Star Trek: Number 1 Email (Paramount Pictures, 1996; see likewise 1996 in film), is the eighth feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. Around it, a cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation again encounter their adversaries, a Borg, and this period attempt to cease a Borg from either changing history by conquering a Earth of the 21st century through the use of time travel. A film is directed by Jonathan Frakes from a script by Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore, with music composed by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! Actor !! Role |- | Patrick Stewart || Captain Jean-Luc Picard |- | Jonathan Frakes || Commander William T. Riker |- | Brent Spiner || Lt. Commander Data |- | LeVar Burton || Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge |- | Michael Dorn || Lt. Commander Worf |- | Gates McFadden || Dr. Beverly Crusher |- | Marina Sirtis || Counselor Deanna Troi |- | Alfre Woodard || Lily Sloane |- | James Cromwell || Dr. Zefram Cochrane |- | Alice Krige || The Borg Queen |- | Neal McDonough || Lieutenant Hawk |- | Robert Picardo || Emergency Medical Hologram |- | Dwight Schultz || Lt. Reginald Barclay |}

Plot summary
Charted a destruction of the USS Enterprise-D in Star Trek: Generations, the bridge crew, with the exception of Worf, was transferred to a new Sovereign class starship, the USS Enterprise-E. Shortly prior to the beginning of the film, a Borg cube ship has entered Federation space on a course for Globe; the Enterprise has been assigned to patrol a Romulan Neutral Zone during this. Referable Captain Jean-Luc Picard's past own experience using a Borg, Starfleet considered him too unstable to lead the ship into battle against the children.

At a beginning of a story, Picard chooses to disobey his orders & will require a ship to Globe, in which the Starfleet contingent has met the Borg (view Battle of Sector 001). Upon arriving, a Enterprise participate in the fight & transports aboard survivors from a heavy damaged USS Defiant, including its commanding officer, Lt. Commander Worf. the cube ship is defeated per fleet, however shortly prior to its destruction ejects a sphere ship, which the Enterprise pursues. a sphere heads toward Globe & opens & travels across a burrow across instance, across which the ship follows. Them arrive within 2063, and the Borg ship begins to fire in a camp in the north-west vicinity of the United States. A Enterprise destroys a sphere; yet, unknown at this period, a total of Borg drones including the Borg Queen managed to transport into the Jeffries tubes in the ship's engineering section.

Picard, realizing that a Borg were attempting to kill a Phoenix, Earth's first warp-capable vessel, has an away team, including himself, transport in civilian clothes to the missile silo housing it. Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge and an engineering team work on the damaged vessel spell Commander William T. Riker attempts to convince Dr. Zefram Cochrane, designer and pilot of a ship, to last across by owning a flight tomorrow, caring that the instance of his warp line 1 text is imperative to establishing first contact with the Vulcans. At a equivalent period, Captain Picard & Dr. Beverly Crusher return to the Enterprise with Lily Sloane, Cochrane's assistant, world health organization was hurt in the attack.

Meanwhile, a Borg run to assimilate a devices & crewmembers that it encounter on the Enterprise, ingesting across independent engineering & moving upward through the decks. Realizing their presence, Picard leads a left over officers against a Borg, when you took which Lt. Commander Data is taken by the Borg & Picard encounters Lily within the Jeffries tube, whom he informs when to what's happening. Them flee from either the class action of drones & choose refuge within the holodeck, which Picard loads with the scene from either the Dixon Hill holonovel in the crowded nightspot & configures it sustaining safeties bump off. He so obtains the Tommy gun and kills the Borg by having it; his manner indicates to Lily his nifty hate for the Borg. He will require a chip from either inside the drone which places the matters on the collective's schedule.

Them link to to the rest of the crew & buy that the Borg come building a communications antenna on the Enterprise's navigational deflector to call for assistance from a Borg of this instance. Picard, Worf, & Lieutenant Hawk don space suits and magnetic boots and venture retired in to the hull armed by owning phaser rifles. It have gotten to a deflector dish & run to turn on the deuce-ace manual controls that release the central section of the dish. A drones building a antenna commence to move against a trio. It handle to assimilate Hawk; Picard moves all over to Hawk's control & activates it when Worf kills Hawk. A discharged shell, carrying many Borg & a antenna, begins to move out of a Enterprise & is destroyed using the rifle whilst the safe few feet away away.

Meanwhile, a Phoenix has been repaired & Cochrane convinced to produce a attempt. A vessel is launched in April 5, 2063 as it is supposed to exist as & exits Globe's gravity forgoing incident.

On the Enterprise, a Borg develop continued to climb upward. Worf advocates setting a ship's self-self-destroy work & going inside lifeboats. Picard refuses to allow a Borg to reason a loss of a Enterprise. Them argue this hotly until Lily convinces Picard that his hatred of the Borg is clouding his logical thinking. He agrees to destroying a ship. When a crew come abandoning a ship, he doesn't join the babies, instead running down into engineering to feel better Information.

Meanwhile, Information has been taken to the Borg queen, world health organization has been attempting to entice him to joaround her across replacing pieces of his skin by having man skin & connecting the babies to his nervous patterns, helping him in his goal of becoming homo. While Picard enters independent engineering, a Borg queen says that Information could leave using him whenever he wishes; Information garbage. A queen so has Information deactivate a self-self-destroy program, which he does, & fire on the Phoenix; he fires, deliberately missing a Phoenix, yet, so kills the queen by breaking open the tube carrying a coolant that dissolves organic tissue in call for. A demise of a queen drives a collective onboard the ship to fail. Picard saves himself by climbing au fait tubes dangling from either either a ceiling until a flatulency has drained from a room. Information, his patches of rattling skin never again, reveals that he experienced shortly considered her offer of joining her.

A Phoenix line 2 text occurs as profits. Shortly when Cochrane comes back, a Vulcan survey ship ''T'plana'hath lands in the camp to make first contact with humans, having detected the warp signature from the Phoenix. A Enterprise'' crew is restored to a ship, & it is restored to its have period using the means that the sphere ship did.

Notes/trivia
Although no grounds to believe for it in the motion picture, an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise filmed several years late known as "Regeneration" is based on the premiss that the Borg sphere was non whole destroyed; detritus inside time processed its way to Globe & landed in a frozen Arctic environment. About a century down a road, Borg drones would become recovered from either the crash places, when the subject of the Enterprise episode.

Footage from either this film was reused in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "In a Mirror, Darkly". A reused footage was integrated by having new created scenes to present a Mirror Universe version of Earth/Vulcan first call for (where Zefram Cochrane shot & flushed a Vulcan captain, & a assembled man stormed a ballistic capsule & stole its technology). None of a original actors actually returned to shoot freshly footage; originative re-redaction wwhen utilized (for instance, whilst Cochrane is shown firing his rifle & a Vulcan captain is hit, it is single seen from either the neck down, as different however identically dressed actors come swimming the two).

In a opening battle scene, Admiral Hayes (a commander of the Starfleet project click fighting the Borg) speaks to the commanders of the Starfleet vessels Defiant and Bozeman. I so hear the voice reply "Acknowledged"; there exists occasionally debate on top whether this is Worf (inside command of the Defiant) or even Kelsey Grammer in a cameo appearance when Captain Bateson of the Bozeman. Grammer was non used in the credits, although these are park for actors to record brief cameos like this & non receive credit.

Inside some irony, Patrick Stewart's character, Captain Picard, is equated unfavourably to the late Patrick Stewart character, Captain Ahab, from a novel Moby Dick. These are this super comparison (manufactured by Lily, when you took Picard's philippic against a incursive Borg) that motivates Picard to take a course of action that will help him refrain from existence in comparison Ahab. (Patrick Stewart played Captain Ahab in the processed-for-television adaptation of the novel in 1998.)

"First Contact" is also a title of an episode from either the quaternary year of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Although a role of Zefram Cochrane was actually written for James Cromwell , Tom Hanks was originally considered for a role, but a motion-picture photography of this motion-picture show coincided by using the cinematography of That Thing You Do! (1996) which prevented him from ingesting a section.

For inspiration before cinematography, director Jonathan Frakes says he viewed a films Alien (1979), Aliens (1986), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Blade Runner (1982), and Jaws (1975).

A Borg makehigher & cases experienced to become constantly touched up. Many of the Borg actors misused the considerable total of weight patch inside costume due to the heat of the sets & temperature inside Los Angeles during the shooting.

At a prevent of motion-picture photography, actor/director Jonathan Frakes had a nickname "Two takes Frakes" because of the efficiency of his style.

Cameo: Ethan Phillips The actor who plays Neelix in Star Trek: Voyager plays the Maître d' of the holodeck scene club.

Cameo: Ronald D. Moore The screenwriter appears in the holodeck club scene.

Cameo: Brannon Braga The screenwriter appears in the holodeck club scene.

Cameo: Dwight Schultz reprises his role as Lt. Barclay from either Star Trek: A Next Generation.

Once Dr. Crusher says "In the 21st century, the Borg are still in the Delta Quadrant", it was intended as a teaser for approaching episodes of Star Trek: Voyager, where A Borg were featured conspicuously.

A program menu in the holosuite depicts various holodeck computer program from either last episodes of Star Trek: A Next Generation. Specifically: Cafe Des Artistes is from either "We'll Always Have Paris". Charnock's Comedy Cabaret is from either "The Outrageous Okona". A Large Goodbye is from either "The Big Goodbye", "Manhunt", and "Clues". Emerald Wading Pool is from either "Conundrum". Equestrian Adventure is from either "Pen Pals".

Cameo: Robert Picardo reprises his role as a Emergency Medical Hologram from either Star Trek: Voyager.

A ocular of a Borg flash player the Morse code of a names of humans associated by having the production.

A opera that Picard is listening to is Berlioz' "Les Troyens". A song is "Hylas' Song" from either a beginning of Work V. Hylwhen occurs as nostalgic immature sailor existence rocked to sleep per sea as he dreams of the native land he might never understand once again.

A character of Ensign Lynch occurs as information to Internet critic Timothy W. Lynch, who watched and reviewed every episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Reginald Barclay shows LaForge a coil of copper wire to ask whenever it would operate to fix a plasma coil. These are a equivalent prop utilized within Forbidden Planet (1956) where a crew-member asks Commander Adams inside case it would function in building the transmitter.

A Enterprise-E is a Sovereign class starship. A last Enterprise-D, was the Galaxy class starship.

Inside an earliest draft of a script, the character of Lily was originally known as Ruby. In the theatrical version, Ruby is today the holographic character in "The Big Goodbye" holonovel. In addition, a Enterprise-E wwhen depicted as existence section of the Nova Class of starships instead of the Sovereign Class. A Nova class starship was later introduced in the Star Trek: Voyager episode of "Equinox" when a USS Equinox.

A case in the Enterprise's briefing room contain gold system of tons 6 Federation starships to bear a title Enterprise.

A foremost Star Trek motion picture to receive an MPAA rating higher than PG (PG-13).

A titles Star Trek: Borg & Star Trek: Resurrection were considered. A Resurrection title was nearly a lock until a studio realized Dodger got earliest registered the title for their approaching Alien motion-picture show.

A "first contact" in this movie requires place at the "missile silo in Montana". Montana's missile base is Malmstrom AFB in Great Falls, Montana, site of many of the additional far-famed "UFO" sightings above a preceding pack decades.

A character of Zefram Cochrane originated in the Star Trek episode "Metamorphosis" (1967). There are differences between a Cochrane from either either a series & from this motion-picture show, however it is each regaled when pioneers in the field of space-flight. (Star Trek literature claims that this is, in point of fact, a equivalent human, notwithstanding his further young appearance in the original series is attributed to "The Companion.")

ILM animators created many recently classes of Federation ships for a immense CGI animation sequence against the Borg. Classes include a Akira, Saber, Steamrunner and Norway. a Norway class of spaceship is seen for even a foremost (& merely) period therein film; the CGI model of the ship was later on misplaced due to a computer bug, and then the class never appeared once more in any more Trek indicate or film.

It's likewise worth noting that occasionally jokers at ILM snuck a fresh finished CGI model of the Millennium Falcon, used in a Favorite Edition release of a Star Wars Original Trilogy, into the opening battle sustaining the Borg cube. It may be seen flying around the few feet away in two or three shots.

James Cromwell becane a number 1 actor around Star Trek history to actually utter a sentence "star trek" (although in the final episode of Star Trek: A Next Generation, John de Lancie (as Q) said, "It's time to put an end to your trek through the stars").

Footage of the Warp Ship Phoenix's launch was afterwards reused in the opening sequence for the freshly Star Trek series Enterprise in 2001. James Cromwell reprised his role of Zefram Cochrane in the Enterprise episode "Broken Bow". In a episode, Cochrane is seen as a recording from either the dedication of the "Warp 5 Complex".

All a scenes filmed within the silo & of the Phoenix were taken at a Titan Missile Museum, located in Green Valley, 20 miles South of Tucson, Arizona. This page is a sole Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) silo complex in the world that is open to the public. A 110 foot tall Titan II rocket has been "de-militarized" (no fuel or even nuclear payload) &, by a the SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) and START (STrategic Arms Reduction Treaty), one of the two silo doors must remain blocked open for Russian satellite verification.

Around sooner versions Picard's character was supposed to exist as a of these serving Zefram Cochrane olympic games, by having Riker fighting a Borg on the Enterprise. A independent story was likewise center on the natural event olympian games. When Patrick Stewart objected to it, a characters of Riker & Picard were swapped. This besides resulted within making Picard further of an actiin hero & a story sir thomas more focusing on occurrent on the Enterprise.

Actor Michael Zaslow, a 1st actor to own been exterminate in the Star Trek universe, hwhen an uncredited appearance as Eddie, the bartender

Cochrane asks Geordi, "Don't you people in the 24th century ever pee?" This is a information to the fact that toilets are never shown inside screen (although it launder come out in a bit of blueprints).

Earliest drafts of a script known as for the Defiant to exist as destroyed in the battle by using the Borg, however film writer Ronald D. Moore objected to the uncalled-for destruction of the ship from either Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in a story that didn't possibly require a Deep Space Nine characters (apart from either Worf). It would besides prove to become inconvenient for a tv program, therefore the Defiant was yet allowed to live a battle.

A Noncompliant, introduced around Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, was built for a resole purpose to fight & kill the Borg. This pic features a sole instance a ship fights a Borg.

Another instance a originative team decided it were attend produce a time travel motion picture, deuce of a period it considered the Enterprise & her crew camping involved the American Civil War and Medieval Europe and would keep around involved the castle that would have part been assimilated per Borg.

Was discharged a equivalent day that actor Mark Lenard (Sarek) died.

Is the number one Star Trek film where none of the original Star Trek (1966) cast members pop up.

Early rumour experienced suggested that Lieutenant Hawk (Neal McDonough) would be a number one gay crew-member in the Star Trek franchise. When a hearsay were proven to become faithlessly, Andy Mangels' & Michael Martin's novel Subdivision 31: Scalawag, pictured Lieutenant Hawk as a gay character, although a Star Trek novels, comedian books & computer game are non considered canon. (Hearsay late suggested a character of Malcolm Reed in Star Trek: Enterprise would be gay, & late that a producers got nixed a idea.)

Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan) does not pop up therein motion picture.

After Picard appears away from a hatch to understand the surprised faces of his crew pointing guns at him, he says "Reports of my assimilation have been greatly exaggerated". This is paraphrased from either Mark Twain's far-famed locution "Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated".

Information to 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968):

the deflector dish is labeled AE35, the title of a component of a satellite dish within 2001.

When Cochrane sardonically asks Riker, "Don't you have the moon in the 24th century?" Riker mentions that there are ended 50 million settler on the moon, likewise as a listings of cities on the moon, including Tycho City. Tycho was a crater on the Moon (named fallowing 16th century Danish uranologist, Tycho Brahe) where a monolith was uncovered inside 2001.

the Borg come given the 4-note musical motiv therein picture that is a synthetized & slightly altered, "creepy" form of the central 5-note motiv from either Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss, which served as a independent theme music for 2001. This served as the double information, by suggesting a creepier version of the alien presence from either 2001, & by suggesting that a Borg fulfill all the veto possibilities of Also Sprach Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche.

Errors and inconsistencies in the film
a member of the crew reports that the Borg keep close at hand taken all over deck Xxvi, however Picard tells Lily there are Xxiv decks. Whilst Picard is showing Lily a watch of Globe, you might see Australia, Future Guinea, & a Solomons. Up to date Zealand is missing from either a coast of Australia (nevertheless this might not exist as inside error: a "2063" timeline was supposed to exist as shortly when the nuclear Third Globe War. Peradventure Up to date Zealand was wholly destroyed.)

Virtually tons important of all is the Borg Queen herself. the Borg develop been established within Trek traditional knowledge as a collective consciousness, and so a idea of a "Borg Leader" is contradiction around terms.

Trademark litigation
Paramount was sued over the film inside federal court per heirs of William F. Jenkins, a science-fiction creator world health organization wrote under the pen name "Murray Leinster". Jenkins got published the short story within 1945 entitled "First Contact", which might use been at least one of a original sources of a term, & his heirs world health organization held the rights to the story claimed that "Star Trek: First Contact" infringed their trademark in the term. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted Paramount's motion for summary judgment and dismissed the suit (see [http://wikisource.org/wiki/Estate_of_William_F._Jenkins_v._Paramount_Pictures_Corp. Estate of William F. Jenkins v. Paramount Pictures Corp., Xc F. Supp. Second 706 (E.D. Va. 2000)] for the to the full text of the court's opinion). A court uncovered that disregarding of whether Jenkins foremost coined "first contact", it since became the generic (and so unprotectable) term that described a overall genre of science fiction where homo foremost encounter alien metal money. Possibly whenever a title was instead "descriptive"—the category of terms higher than "generic" that can be protectable—there was there is no grounds to believe that a title experienced a involved association in the public's mind (called "secondary meaning") such that its have would usually exist when understood as on to Jenkin's story. A Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court's dismissal forgoing comment.