Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is a 1991 American science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures. It is the sixth feature film based on the Star Trek science fiction television series. It was directed by Nicholas Meyer and written by Meyer with Denny Martin Flinn. After the destruction of the moon Praxis leads the Klingon Empire to sue for peace with their long-time adversary The Federation, the crew of the USS Enterprise must race against unseen conspirators with a militaristic agenda. The Undiscovered Country was initially planned as a prequel to the original series, with... younger actors portraying the crew of the Enterprise while attending Starfleet Academy, but the idea was discarded because of negative reaction from the cast and the fans. Faced with producing a new film in time for Star Trek's 25th anniversary, Flinn and Meyer, the director of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, wrote a script based on a suggestion from Leonard Nimoy about what would happen if "the wall came down in space", touching on the contemporary events of the Cold War. Principal photography took place between April and September of 1991.
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| Release date: | December 6, 1991 |
| Directed by: | Nicholas Meyer |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 113 Minutes |
| Producer: | Ralph Winter, Leonard Nimoy, Steven-Charles Jaffe |
| Editor: | William Hoy, Ronald Roose |
| Music by: | Cliff Eidelman |
| Cinematography: | Hiro Narita |
| Screenplay by: | Leonard Nimoy, Nicholas Meyer, Denny Martin Flinn, Gene Roddenberry, Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal |
| Estimated budget: | $30,000,000 |
| Genre: | Science Fiction, Thriller, Adventure |