Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12222 in DVD
• Released on: 2001-08-06
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish
• Dubbed in: German
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 117 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
The most popular movie in the "classic Trek" series of feature films, Star Trek IV was a box-office smash that satisfied mainstream audiences and hardcore fans alike. The Voyage Home returns to one of the favourite themes of the original TV series--time travel--to bring Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Sulu, Uhura, and Chekov from the 23rd century to present-day (ie, mid-1980s) San Francisco. In their own time, the Starfleet heroes encounter an alien probe emitting a mysterious message--a message delivered in the song of the now-extinct Earth species of humpback whales. Failure to respond to the probe will result in Earth's destruction, so Kirk and company time-travel to 20th-century Earth--in their captured Klingon starship--to transport a humpback whale to the future in an effort to communicate peacefully with the alien probe. The plot sounds somewhat absurd in description, but as executed by returning director Leonard Nimoy, this turned out to be a crowd-pleasing adventure, filled with a great deal of humour derived from the clash of future heroes and contemporary urban realities, and much lively interaction among the favourite Trek characters. Catherine Hicks plays the 20th-century whale expert who is finally convinced of Kirk's and Spock's benevolent intentions. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

DVD Description
DVD Special Features:

Theatrical Trailer
Director's Series Featurette with Leonard Nimoy
English Dolby Digital 5.1
German Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English for the hearing impaired, English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish

Synopsis
A contemporary Marine biologist becomes involved with Kirk and crew as they undertake a vital mission into Earth's past to save a species whose extinction poses a threat to the very existence of the planet. Forced to travel back to the San Francisco of 1986, the crew encounter a world as strange to them as any on their previous adventures.

Customer Reviews

A weak Star Trek movie.
This is where the decline starts. The Star Trek movies before this were of an acceptable standard. This is unfortuneatley one of the weaker movies. No Romulans, No Klingons, no villain to speak of at all. This is a typical time-travel star trek episode that would would suit the tv series more than a cinematic audience. Disapointing and one to miss.

The funniest Star Trek movie
This is quite possibly the best of all the Star Trek movies; if not then it is certainly the funniest.

The star ship Enterprise hardly features, because our heroes are in a stolen Klingon bird of war. In it they attempt time travel (twice and succeed) rescue a whale from 20th Century, all carried along by the wittiest dialogue. Enjoy.

The only thing I would say, since this movie is not yet on moviemoms, is that there is quite a lot of swearing to contend with, so younger viewers should wait a few years until they gain some discernmnent before being allowed to watch this one. But there is nothing that would shock or corrupt the normally adjusted 11 year old skool boy.

'No, I'm from Iowa, I only work in Outer Space'
Star Trek IV is the most unique of all the Star Trek films. It is part science fiction and part comedy.

The films begins with the core crew of the USS Enterprise on Vulcan, preparing for the voyage home to Earth. As they journey back, the Earth is 'attacked' by a mysterious probe that is crippling the planet. Kirk and co quickly identify the probe as tracking down the humpback whale, a species extinct for hundreds of years, which has angered the species who have sent the probe. The only way to solve the problem is to set sail for the one place that still boast the whales; a place more dangerous and crazy than any the Enterprise has ever encoutered before - San Francisco in the 1980s.

Like later Star Trek films such as Generations and Insurrection, the film is a lot like an extended TV episode with light hearted humour. Unlike those to films, it is very dramtic and exciting and the humour is funny rather than corny. Scotty struggling to come to grips with the keyboards and mice of 1980s computers and Chekov asking a policeman about the whereabouts of 'nucleur wessels' in a thick Russian accent are hysterical.

Very unconventional, very funny, very enjoyable, true Trekkies should love it, as should everyone else.