Release Year: 1999 Rating: PG Duration: 102 minutes Other Title: Captain Starshine, Earth Dick Director: Dean Parisot Producer: Charles J. Newirth, Suzann Ellis, Charles Newirth Distributor: Dreamworks SKG
For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA Protector donned their uniforms and set out on thrilling and often dangerous missions in space - then their series was cancelled. Twenty years later, the five stars of the classic '70s series "Galaxy Quest" are still in costume, making appearances at sci-fi conventions for legions of die-hard fans - but some of those fans are a little more far out than the actors could have ever imagined. A group of aliens who have mistaken intercepted television transmissions for "historical documents" arrive at a convention and whisk "Commander Peter Quincy Taggart" and his crew into space to help them in their all-too-real war against a deadly adversary. With no script, no director and no clue about real space travel, the actors have to turn in the performances of their lives to become the heroes the aliens believe them to be.
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Alan Rickman as Alexander Dane/Dr. Lazarus Sigourney Weaver as Gwen DeMarco/Lt. Tawny Madison Tim Allen as Jason Nesmith/Cmdr. Peter Quincy Taggart Tony Shalhoub as Fred Kwan/Tech Sgt. Chen
Sir Alexander Dane: You're just going to have to figure out what it wants. What is its motivation?
Jason Nesmith: It's a rock monster. It doesn't have motivation.
Sir Alexander Dane: See, that's your problem, Jason. You were never serious about the craft.
Alan Rickman is a wonderfully talented actor who has appeared in numerous movies, including Harry Potter, Galaxy Quest, Dogma, Rasputin, Sense & Sensibility, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, Truly Madly Deeply and Die Hard. A legend of a man and cute to boot! Ocean view behind him is a photo I took in Australia. Source: Ezthemes Size: (141)
The famous take-off comedy sci-fi movie (not based on Star Trek at ALL). Galaxy Quest theme includes 2 exclusive wallpapers - one of the movie poster, the other of many images from the movie, icons, wavs, cursors, startup and shutdown screens. 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480 Source: Ezthemes Size: (1252)
Glory, Hallelujah - this is the Christmas action comedy you've been waiting for! Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, and Daryl Mitchell play five actors who - 20 years ago - starred on a popular television series that was canceled. For four seasons, from 1979 to 1982, they played the crew of the NSEA Protector - now they earn their living appearing in costume at sci-fi conventions and chain-store openings. However, far in deep, outer space, the Thermians, a race of aliens from the Klatu Nebula, have intercepted Earth's TV transmissions and, having no knowledge of fiction or drama, they have mistaken the sci-fi shows for valid historical documents. So when they're faced with a deadly adversary, the ruthless Roth'h'ar Sarris of Fatu-Krey (Robin Sachs), the Thermians abduct the characters - Comdr. Peter Quincy Taggert, Lt. Tawny Madison, Dr. Lazarus, et al - not realizing they're really out-of-work actors. With no script, no director, and no clue about real space travel, the actors must turn in the performances of their lives to become the intergalactic heroes they've convinced everyone they are, as they encounter cannibalistic Blue Demon children, a giant Rock Monster, and a Pig Lizard. As the vain, self-serving commander, Tim Allen has never been better. Sigourney Weaver is a sexy, shameless babe, and Alan Rickman is outrageous as a Shakespearean-trained Brit who has been reduced to playing a half-human/half reptile. On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, Galaxy Quest is an exuberant, enormously funny 8. Aptly directed by Dean Parisot from a cleverly ironic screenplay by David Howard and Robert Gordon, it's a bright, shiny holiday package of pure enjoyment, destined to blast into one of the big hits of the season.
