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All the starship special
effects were completely computer generated. This is the
only Star Trek motion picture where no physical models
are used. |
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The Son'a genetic manipulation
room was later recycled as the Kyrian museum in the Star
Trek: Voyager episode
"Living Witness." |
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The
Enterprise sick-bay is a redress of the sick-bay and
Counselor Troi's office is a redress of Captain Janeway's
ready-room aboard the U.S.S. Voyager from Star
Trek: Voyager. |
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Worf had been given very few
lines in the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" episodes
"Covenant" and
"It's Only a Paper Moon",
which "Star Trek: Insurrection" lies in-between as to not
"overload" his character. |
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Brent Spiner had put on some
weight in the two years since
"Star
Trek: First Contact"
and had to reuse his uniform from that movie. As a result,
his uniform is noticeably too small. |
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For seven years, Data's
station had been the operations console on the main bridge
of the Enterprise. He is not seen at that position
at all during this movie. |
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Brent Spiner performed the
"walking into the lake" stunt himself, only to have the
footage in the movie shooting Data from behind and being
performed by a stunt player. |
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There are several references
to the first season of
Star Trek: The Next Generation made in this movie,
such as Riker shaving off his beard, Geordi back at the
helm of the
Enterprise, the re-kindled love affair between Riker
and Troi, and Data looking at the world through the eyes
of a child. |
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Riker and Troi's chair
consoles on the bridge of the Enterprise were
removed for this film, but would reappear in
Star Trek
Nemesis. |
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Armin Shimmerman, who plays
Quark on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, filmed a small
cameo for the film's ending where he beams down to the Ba'ku planet with two Dabo girls. He claims the Ba'ku
planet would make a very profitable vacation planet, but
Picard has him beamed up to the
Enterprise and asks Worf to deposit him back at Deep
Space Nine, to which Worf asks "Must you?" |
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There are several deleted
scenes that are available on the Special Edition DVD,
including an extended face-lift scene introducing Ru'afo,
a scene where Picard spills blue cheese from a salad onto
himself and a P.A.D.D. displaying a map of the Briar
Patch, an extended library scene where Riker and Troi
throw paper balls at each other and are shushed by a
librarian (the scene also featured a cameo by Max
Grodenchik ["Rom" on
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]), a kiss
between Picard and Anij during the "slowed-time" scene, an
extended Captain's Yacht scene where Data reports
his status, Picard's objections to the Federation's
"top-level review" aboard the Son'a ship (which includes
the line of "There will be no cover-up!" from the
trailer), and the alternate ending in which Ru'afo falls
into the Ba'ku planet's rings and grows younger. Another
scene, which is not available on the DVD, featured Data
offering the Son'a officers on the planet his phaser only
to punch them off the cliff, but the scene was replaced
with Worf knocking them off their feet with an isomagnetic
disintegrator. |
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The Briar Patch would later be
referenced in "Cold Station-12", an episode of
Star Trek:
Enterprise. |
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This film marks the first
appearance of the Captain's Yacht. The
Enterprise-D blueprints also contained such a vessel
located in the same place as it is on the
Enterprise-E, on the dorsal side of the saucer
section. |
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There are several references
to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine during the course of the
movie, such as the Dominion War, the Federation's
opposition with the Cardassians, a Trill officer, a
Bajoran officer (complete with Bajoran earring), "I don't
know how they do it on Deep Space Nine. . .", "perilous
times for the Federation", and the Son'a producing
quantities of ketracel white (which would later be
revealed on DS9 to be supplied to The Dominion). |
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The script originally called
for Picard to ask Worf of his new wife (Jadzia Dax on
Deep Space Nine) at the reception at the beginning of
the film and later when Picard plans to beam over to the
collector, he tells Worf to remain on Ru'afo's ship as he
didn't want to tell his new bridge that he wouldn't be
coming home. Both lines were cut when Jadzia Dax was
killed off in
"Tears of the Prophets." |
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Jonathan Frakes on the theme
of "Star Trek" - "...it comments on what's going on now
in the world and place that in the future." |
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Jonathan Frakes on what you'd
find in "Star Trek: Insurrection" -
"Fabulous space
battles, incredible special effects, our good Captain
being incredibly heroic; both cerebral and romantic, the
Enterprise saving the day, incredible villains; F.
Murray Abraham, I think, is the best villain we've ever
seen on 'Star Trek' and, you know, lots of beaming in and
out!" |
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Jonathan Frakes on the
differences between "Insurrection" and "First Contact" -
"This ("Insurrection) is actually a bigger movie which we
realized when we went through the script. There are
eighteen new sets, must be another fifty visual effects. .
.but the story itself is more romantic. . .fewer
boom-booms, but more visual effects. I think the tone is
different. The tone is more like
'Star
Trek IV: The Voyage Home',
which sort of had an undercurrent of romance and I think
we're hopefully achieving that in this one as well." |
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Herman Zimmerman on the aliens
in the movie - "It's a story of two races of people we
have never seen in the 'Star Trek' universe before. This
is a gentle, spiritual people who have great longevity who
live in this village. The other race of people are the Son'a and they are just the opposite; very materialistic,
very wealth oriented, very technology oriented." |
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F. Murray Abraham on wearing
the Son'a make-up - "...but what that mask does is
insist that you allow a certain freedom to just come out
in any form that it will because you're not afraid of
looking like a jerk. You're not afraid of looking like a
fool, because it's not you. It's this other creature. It's
really thrilling." |
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Brent Spiner on Data's role in
the film - "Data lost it in the both films, in one way or
another in both of the previous films. I think I lose it
all of the time, I think it's good when I lose it!" |
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Patrick Stewart on the
chemistry between the actors - "There is a history now
that is in it's eleventh year and something has to bleed
into the work that we do from all of those histories. And
I'm happy to say that after eleven years, the bond between
all seven of the principle actors, and the producers and
the studio and Jonathan (Frakes) now is our boss, is
stronger than it ever was." |
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Marina Sirtis on director
Jonathan Frakes - "Well, it's like being cocooned in a
little safety blanket. You know he's looking out for your
best interests. You know he's not going to throw anything
from left field because he knows your character almost as
well as he knows his own, so you know that any note or any
suggestion he makes comes out of the truthfulness and the
reality, it's not just out of the air. There's a lot of
trust there and that's so important because as an actor
you want to try new things and when Jonathan says "that's
not working' or 'that's great, keep doing that" you know
that it's the right answer. You just have this security," |
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Gates McFadden on shooting the
mountaintop scenes - "I loved it. I had just come from
this small theatre box in New York and it was such a
pleasure to be in these mountains. . .I actually am the
only one in the cast who had the courage to, after
shooting, go down that snowy hill. The ski lifts were
closed, but I went up there with my tray and I trayed down
the hill." |
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F. Murray Abraham on the theme
of the movie - "We're just talking about the tension
between natural life and technical life. And in fact, the
tension is healthy. The problem is trying to find a
balance between the two. That's the touchy one. The
technical ones just want to take over and the nature
lovers want to take over. It shouldn't be a question of
that, it should be compatibility and living together so we
don't lose our humanity and that too, is one of the most
important aspects of 'Star Trek'; they never lose track of
their humanity," |
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Patrick Stewart on Picard as a
role model - "A member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Corp
commented that 'in Picard...' they've 'seen the
development of a new brand of hero; brave, courageous,
committed, dedicated. . .all of those things you'd expect
from a leader, but a man who stands for personal moral
values to a very extreme attitude and is fearless about
defending what he believes in as well as what his office
represents. If we've been involved in creating a new genre
of hero, that makes me happy."
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Donna Murphy on how the
audience would respond to the movie -
"The people who are
fans of this franchise. . .don't do it in any kind of a
small way. I'm hopeful that the elements of this story
that are both new and faithful to the 'Star Trek' style of
exploration will be something they perceive in a positive
way." |
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Brent Spiner on how the
audeince would respond to the movie -
"I know the fans
have a love for destroying all the secrets for
themselves before they go to see it. But, I really think
they should wait. It's like opening your presents before
Christmas; what do you have to do at Christmas?"
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Patrick Stewart on how "The
Next Generation" cast works together -
"If you work with a
group of people over an extended period of time, the
quality of the work has to be better, assuming the
ingredients are right to begin with. You develop a depth
of understanding, a shorthand of communicating, a trust in
one another." |
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Michael Dorn comments on the
rather "rushed" way Worf arrives in the movie -
"I asked
them how it happened just so that I could get an idea on
how to play it, and they just said 'Well, he was here. He
was on the planet. . .and that's how he got up here.' They
should have taken a little more care, I think, to do it,
because people are asking 'What is that about? He just
gets there? He's just in the neighbourhood? What type of
universe is this? Or what type of Starfleet is this where
people can just go 'Oh, I think I'm gonna off and I'll see
you later.'?'" |
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