Star Trek: First Contact is the eighth feature film in the Star Trek science fiction franchise, released in November 1996, by Paramount Pictures. First Contact is the first film in the franchise to feature no cast members from the original Star Trek television series of the 1960s. The primary cast for First Contact is from the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series, to which the film's producers added Alice Krige, Neal McDonough, James Cromwell and Alfre Woodard. In the film's plot, the crew of the USS Enterprise travel from the 24th to 21st century to save their future after the... cybernetic Borg conquered Earth by changing the timeline. After the release of the seventh film, Star Trek Generations, in 1994, Paramount tasked writers Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore with developing a sequel. Braga and Moore wanted to feature the Borg in the plot, while producer Rick Berman wanted a story involving time travel. The writers combined the two ideas; they initially set the film during the European Renaissance, but changed the time period the Borg corrupted to the mid-21st century after fearing the Renaissance idea would be too kitschy.
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| Release date: | November 18, 1996 |
| Directed by: | Jonathan Frakes |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 111 Minutes |
| Producer: | Rick Berman |
| Editor: | John W. Wheeler |
| Music by: | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography: | Matthew F. Leonetti |
| Screenplay by: | Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga |
| Estimated budget: | $45,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller, Adventure, Action, Science Fiction |