The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. A frightened Sloane corners Picard with a weapon, but he gains her trust. Star Trek - First Contact film location: the holodeck night club: Union Station, downtown Los Angeles The crew travels back in time to to 2063 to prevent the Borg from assimilating the human race in this action-packed entry in the series. For the 1991 TV episode, see, "ST-FC" redirects here. [58] The site made using high-wattage lights impractical, so Leonetti opted to use dimmer master lights near the ceiling and took advantage of a large window to shine diffused lights through. Berman decided to develop two screenplays simultaneously, and prioritize the most promising one for the first film. As Cochrane, Riker, and engineer Geordi La Forge prepare to activate the warp drive on Phoenix, Picard discovers that the Borg Queen has grafted human skin onto Data, giving him the sensation of touch he has long desired so that she can obtain the android's encryption codes to the Enterprise computer. The entire transformation was created using computer-generated imagery. What the history books The Cubes were suspended from pipes sixty feet above the camera on the ground. The scene was difficult to execute, taking ILM five months to finish. [40] In preparation, he watched Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 2001: A Space Odyssey and the works of James Cameron and Ridley Scott. FIRST CONTACT STARSHIP! [12] The last location shoot was at an art deco restaurant in Los Angeles' Union Station, which stood in for the Dixon Hill holonovel; Frakes wanted a sharp contrast with the dark, mechanical Borg scenes. [18], First Contact was the first Star Trek film to make significant use of computer-generated starship models, though physical miniatures were still used for the most important vessels. [69], GNP released the First Contact soundtrack on December 2, 1996. Zimmerman created a village of fourteen huts to stand in for Montana; the cast enjoyed the scenes as a chance to escape their uniforms and wear "normal" clothes. [2] The Cube is destroyed after launching a smaller sphere ship towards the planet. [111], When Paramount announced its first slate of DVD releases in August 1998, First Contact was one of the first ten titles released in October,[112] announced in a conscious effort to showcase effects-driven films. Tagged under Star Trek First Contact, Phoenix, Cochrane, Star Trek Timelines, Star Trek. ILM instead cut the windows using a laser. First Contact Day pays tribute to the flight of the Phoenix and the pivotal first interaction between humans and Vulcans. [27] Two months after the release of Generations, Paramount decided to produce the second feature for a winter holiday 1996 release. Picard has Cochrane's assistant Lily Sloane sent back to Enterprise for medical attention. First Contact is also the title of Star Trek: The Next Generation: First Contact (1991). Offered is a Star Trek First Contact Phoenix Warp Drive Ship - NICE - WORKS! Im 21. 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". Enter the email address associated with your account and we'll send you a link to reset your password. First Contact Day was a holiday celebrated to honor both the warp 1 flight of the Phoenix and first open contact between Humans and Vulcans on April 5th, 2063 in Bozeman, Montana. Jaeger came up with a set of cables that sprang from the Borg's knuckles and buried themselves in the crewmember's neck. [69], On April 2, 2012, GNP Crescendo Records announced a limited-edition collector's CD featuring the complete score by Jerry Goldsmith (with additional music by Joel Goldsmith), newly remastered by recording engineer Bruce Botnick, with an accompanying 16-page booklet including informative notes by Jeff Bond and John Takis. Discover releases, reviews, track listings, recommendations, and more about Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: First Contact (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) at Discogs.