Galaxy Quest [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray]

Director: Dean Parisot Dean Parisot

Overview

A team of intrepid adventurers travels through the outer reaches of the galaxy, each week finding excitement and adventure on Galaxy Quest! Or at least that's the way it was in the mid-1970s, when brave if reckless Captain Peter Quincy Taggart, lovely Lieutenant Tawny Madison, and inscrutable alien Dr. Lazarus were the leaders of an interstellar law enforcement team on the TV series of that name. Twenty years later, the show is still in reruns, and Jason Nesmith (Tim Allen), Gwen DeMarco (Sigourney Weaver), and Alexander Dane (Alan Rickman) prop up their sagging careers by making appearances at sci-fi conventions, where they grudgingly shake hands and give autographs for the show's socially inept following. However, it turns out that nerdy sci-fi fans aren't the only ones watching: somewhere in another solar system, a group of alien rebels living under a regime of violence and repression have picked up broadcasts of Galaxy Quest, and they aren't aware that it's fiction. They travel to Earth and encounter the Galaxy Quest cast, who figure that they're just another bunch of guys who like to dress funny. However, they soon realize that they're being hired not for another autograph-signing session but for a real-life outer space rescue mission. Galaxy Quest was directed by Dean Parisot, who had a background in TV directing before his theatrical debut with the dark comedy Home Fries.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/12/2022
UPC:	0191329226773
Original Release:	1999
Source:	Paramount
Language:	English
Time:	1:42:00
Sales rank:	2,900

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Tim Allen	Jason Nesmith/Commander Peter Quincy Taggert
Sigourney Weaver	Gwen DeMarco/Lt. Tawny Madison
Alan Rickman	Sir Alexander Dane/Dr. Lazarus
Tony Shalhoub	Fred Kwan/Tech. Sgt. Chen
Daryl Mitchell	Tommy Webber/Lt. Laredo
Enrico Colantoni	Mathesar
Robin Sachs	Sarris
Patrick Breen	Quellek
Missi Pyle	Laliari/Jane Doe
Jed Rees	Teb
Justin Long	Brandon
Jeremy Howard	Kyle
Kaitlin Cullum	Katelyn
Jonathan Feyer	Hollister
Corbin Bleu	Tommy Webber/Laredo (age 9)
Sam Rockwell	Guy Fleegman
Samuel Lloyd	Neru,Neru
Bill Chott	Fan No. 1
Morgan Rusler	Fan No. 2
Gregg Binkley	Fan No. 3
Brandon Michael DePaul	Fan No. 4
Paul G. Kubiak	Fan No. 5
Greg Colbrook	Fan No. 6
Jennifer Manley	Shy Girl
John Patrick White	Teen in the Bathroom No. 1
Todd Giebenhain	Teen in the Bathroom No. 2
J.P. Manoux	Excited Alien
Dan Gunther	Navigator
Matt Winston	Technician No. 1
Brandon Keener	Technician No. 2
Dian Bachar	Nervous Tech
Rainn Wilson	Lahnk
Susan Egan	Teek
Heidi Swedberg	Brandon's Mom
Issac C. Singleton Jr.	Sarris' Guard
Jerry Penacoli	Reporter
Joel McKinnon Miller	Warrior Alien
Kevin Hamilton McDonald	Announcer,Announcer
Daniel T. Parker	Alien Fan
Dawn Hutchins	Inventory Clerk
Lawrence Richards	Thermian Greeter No. 1
Wayne Pére	Lathe
Mic Tomasi	Thermian Greeter No. 2
Jeffrey Howard	Kyle
Brandon de Paul	Fan #4/Fan #4
David Newman	Composer

Technical Credits

Robert Gordon

David Howard

Dean Parisot	Director
Andy Armstrong	Stunts
Elizabeth Cantillon	Executive Producer
Stefen Fangmeier	Special Effects
Mark Freund	Special Effects
Bill George	Special Effects
Mark Johnson	Producer
Charles Newirth	Producer,Producer
Matt Sweeny	Special Effects
Debra Zane	Casting
Suzann Ellis	Producer
Dennis Fitzgerald	Stunts
Gabriel Guy	Sound Effects
Wayne D. Barlowe	Special Effects
Robert Gordon	Screenwriter
Industrial Light & Magic	Special Effects
Stan Winston	Special Effects
Lee Orloff	Sound/Sound Designer
David Howard	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Anyone who's even tangentially familiar with the Star Trek phenomenon can appreciate Galaxy Quest, a fast-paced romp combining sci-fi action with puckish observations on pop culture. It begins at a convention for fans of a TV cult favorite not unlike you-know-what. After answering the same old questions and signing a zillion autographs, the show's cast members -- played with tongue firmly in cheek by Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, and Tony Shalhoub -- are recruited by real aliens for their aid in fending off hostile invaders. Having intercepted rerun broadcasts, the aliens believe Allen and company to be authentic space soldiers. David Howard and Robert Gordon's script provokes laughs by plunging the actors into perilous situations from which they can extricate themselves only by responding as their series characters would. Affectionate spoofing of sci-fi traditions and a surfeit of in-jokes make Galaxy Quest a must-have for genre fans of the Star Trek generation.