Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2388 in DVD
• Released on: 2001-03-26
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
• Dubbed in: German
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 97 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
You don't have to be a Star Trek fan to enjoy Galaxy Quest, but it certainly helps. A knowingly affectionate tribute to Trek and any other science fiction TV series of the 1960s and beyond, this crowd-pleasing comedy offers in-jokes at warp speed, hitting the bull's-eye for anyone who knows that: (1) the starship captain always removes his shirt to display his manly physique; (2) any crew member not in the regular cast is dead meat; and (3) the heroes always stop the doomsday clock with one second to spare. So it is with Commander Taggart (Tim Allen) and the stalwart crew of the NSEA Protector, whose intergalactic exploits on TV have now been reduced to a dreary cycle of fan conventions and promotional appearances. That's when the Thermians arrive, begging to be saved from Sarris, the reptilian villain who threatens to destroy their home planet.

Can actors rise to the challenge and play their roles for real? The Thermians are counting on it, having studied the "historical documents" of the Galaxy Quest TV show, and their hero worship (not to mention their taste for Monte Cristo sandwiches) is ultimately proven worthy, with the help of some Galaxy geeks on planet Earth. And while Galaxy Quest serves up great special effects and impressive Stan Winston creatures, director Dean Parisot (Home Fries) is never condescending, lending warm acceptance to this gentle send-up of sci-fi TV and the phenomenon of fandom. Best of all is the splendid cast, including Sigourney Weaver as buxom blonde Gwen DeMarco; Alan Rickman as frustrated thespian Alexander Dane; Tony Shalhoub as dimwit Fred Kwan; Daryl Mitchell as former child-star Tommy Webber; and Enrico Colantoni as Thermian leader Mathesar, whose sing-song voice is a comedic coup de grâce. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

Video Description
DVD Special Features (TO BE CONFIRMED):

Production notes
Theatrical trailer(s)
"On Location In Space" feature
Deleted scenes
Thermian language audio track
Cast and filmakers' biographies
Production notes
Widescreen anamorphic format

Synopsis
GALAXY QUEST is a satirical comedy that pokes fun at the influence science fiction shows such as STAR TREK have had on their audience. The cast members of the cult sci-fi television series GALAXY QUEST now earn their livings appearing at conventions and grand openings, led by their bomastic captain Jason Nesmith, played by Tim Allen. When an alien race--the Thermians--arrives on earth, it appears that they have mistakenly appropriated the show's culture as their own, thinking the series was actual fact. Desperate for help in battling the evil General Sarris, they bring the actors with them into space to save their planet. A surprisingly smart and funny send-up of the science-fiction culture and the influence television has on the world at large, GALAXY QUEST is a comedy that even non-genre fans can enjoy, with terrific turns by Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, and Tony Shalhoub.

Customer Reviews

Hilariuos, a masterpiece!
Loads of fun for the entire family. Outstanding comedy minute by minute. It will certainly find a well deserved top place on history. This movie became a hidden pearl by not having Oscar Nominations for whatever bureaucratic reason. Not to be missed!

Galaxy Zest
Won't waffle on, just to say FANTASTIC film. This & Mars Attacks plus a handful of other sci-fi films are among my faves. This is in top 5 because of the clever twist. Makes u think the ole "life is a stage & we're all actors" line. Even my non-scifi pals LOVED this, Coneheads & handful of others. Did i say i wouldnt waffle? lol

A gloriously funny sci-fi comedy
'Galaxy Quest' is much better than it might be expected to be. Although it's a mischievous take on the reputation and backstage rivalries of the original series of 'Star Trek', it's also an exciting space opera in its own right, with plenty of high-energy beam-zapping, lobster-headed aliens and CGI flash to be going on with.

The jaded cast of a long-cancelled television sci-fi show are mistaken by genuine aliens for their own characters, because the aliens, called Thermians, have no concept of 'acting' - to them, the shows (which they've picked up as transmissions from our planet) are much-treasured and carefully studied 'historical documents'. The human cast are whisked off into the middle of a life-and-death struggle between the benign, kindly and peaceloving Thermians and an evil and violent race bent on enslaving them. Somewhat startled to find that their fictional ship has been recreated in working detail by the Thermians, the cast are even more thrown to realise that they have to live their roles for real and rise into heroism.

Everyone is brilliant: Tim Allen as the bombastic and Shatneresque captain, Sigourney Weaver as the gorgeously bosomy and doggedly earnest communications officer (whose only job is to relay every command to the computer and repeat back whatever it says - she knows it's stupid but she's going to do it anyway), Alan Rickman as the deeply disappointed Shakespearean actor reduced to wearing a stupid rubber wig as the alien scientist 'Dr. Lazarus', and a host of great supporting roles. My two favourites are Enrico Colantoni as the spectacularly weird-voiced and really quite touching Thermian leader Mathesar and Tony Shalhoub as the serene-to-the-point-of-stoned Fred Kwan, fictional 'chief engineer' on the spaceship and the one member of the TV show cast who just treats the whole thing as an amusing exercise in group improvisation.

The plot is clever, the jokes are richly funny and the special effects do not let the side down. It's a blast. Old-school Star Trek fans will get a special kick out of it, but anyone will enjoy it.