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Star Trek: Insurrection (Paramount Pictures, 1998) is the ninth Star Trek feature film. Directed by Jonathan Frakes, from a script by Michael Piller, it features the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Cast

Plot summary

During a diplomatic mission, the USS Enterprise receives a communication that Lt. Commander Data has gone berserk during an observation mission on the Ba'ku homeworld. After capturing and fixing Data they return to the Ba'ku village on the planet's surface to find out what caused him to malfunction. They find a Federation ship which contains a holodeck reproduction of the Ba'ku village, apparently so the Ba'ku can be unwittingly relocated without their knowledge.

The peaceful Ba'ku, whose planet offers regenerative radiation and therefore incredible lifespans, live in harmony with nature and reject any kind of technology. Their planet and their culture is studied by the Federation and the associated Son'a - in secrecy.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his crew discover that the Briar Patch (the area of space in which the planet Ba'ku is located) is filled with metaphasic radiation particles, which impart fountain of youth qualities that the Federation and the Son'a wish to harvest. However, harvesting the particles would cause the planet to become uninhabitable, hence the need for the holoship.

Against orders, Captain Picard and the Enterprise crew return to the planet's surface to prevent the relocation of the Ba'ku. When Picard is captured by the Son'a and the Federation, he reveals to Admiral Matthew Dougherty that the Son'a are actually Ba'ku who were exiled from the planet a century ago and are simply out for revenge.

The Son'a, lead by Adhar Ru'afo, intend to abduct the Ba'ku in order to take the planet for themselves and for the Starfleet officials who would like to regenerate their bodies. But they did not anticipate the Enterprise crew's loyalty to the Prime Directive.

Notes/trivia

The original music score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith.
At 103 minutes in length, Insurrection is the shortest Star Trek feature film to date.
The movie's filming locations included the Sierra Nevada. Specific filming locations were Convict Lake near Mammoth Lakes, California and Lake Sabrina.
While it is never identified as such in the film, the operation in the Briar Patch is strongly reminiscent of tactics employed by the secret organization Section 31. Later novels in the Star Trek Expanded Universe explicitly link Admiral Dougherty and his operation to Section 31.
The "Special Collector's Edition" DVD release for this movie is the first one to not have an audio commentary by cast or crew which can be played while watching the film.
This is the only Star Trek film not to feature any scenes on or near Earth.
Armin Shimerman
originally was to appear at the end as his Star Trek: Deep Space Nine character Quark; however, his one scene was cut as director Jonathan Frakes
felt it did not fit in with the rest of the film.
The Captain's yacht, known to be on the previous Enterprise-D but never built or never seen onscreen, is finally seen for the Enterprise-E.
The film likely takes place concurrently with the final DS9 episode, "What You Leave Behind," specifically between that episode's depiction of the end of the Dominion War and the signing of the peace treaty. Picard makes mention of "Dominion negotiations," which implies the treaty hasn't been signed but a state of war no longer exists. The war's end might also indicate why Starfleet is working with the Son'a, who are mentioned as Dominion allies on DS9, when a state of war would make such cooperation unacceptable. Also, Worf is not yet the Klingon ambassador, which he becomes at the end of DS9.

Deleted scenes

The original version of the movie contained several scenes that were cut before release:

An extended library scene in which Riker and Troi throw small paper balls at each other. This scene also includes some lines by the librarian (Lee Arone-Biggs) and a Trill officer (Max Grodénchik
)
A scene in which Picard and Anij kiss each other.
A scene in which Picard spills cheese on a PADD displaying the Briar Patch.
The actual ejection of the warp core.
Data punching some Son'a on the Ba'ku planet and nailing them with isolinear tags.
The line "There will be no cover-up" on the Son'a ship.

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