Bennett & Nicholas Meyer |
| Producer: | Harve Bennett |
STAR DATE: 1986. HOW ON EARTH CAN THEY SAVE THE FUTURE?
Kirk travels back in time to 20th century San Francisco in search of two humpback whales to bring to the future to save Earth from destruction by an alien probe.
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◆ 片 名：星舰迷航记4抢救未来 / 英文：Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home / 原名：The Voyage Home: Star Trek IV
◆ 导 演：Leonard Nimoy
◆ 编 剧：Leonard Nimoy
◆ 主 演：William Shatner Leonard Nimoy DeForest Kelley James Doohan George Takei Wa l t e r Koenig
◆ 类 型：冒险（Adventure） 科幻（Sci-Fi）
◆ 国家地区：美国
◆ 发行公司：派拉蒙（Paramount）
◆ 制作公司：派拉蒙（Paramount）
◆ 首映日期：1986年11月26日
◆ 影片简介：
太空探测器发出怪声导致地球风暴，并面临自毁的威胁。科克船长和他的部队再度担负起拯救人类的使命。他们发现怪声其实是座头鲸的呼唤，唯一的选择是回到20世纪去带回一条座头鲸来对探测器作出回应。
一九八六年一月二十八日，挑戰者號升空七十四秒後爆炸，同年十一月二十六日，電影第四集「搶救未來」﹝STAR TREK IV : THE VOYAGE HOME﹞上映，這集的片頭特地打上了一行字：「STAR TREK 全體的工作人員謹將本片獻給挑戰者號船員，他們勇敢的精神將會延續到二十三世紀....」。
執導第三集「石破天驚」的李昂納‧尼摩伊再度接下導演第四集的工作，這次他想要一改常態；想讓第四集成為一部和以往風格不同的星艦奇航電影。「搶救未來」用一種輕鬆的方式告訴觀眾：現在破壞生態，有可能會危害到我們的後世子孫。李昂納‧尼摩伊成功了！本片入圍了奧斯卡最佳攝影、最佳配樂、最佳錄音和最佳音效剪輯獎四個獎項，也成為目前賣座最好的星艦奇航系列電影。
延續「石破天驚」的劇情，寇克一行人在瓦肯星上修復他們搶來的克林貢戰鳥準備返回地球。另一方面，一個巨大的無人探測器也漸漸飛向地球，並且不斷地發出強烈的訊號，由於訊號的功率實在太強了，所有它經過的星艦或太空站都被干擾而癱瘓。
在地球上，克林貢駐星際聯邦大使正敘述著寇克在創世紀星的「罪行」，指控創世紀計畫是強大的武器，還因此殺死好幾個克林貢人，他要求將寇克逮捕歸案。主席並沒有聽信克林貢大使的片面之詞，但還是認定寇克犯下的其它罪行。
無人探測器抵達地球上空，果然也造成地球和附近的太空站全面癱瘓，探測器持續發出強烈的訊號造成了強烈的暴風雨，使得星際聯邦總統必須發出警告，呼籲所有船艦不要到地球來，當寇克一行人到達太陽系時也收到了警告。經過一番研判發現，探測器的訊號是直接送到海底，這個探測器的聯絡對象根本不是人類，它所聯絡的是「座頭鯨」！
原來當地球上還沒有人類的時候，無人探測器的主人曾和「座頭鯨」接觸過，但現在二十三世紀的地球，座頭鯨早就已經絕種，根本沒辦法回應這個探測器。現在拯救地球的唯一辦法就是回到過去，找一隻座頭鯨帶回現在的地球，讓牠回應這個探測器的訊號。寇克立刻下令準備進行時光旅行，回到二十世紀尋找座頭鯨。
利用太陽引力的加速作用，克林貢戰鳥順利地回到一九八六年。不過因為負荷過大，曲速引擎所需的燃料「鋰二水晶」都已經解離，如果無法修復的話，那就再也沒有辦法回到二十三世紀了！還好史巴克判斷出核子航空母艦反應爐的高能光子能恢復鋰二水晶。這時烏胡拉也已追縱到了座頭鯨的叫聲，正巧是在舊金山灣附近，於是寇克便下令先將戰鳥隱形，然後再降落到金門公園的草地上。
寇克與史巴克經過一番波折，終於來到了舊金山市郊的海洋館，見到了水池中的兩隻座頭鯨。負責照顧牠們的是吉琳博士，在吉琳博士介紹完鯨魚之後，寇克便趁機與她搭訕，希望能爭取到她的支持。可惜因為顧忌暴露身分，而史巴克又擅自跳到水中和座頭鯨們「溝通」，於是便被趕離海洋館。
另一方面，麥考伊與史考特找到一家玻璃工廠，用透明鋁的秘方交換了廠方趕製巨型玻璃箱。而蘇魯也租到了一架直昇機，向原來的機師請教直昇機的操作方法。
契可夫與烏胡拉兩人一路查訪核子反應爐的所在，最後竟然找上了海軍基地的航空母艦－－「企業號」。他們成功地潛入企業號，終於搜集到足夠的光子。就在搜集完畢準備離開的時侯卻正好給艦上的安全人員發現了！烏胡拉及時帶著光子搜集器傳回鳥形艦，但契可夫卻晚了一步而被逮住。因為契可夫的俄羅斯血統與腔調讓安全人員立刻聯想到蘇聯的間諜，契可夫在審訊時趁機逃跑，可惜沒跑多遠便不小心從甲板上摔下來，倒在地上昏迷不醒。
寇克兩人在回金門公園的路上又遇到了吉琳，吉琳表示願意載他們一程，她說海洋館決定明天就要將這兩隻座頭鯨放生，這樣一來牠們很可能就會被捕鯨船獵殺，寇克則告訴她，他能夠把這兩隻座頭鯨帶到一個絕對安全的地方，吉琳卻還是不敢輕信。最後在晚餐時，寇克只好說出實情，可是卻不願提出任何證據，吉琳仍舊半信半疑。寇克只好請她送自己回到金門公園的隱形戰鳥旁，告訴她如果回心轉意時，可以隨時來此地找他。
第二天一大早，吉琳正想與兩隻座頭鯨道別，卻發現牠們早就不見了！原來海洋館擔心節外生枝，故意把放生的時間提早了一天。吉琳聽到這個消息簡直氣得說不出話來，她在氣憤之餘想到了寇克，便馬上駕車到金門公園。
當吉琳到達戰鳥的降落地點時，正好看到蘇魯也駕著直昇機飛來，然後便開始把巨型玻璃箱吊進隱形的戰鳥中。她大聲叫著寇克的名字，忽然間，吉琳發現自己也置身艦內，原來是寇克把她傳送進來。吉琳便趕緊把座頭鯨被放生的消息告訴寇克，希望他能想辦法找到牠們。
不過寇克說現在他們還不能離開，因為重傷的契可夫仍然被關在醫院中，而且隨時都有生命危險，二十世紀的醫學根本救不了他。於是寇克、麥考伊與吉琳三人又闖進醫院，終於把契可夫安全救回來。
一切都準備妥當後，克林貢戰鳥立刻朝太平洋方向飛去。根據兩隻座頭鯨身上戴的追蹤器，很快就在大海中發現牠們，當他們到達時候，已經有一艘捕鯨船出現在附近。戰鳥立刻在空中現身，嚇走了捕鯨船，這才能夠從容地把兩隻座頭鯨傳回艦上，然後立刻航向二十三世紀。
戰鳥又用同樣的方式回到了二十三世紀，可是由於無人探測器的干擾，戰鳥也馬上發生故障，只好迫降在舊金山灣中。寇克趕在鳥形艦沈沒之前，及時打開了玻璃水箱，把兩隻座頭鯨搶救了出來。牠們的叫聲正好回應了探測器的訊號，不一會兒就完成了溝通，讓探測器滿意地掉頭回去，地球終於解除了災難。
雖然寇克等人拯救地球度過危機，但他們一行人還是被送去審判，因為他們犯了十二條罪行。不過法官赦免了他們所有的罪責，僅保留一項針對寇克上將的懲戒－－「取消將軍頭銜，貶為星艦的艦長，因為這才是他最稱職的工作。」星際艦隊也特別讓寇克艦長重新執掌一艘一模一樣的企業號，編號 NCC-1701-A，企業號船員們的冒險正要展開！
剧情
在遙遠的外太空中：
一個巨大的外星無人探測器漸漸飛來，不斷發出強力的電波訊號；訊號的功率實在是太強了，連附近的兩艘太空艦都被干擾得癱瘓。根據這個探測器的路徑推算，它最終的目的地是--星聯的重鎮，地球。
在地球的舊金山灣，星球聯邦聽證會會場：
克林貢帝國駐星聯大使站在會場中央，正咬牙切齒地陳述著寇克在創世星的「罪行」。他向星聯提出強烈抗議，要求將寇克逮捕歸案送審定罪。雖然有瓦肯大使沙瑞克唇槍舌劍地為寇克辯護，主席卻仍然接受了克林貢大使的控訴，下令通緝寇克將軍回地球來接受審判！
在瓦肯星上：
寇克等人對聽證會的決議毫不知情，仍在努力修復他們的戰利品--克林貢的猛禽艦。準備等史波克完全調養好了之後，再一起光榮地返回地球。
在地球上空：
神秘的探測器已經到達地球，卻因為收不到任何回應訊號，竟製造了一大片離子雲包圍住整個地球。這團離子雲中和了全球的電力系統，又造成了空前強烈的暴風雨，使得這個星聯的重鎮遭到前所未有的危機。
在瓦肯星上：
史波克終於完全康復了，寇克也已經聽到通緝他的消息。由於大家全都自認問心無愧，便決定立刻返回地球，到法庭上去討個公道。於是鐵三角與四大護法再度會齊，登上了克林貢的猛禽艦，準備返回地球。
當猛禽艦剛剛到達太陽系時，就收到星際艦隊總部的警告與求救信號。經過一番研判，史波克終於發現了真相：這個探測器預設的聯絡對象根本不是人類，它所發出的訊號竟是模擬座頭鯨的歌聲。原來當這個外星探測器出發的時侯，地球上根本還沒有人類；可是現在的情況卻剛好相反--在廿三世紀的地球，座頭鯨反而是早已絕種的動物。
於是史波克下了結論：拯救地球的唯一辦法，就是回到過去的時代，找一隻座頭鯨帶回現在的地球，讓牠回應這個探測器的訊號，才有可能終止這種高能探測波的危害。一如往常地，麥考伊又與史波克大唱反調；不過這次寇克完全支持史波克的提議，下令立刻準備進行時光旅行，回到廿世紀去尋找座頭鯨。
利用太陽引力的加速作用，這艘改裝過的猛禽艦順利地達到了時光旅行的曲速，大家經過一段痛苦的加速過程，總算來到了廿世紀八十年代。不過因為超速的負荷，猛禽艦也受到不少損傷，連曲速引擎的燃料鋰晶石都已解離。如果無法修復的話，那就再也沒有可能回到自己的時代了。
在地球大氣層外的軌道上，通訊官烏乎拉已追縱到了座頭鯨的歌聲，正巧也是在舊金山灣附近。於是寇克便下令先將猛禽艦隱形，然後再降落到金門公園內的偏僻地點。
從猛禽艦出來以後，大家先在舊金山街頭逛了一下，寇克便趕快開始分配任務：自己與史波克去找座頭鯨；麥考伊、史考特與蘇魯設法去訂製一個巨型玻璃箱；烏乎拉與契可夫則負責潛入附近的海軍基地，想辦法吸取一些核子反應爐的高能光子，以便用來重新結晶解離的鋰晶石。
寇克與史波克經過一番辛苦，又鬧出不少笑話，終於來到了舊金山市郊的鯨類研究所，見到了水池中的兩隻座頭鯨。負責照顧牠們的是美麗的吉琳博士，她正在向來訪的遊客介紹鯨類的生活與習性，呼籲大家支持保護這些瀕臨絕種的動物。
在吉琳介紹完畢之後，寇克便趁機與她搭訕，希望能爭取到她的支持。可惜因為顧忌暴露身分，講話始終吞吞吐吐，一直沒能獲得吉琳的信任。
正好這時吉琳又接到通知，說研究所決定明天就要將這兩隻座頭鯨放生，這樣一來牠們很可能就會被捕鯨船獵殺；寇克則很鄭重地告訴她，他能夠把這兩隻稀有的鯨類帶到一個絕對安全的地方，吉琳卻還是不敢輕信。最後寇克只好說出實情，可是卻不願提出任何證據；兩人在餐廳中談到深夜，吉琳仍舊半信半疑。寇克只好請她送自己回到金門公園的隱形猛禽艦旁，告訴她如回心轉意時，可以隨時來此地找他。
至於麥考伊與史考特的工作倒很順利。他們找到一家玻璃工廠，用透明鋁的秘方交換了廠方趕製巨型玻璃箱的協定。而天才飛行員蘇魯也租到了一架直昇機，並且現學現賣，立刻就出師把直昇機飛了回來。
第三隊人馬--契可夫與烏乎拉，兩人一路查訪核子反應爐的所在，最後竟然找上了海軍基地的航空母艦--「企業號」。他們用猛禽艦的傳送器，把自己傳到航空母艦的反應爐旁，忙亂了好一陣子總算得手。就在收集完畢準備離開的時侯，卻正好給航空母艦上的安全人員發現了。烏乎拉及時帶著光子搜集器傳回猛禽艦，但契可夫卻晚了一步被逮住了。
因為契可夫的俄羅斯血統與腔調，讓安全人員立刻聯想到蘇聯的間諜；契可夫也感覺苗頭不對，在審訊時趁機拔腿就跑。可惜沒跑多遠便不小心摔了一大跤，倒在地上昏迷不醒……
第二天一大早，吉琳正想與兩隻座頭鯨話別，卻發現牠們早就不見了。原來她的上司擔心節外生枝，故意把放生的時間提早了一天。吉琳和這兩隻座頭鯨的感情非常深，聽到這個消息簡直氣得說不出話來。在傷人氣憤之餘，她想到了寇克，便馬上駕車直奔金門公園。
當吉琳到達約定的地點時，正好看到蘇魯也駕著直昇機飛來，然後便開始把巨型玻璃箱吊進隱形的猛禽艦；可是在她眼中看來，卻好像是一下子平空消失一般，這才終於相信寇克所說的一切。忽然間吉琳發現自己也置身艦內，原來是寇克把她傳了上來。在情緒稍微穩定之後，吉琳便趕緊把座頭鯨被放生的消息告訴寇克，希望他能想辦法找到牠們。
不過寇克說現在他們還不能離開，因為重傷的契可夫仍然被關在醫院中，而且隨時都有生命危險，廿世紀的醫學根本救不了他。於是寇克、麥考伊與吉琳三人又闖進醫院，經過一陣混亂的追逐戰，終於把契可夫安全救回了猛禽艦。
總算一切都準備妥當，猛禽艦立刻昇空，朝太平洋方向飛去。根據兩隻座頭鯨身上植入的追縱儀，很快就在大海中發現牠們；但糟糕的是，旱已有一艘捕鯨船在進行獵殺的行動。幸好就在魚叉射出去的一刻，猛禽艦也正巧及時趕到，立刻在空中現身，嚇走了捕鯨船；這才能夠從容地把兩隻座頭鯨與大量的海水一起傳進玻璃箱內，然後立刻駛向下一個目的地--廿三世紀。
猛禽艦在飛離大氣層之後，便又向太陽直衝過去，與來時一樣利用太陽的引力加速，一下子就跳回了廿三世紀。可是由於那個巨型探測器的干擾，猛禽艦也馬上發生故障，只好迫降在舊金山灣中。好在寇克趕在猛禽艦沈沒之前，及時打開了玻璃水箱，把兩隻座頭鯨搶救了出來。
在狂風暴雨、波濤洶湧的汪洋中，兩隻座頭鯨快活地結伴游開。牠們的歌聲正好回應了探測器的訊號，不一會兒就完成了溝通，讓探測器滿意地掉頭回去。整個地球總算雨過天晴，一場可怕的危機也終於解除了。
雖然寇克等人再度立了大功，可是星聯的通緝令卻仍然有效，他們一行七人還是被送到星聯法庭。不過當然法理不外人情，總統當庭便赦免了他們所有的罪責，僅保留一項針對寇克將軍的懲戒--「取消他的將軍頭銜，貶為星艦的艦長，因為這才是他最稱職的工作。」
因為原來的企業號NCC-1701已被炸毀，星際艦隊特別為寇克又重建了一艘一模一樣的企業號--NCC-1701-A，寇克終於再度成為企業號的真正主人。
It is the year 2286, and as a result of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Admiral James T. Kirk and the crew of the recently-destroyed USS Enterprise are stranded on Vulcan. They decide to return to Earth to face the punishment for their actions in the previous film on board their seized Klingon vessel, which was renamed the HMS Bounty. Spock has regained full control of his faculties once again, and returns as a full-fledged member of the crew.
Back on Earth, the Klingon ambassador to the United Federation of Planets is outraged that Kirk faces nine violations of Starfleet General Orders and Regulations and is not being held accountable for the death of the Klingon crew and ship as per The Search for Spock; he pledges that there would be no peace as long as Kirk lived.
As the Enterprise crew returns towards Earth on their Klingon Bird-of-Prey, they discover that Earth faces a destructive alien probe which renders starships powerless in its path. It wreaks tremendous damage on the Earth's surface and proceeds to begin the evaporation of the oceans and the ionization of the atmosphere, leading to extreme weather patterns and cloaking the Earth in cloud and storms. Life on Earth is threatened, and Amabassador Sarek advises the Federation President to issue a warning that all ships should avoid Earth.
The Enterprise crew analyzes the probe's signal, and Spock discovers that it is in fact a whale song, specifically that of the humpback whale, which has been extinct since the 21st century.
Kirk decides the only way to save Earth and Starfleet is to travel back in time, acquire some whales and bring them back to the 23rd century. Kirk advises Starfleet of his plan, and performs the slingshot effect time travel method using the Sun. They find whale song in North America, specifically in San Francisco. They also find themselves in the year 1986.
Kirk and his crew have difficulty adjusting to the 1980s, and rely on mere instinct to survive. The crew is split up into teams - Chekov and Uhura must collect radioactive photons from an American nuclear vessel to recrystalize the drained dilithium crystals on board the Bird-of-Prey; McCoy, Scotty, and Sulu are sent to find materials to construct a whale tank aboard the ship; and Spock and Kirk are to attempt to find the two humpback whales they detected in San Francisco.
Kirk and Spock head to the Cetacean Institute and meet Dr. Gillian Taylor, a guide and whale lover. While at the Institute, Spock jumps into the whale tank and performs a Vulcan mind meld with one of the two whales, George and Gracie, and successfully explains the Enterprise crew's mission. Dr. Taylor is outraged by their actions, but later sympathizes with them as she runs into them while driving home from work. Spock's quirks amaze Dr. Taylor, such as blurting out the fact that the female whale is actually pregnant, something nobody outside the institute knows. Kirk and Taylor end up going out to dinner, and Kirk feels he has to reveal the truth about his identity - being from the 23rd century, working in space, etc. - to try and gain Dr. Taylor's cooperation in getting the whales, which were to be released back into the wild soon. She is skeptical at best and disbelieves Kirk's story.
In the meantime, Scotty and his team have managed to find a manufacturer of large plexiglass walls - Plexicorp - and he and McCoy masquerade as scientists from Edinburgh who were to tour the plant - unbeknownst to the plant's head, Dr. Nichols. Scotty makes a scene, but is given a tour of the plant, and then later secures the required materials for constructing a whale tank by violating the Temporal Prime Directive by revealing the chemical matrix of the futuristic material, transparent aluminum.
Sulu manages to befriend a helicopter pilot and secures the Huey 204's usage later in the film to help install the plexiglass into the Bird-of-Prey.
Chekov and Uhura find the location of a nuclear vessel. Chekov, who of course speaks with a Russian accent, must have looked very peculiar stopping random passers-by asking where nuclear vessels could be located, while the US and Soviet Union were still engaged in the Cold War. They, however, do find a vessel, the aptly named USS Enterprise, and beam in secretly at night to secure the photons. Uhura transports out safely with the collector, but due to radiation, Chekov is discovered and held prisoner. He attempts to escape captivity but falls off a ledge and suffers severe head injuries.
Dr. Taylor discovers in one scene that the whales were released without her knowledge, and in tears, returns to the park where the Bird-of-Prey is located, and is finally beamed aboard the ship by Kirk - the truth is now known. He is her only hope for protecting the whales, something she dearly wants.
Then, McCoy, with Kirk and Dr. Taylor's help, manage to get Chekov out of the hospital, by placing the medical staff hostage, while eluding the police officers who were guarding the alleged Soviet spy, Chekov.
The dilithium recrystalizes just in time for the crew to fly to Alaska, where the whales are located, and save them from a whaling vessel. The whales are beamed aboard, and the crew performs another slingshot back to the 23rd century, with Dr. Taylor in hand. The Bird-of-Prey crashes into San Francisco harbor, and the whales are released and communicate to the probe. The probe halts its destruction of the oceans after communcating with the whales, and the Earth is saved.
However, Kirk and crew still face punishment. Due to the preceeding circumstances, though, all charges are dropped, except for one: disobeying a superior officer, which was directed solely at Admiral Kirk. Kirk's punishment is a permanent reduction in rank, and is made Captain of a re-fitted vessel, which is christened USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A.
The film ends with the crew in their new ship, heading out into space, ready for what may come next.
Memorable Quotes
"I've traveled millions of miles --"
"Thousands, thousands!"
"--thousands of miles..."
- - Scott and McCoy, with a supplier
"Ah -- a keyboard! How quaint!"
- - Scott, working a Macintosh
"You realize that if we give him the formula, we'll be altering the future."
"Why? How do we know that he didn't invent the thing?"
- - Scott and McCoy, same scene
"Did you see that?"
"No -- and neither did you!"
- - Park workers, as the HMS Bounty lands in San Fransisco
"Everybody remember where we parked!"
- - Kirk, as the Bounty crew begins their mission
"Admiral -- there be whales here!"
- - Scott, as the whales are beamed aboard
"Spock, where the hell's the power."
"Just one damn minute Admiral."
- - Spock's retort to Kirk after having learned "colorful metaphors" on 20th century Earth
"You guys like Italian?"
"Yes."
"No."
"No - Yes."
"No."
"Yes. I love Italian.(Kirk looks at Spock) And so do you."
"Yes."
- - Dr. Taylor asking Kirk and Spock out for dinner to discuss matters
"Back in the sixties he used to be part of the free speech movement at Berkley. (Kirk whispers to Dr. Taylor) I think he did a little too much LDS."
"LDS?"
- - Kirk, trying to explain Spock's quirks
"Hey, why don't you watch where you're going you dumbass!"
"Well, a double dumbass on you!"
- - An irate driver and Kirk
"Are you sure you won't change your mind?"
"Is there something wrong with the one I have?"
- - Dr. Taylor and Spock
"What does it mean, 'exact change?'"
- - Spock, after he and Kirk are kicked off a bus
"You're suggesting that we go back in time to find two humpback whales. Then bring them forward in time, drop them off, and hope to hell they tell this probe what to go do with itself."
"That's the general idea."
"Well that's crazy!"
"You got a better idea, now's the time."
- - McCoy and Kirk, discussing time travel
Background Information
- This film is dedicated to the women and men (including crew) of the NASA Space Shuttle Challenger that exploded on January 28, 1986, almost exactly 10 months before the release of Star Trek IV.
- Most of the shots of the humpback whales were taken using four-foot long animatronics models. Four such models were created, and were so realistic that after release of the film, US fishing authorities publicly criticized 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. A large animatronic tail was also created, for the scene on the sinking Bird-of-Prey, filmed on the Paramount car park, which was flooded for the shoot. The shot of the whales swimming past the Golden Gate Bridge was 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 shot with Chekov (Koenig) and Uhura (Nichols) asking about the location of the naval base was shot with a hidden camera and the people they were asking had no idea they were being filmed for a movie. It was done that way, according to the director, for "realism". The woman speaking in the scene had to be inducted into the Actors' Guild, in order for the lines to be kept.
- The character of Dr. Taylor was originally a male character who was a wacky college professor who was a "UFO nut," and, for added humor to the lighthearted script, actor Eddie Murphy was offered the role. He declined and decided on The Golden Child instead (a decision he admits later was a big mistake), and Catherine Hicks won the role.
- Madge Sinclair's character as the captain of the Saratoga was the first female captain shown in Star Trek.
- The mysterious "speech" of the probe was real whale song.
- The whale hunters speak Finnish. One shot shows the look-out in the mast shouting "Siellä ne puhaltaa!" (roughly translated as "There they blow!"). The older man (captain?) also comments "Valaita näkyvissä!" ("Whales in sight!") However, Finnish-flagged ships have never hunted whales; Norwegians would have been a better choice. (However, there is nothing to prevent Finns from serving on a foreign-flagged whaler.)
- Early drafts of the script had Saavik remaining on Vulcan due to her being pregnant with Spock's child, following the events of the previous movie.
- Kirk Thatcher was a special-effects crewmember in Star Trek III. In The Voyage Home, he was associate producer, provided the computer voice for Spock's test computer (along with the touch-sensitive controls), and not only played the legendary Punk on the bus but he also penned the song "I Hate You" heard on the punk's boom box.
- The lighted table in Starfleet Command eventually became the famous "pool table" located in main engineering of USS Enterprise-D.
- This marks Majel Barrett's final performance as Nurse/Doctor Christine Chapel.
- Most of the outer space Klingon Bird-of-Prey footage (except the time warp) is reused from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
- The aircraft carrier sequences were actually filmed aboard the USS Ranger. The carrier Enterprise was out at sea at the time and unavailable for filming.
- When McCoy asks for Spock's comments of dying and being beborn, Spock states that he could not explain it to McCoy, who has no frame of reference since he has never died. Both appear to be forgetting McCoy's death and resurrection in TOS: "Shore Leave".
Continuity
- Scotty is shown wearing the rank of commander as the crew is in the Council Chambers having the charges read to them. Scotty was promoted to Captain in Star Trek III and also wears Captain rank in Star Trek V and Star Trek VI.
Links and References
Cast
- William Shatner as Kirk
- Leonard Nimoy as Spock
- DeForest Kelley as McCoy
- James Doohan as Scotty
- George Takei as Sulu
- Walter Koenig as Chekov
- Nichelle Nichols as Uhura
- Jane Wyatt as Amanda
- Catherine Hicks as Gillian
- Mark Lenard as Sarek
- Robin Curtis as Lt. Saavik
- Robert Ellenstein as Federation Council President
- John Schuck as Klingon Ambassador
Starfleet Personnel
- Brock Peters as Admrial Cartwright
- Michael Snyder as Starfleet communications officer
- Michael Berryman as Starfleet display officer
- Mike Brislane as Saratoga science officer
- Grace Lee Whitney as Commander Rand
- Jane Wiedlin as Trillya (Alien Communications Officer)
- Vijay Amritraj as Joel Randolph (Starship Captain)
- Majel Barrett as Commander Chapel
- Nick Ramus as Saratoga helmsman
- Thaddeus Golas as Controller #1
- Martin Pistone as Controller #2
In Old San Francisco
- Scott DeVenney as Bob Briggs
- Viola Stimpson as Lady in Tour
- Phil Rubenstein as 1st Garbageman
- John Miranda as 2nd Garbageman
- Joe Knowland as Antique Store Owner
- Bob Sarlatte as Waiter
- Everett Lee as Cafe Owner
- Richard Harder as Joe
- Alex Henteloff as Nichols
- Tony Edwards as Pilot
- Eve Smith as Elderly Patient
- Tom Mustin as Intern #1
- Greg Karas as Intern #2
- Raymond Singer as Young Doctor
- David Ellenstein as Doctor #1
- Judy Levitt as Doctor #2
- Teresa E. Victor as Usher
- James Menges as the Jogger
- Kirk Thatcher as Punk on Bus
Naval Personnel
- Jeff Lester as FBI Agent
- Joe Lando as Shore Patrolman
- Newell Tarrant as Rogerson (CDO)
- Mike Timoney as Electronics Technician
- Jeffrey Martin as Electronics Technician
- 1st Sgt. Joseph Naradzay, USMC as Marine Sergeant
- 1st Lt. Donald W. Zautcke, USMC as Marine Lieutenant
Uncredited
- Madge Sinclair as the Saratoga Captain
- Stephen Liska as Torg (archived footage)
- Monique DeSart as Madelaine
- Joseph Adamson as Doctor #3
Stunts
- John Meier as Stunt Double for William Shatner (Kirk)
- Gregory Barnett as Stunt Double for Leonard Nimoy (Spock)
References
Alameda; Alaska; Andorians; Berkeley; borite; Bounty, HMS; cetacean; Cetacean Institute; Clampett; cloaking device; colorful metaphors; Copernicus, USS; cramps; dilithium; Earth Spacedock; Edinburgh; Enterprise (CVN-65), USS; Enterprise, USS; Enterprise-A, USS; Excelsior, USS; Federation Council; Federation science vessel; Free Speech Movement; gadolinium; George; Golden Gate Park; Gottlieb; Gracie; Gregory; Hamlet; Humpback whales; "I Hate You"; Intrepid, USS; Iowa; Juneau; Kiri-kin-tha; Kiri-kin-tha's First Law of Metaphysics; Klendth; Klingon Empire; Klingon mummification glyph; LDS; Leningrad; Loonkerian outpost; Macintosh; Michelob; nuclear fission; pizza; Plexicorp; Robbins, Harold; Saloon, The; Sam; San Francisco; Saratoga, USS; Sausalito; Sector 5; Shepard, USS; Shuttlepod; Slingshot effect; Starfleet Command; Starfleet Headquarters; Susann, Jacqueline; Tellarites; Terran solar system; Tokyo; T'Plana-Hath; United Federation of Planets; universal atmospheric element compensator; Vulcan (planet); Vulcans; Weintraub; Whale Probe; whale song; Winchell's Donut House; Yorktown, USS; Zaranites
Additional References
Arcadians; Ariolo; Arkenites; Bzzit Khaht; Caitians; Efrosians; Kasheeta; Xelatians.
Related Topics
Alternate timeline; USS Saratoga personnel; Money; Riverside; Smoking; Starfleet ranks; Time travel; United States armed forces
External Links
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home at Wikipedia
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home at the Internet Movie Database
- Filming Locations at Northern California Movies
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