Star Trek: First Contact is a 1996 American science fiction film
directed by Jonathan Frakes (in his motion picture directorial debut)
and based on the franchise Star Trek. It is the eighth film in the
Star Trek film series, as well as the second to star the cast of Star
Trek: The Next Generation. In the film, the crew of the USS
Enterprise-E travel back in time from the 24th century to the mid-21st
century in order to stop the cybernetic Borg from conquering Earth by
changing their past.After the release of Star Trek Generations in
1994, Paramount Pictures tasked writers Brannon Braga and Ronald D.
Moore with developing the next film in the series. Braga and Moore
wanted to feature the Borg in the plot, while producer Rick Berman
wanted a story involving time travel. The writers combined the two
ideas; they initially set the film during the European Renaissance,
but changed the time period that the Borg corrupted to the mid-21st
century, after fearing the Renaissance idea would be "too kitsch".
After two better-known directors turned down the job, cast member
Jonathan Frakes was chosen to direct to make sure the task fell to
someone who understood Star Trek.The film's script required the
creation of new starship designs, including a new USS Enterprise.
Production designer Herman Zimmerman and illustrator John Eaves
collaborated to make a sleeker ship than its predecessor. Principal
photography began with weeks of location shooting in Arizona and
California, before production moved to new sets for the ship-based
scenes. The Borg were redesigned to appear as though they were
converted into machine beings from the inside-out; the new makeup
sessions took four times as long as their appearances on the
television series. Effects company Industrial Light & Magic rushed to
complete the film's special effects in less than five months.
Traditional optical effects techniques were supplemented with
computer-generated imagery. Jerry Goldsmith and his son Joel
collaborated to produce the film's score, though only Jerry was
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