They travelled back to where 23rd century man had never gone before

Cast
Crew
Plot Summary
Awards
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Directed by Leonard Nimoy 

Cast

William Shatner.... Admiral/Captain James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy.... Captain Spock
DeForest Kelley.... Cmdr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy, M.D.
James Doohan.... Capt. Montgomery "Scotty" Scott
George Takei.... Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
Walter Koenig.... Cmdr. Pavel Chekov
Nichelle Nichols.... Cmdr. Nyota Uhura
Jane Wyatt.... Amanda
Catherine Hicks.... Dr. Gillian Taylor
Mark Lenard.... Sarek
Robin Curtis.... Lt. Saavik
Robert Ellenstein.... Federation Council President
John Schuck.... Klingon Ambassador
Brock Peters.... Admiral Cartwright
Michael Snyder.... Starfleet Communications Officer
Michael Berryman.... Starfleet Display Officer
Mike Brislane.... Saratoga Science Officer
Grace Lee Whitney.... Cmdr. Janice Rand
Jane Wiedlin.... Alien Communications Officer
Vijay Amritraj.... Starship Captain
Majel Barrett.... Cmdr. Christine Chapel
Nick Ramus.... Saratoga Helmsman
Thaddeus Golas.... Controller #1
Martin Pistone.... Controller #2
Scott DeVenney.... Bob Briggs
Viola Simpson.... Lady in Tour
Phil Rubenstein.... 1st Garbageman
John Miranda.... 2nd Garbageman
Joe Knowland.... Antique Store Owner
Bob Sarlatte.... Waiter
Everett Lee.... Cafe Owner
Richard Harder.... Joe
Alex Henteloff.... Dr. Nichols
Tony Edwards.... Pilot
Eve Smith.... Elderly Patient
Tom Mustin.... Intern #1
Greg Karas.... Intern #2
Raymond Singer.... Young Doctor
David Ellenstein.... Doctor #1
Judy Levitt.... Doctor #2
Teresa E. Victor.... Usher
James Menges.... Jogger
Kirk Thatcher.... Punk on Bus
Jeff Lester (I).... FBI Agent
Joe Lando.... Shore Patrolman
Newell Tarrant.... CDO
Mike Timoney.... Electronic Technician
Jeffrey Martin.... Electronic Technician,
Sgt. Joseph Naradzay and
1st Lt. Donald W. Zautcke
Madge Sinclair.... Saratoga Captain(uncredited)

Crew

Written by
Leonard Nimoy &
Harve Bennett & 
Steve Meerson &
Peter Krikes &
Harve Bennett and
Nicholas Meyer 

Cinematography by
Donald Peterman 

Original music by
Leonard Rosenman 

Production Design by
Jack T. Collis 
Peter Landsdown Smith 

Costume Design by
Robert Fletcher (I) 

Film Editing by
Peter E. Berger 
Produced by
Harve Bennett 
Kirk Thatcher (associate)
Ralph Winter (executive)

Other crew
Gregory J. Barnett.... stunts
Craig Barron (I).... matte photography supervisor
Judith Bouley.... location casting: Monterey (uncredited)
Bundy Chanock.... set medic
Steve M. Davison.... stunts
John V. Fante.... visual effects camera: ILM
Cliff Fleming.... stunts
Jenny Fulle.... visual effects(uncredited)
Eddie Hice.... stunts
Tony Hudson.... whale designer and puppeteer: ILM
Steven Kosakura.... motion control camera operator
Jon Kranhouse.... aerial photography
Mark A. Mangini.... supervising sound
John Meier.... stunts
Bennie Moore.... stunts
Chuck Picerni Jr..... stunts
Gene Roddenberry.... executive consultant
R.A. Rondell.... stunts
Sharon Schaffer.... stunts
Spike Silver.... stunts
Dan Wallin.... scoring mixer

Plot Summary

A space probe is heading towards the earth, emanating strange sounds towards the planet, and waiting for something. As the probe approaches earth, it starts to cause major storms on the planet and threaten its destruction. James T. Kirk, aboard the klingon bird of prey, after having saved Spock, was heading to earth. They listen to the strange sound and discover that it is actually the call of the humpback whale, which was extinct in the 23rd century. They have only one choice, to try to time travel back into the 20th century, look for a whale, and bring it back to 23rd century earth to reply to the probe and save the earth.

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Awards

Academy Awards (Oscars) (1987)

Nominated for:

Best Cinematography

Donald Peterman

Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing

Mark A. Mangini

Best Music, Original Score

Leonard Rosenman

Best Sound

Gene S. Cantamessa
David J. Hudson
Mel Metcalfe
Terry Porter

Hugo Awards (1988)

Nominated for:

Best Dramatic Presentation

Gross

USA $109.713m

Release Date

USA 19 November 1986