Films Set in Montana (Film Guide) - Star Trek: First Contact, Jurassic Park, Little Big Man, Shooter, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 42. Chapters: Star Trek: First Contact, Jurassic Park, Little Big Man, Shooter, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, The Horse Whisperer, Always, Open Range, Legends of the Fall, Twelve Men of Christmas, The Sisters, A River Runs Through It, Rawhide, Knockaround Guys, Rancho Deluxe, Disorganized Crime, Big Eden, Powwow Highway, Dangerous Mission, Danger Lights, Cattle Queen of Montana, Don't Come Knocking, The Slaughter Rule, Northfork, War Party, Dog Pound. Excerpt: Star Trek: First Contact is the eighth feature film in the Star Trek science fiction franchise, released in November 1996, by Paramount Pictures. First Contact is the first film in the franchise to feature no cast members from the original Star Trek television series of the 1960s. The primary cast for First Contact is from the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series, to which the film's producers added Alice Krige, Neal McDonough, James Cromwell and Alfre Woodard. In the film's plot, the crew of the USS Enterprise travel from the 24th to 21st century to save their future after the cybernetic Borg conquer Earth by changing the timeline. After the release of the seventh film, Star Trek Generations, in 1994, Paramount tasked writers Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore with developing a sequel. 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 the Borg corrupted to the mid-21st century after fearing the Renaissance idea would be too kitschy. 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. It was Frakes' first theatrical film. The sc...