Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) on Netflix
PG19891h 47mActionAdventureSci-Fi
Kirk's shore leave ends when the Enterprise is sent to Nimbus III, where the renegade Vulcan Sybok holds three diplomats hostage. Spock calls Sybok his half-brother.
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Plot summary
After a shakedown cruise goes poorly, the starship Enterprise is put into Spacedock for repairs, and Kirk, Spock and McCoy take shore leave at Yosemite National Park. Starfleet Command interrupts the leave with an urgent mission: a human, a Klingon and a Romulan diplomat are being held on Nimbus III, a neutral world where the Federation, the Klingon Empire and the Romulan Star Empire are meant to talk. The crew learns that a renegade Vulcan named Sybok is responsible, and Spock says Sybok is his half-brother. Klingon Captain Klaa, wanting to make a name for himself, sets out to pursue the Enterprise.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Sean Connery was originally offered the role of Sybok but was busy with Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, so the mythical planet Sha Ka Ree was named in his honor.
- Stuntman Ken Bates performed long shots by dropping off El Capitan using a wire support rig, setting a record for the highest American descender fall.
- Shatner's story drew on televangelists, whom he found repulsive yet fascinating, and they formed the basis for the character Zar, later renamed Sybok.
- The bridge set for the Enterprise alone cost $250,000, while building the Nimbus III city of Paradise cost $500,000 and took five weeks in 100 F heat.
- The rock monster climax was dropped after the latex suit malfunctioned on the last day of location shooting, so Shatner and Bran Ferren replaced it with an amorphous blob of light and energy.
- The Great Barrier effects were created by dropping chemicals into a large water tank to make swirls, and the God column was a rapidly rotating cylinder with light shone through it.
- The film's poor performance jeopardized further Star Trek features, leading Harve Bennett to leave the franchise and Nicholas Meyer to return to direct Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
- At the 10th Golden Raspberry Awards, the film won Worst Picture, Worst Director and Worst Actor for Shatner, from six nominations.
