Star Trek V: The Final Frontier is a 1989 American science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures. It is the fifth feature in the franchise and the penultimate to star the cast of the original Star Trek science fiction television series. Taking place shortly after the events of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, the plot follows the crew of the USS Enterprise-A as they confront a renegade Vulcan, Sybok, who is searching for God at the center of the galaxy. The film was directed by cast member William Shatner, following two films directed by his co-star, Leonard Nimoy. Shatner also developed... the initial storyline in which Sybok searches for God but instead finds Satan. Series creator Gene Roddenberry disliked the original script, while Nimoy and DeForest Kelley objected to the premise that their characters, Spock and Leonard McCoy, would betray Shatner's James T. Kirk. The script went through multiple revisions to please the cast and studio, including cuts in the effects-laden climax of the film. Despite a writers' guild strike cutting into the film's pre-production, Paramount commenced filming in October 1988.
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| Release date: | June 9, 1989 |
| Directed by: | William Shatner |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 107 Minutes |
| Producer: | Harve Bennett |
| Editor: | Peter E. Berger |
| Music by: | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography: | Andrew Laszlo, Andrew Laszlo |
| Screenplay by: | William Shatner, Harve Bennett, Gene Roddenberry, David Loughery |
| Estimated budget: | $27,800,000 |
| Genre: | Western, Science Fiction, Adventure |