Galaxy Quest movie

The alumni cast of a cult space TV show have to play their roles as the real thing when an alien race needs their help.

Galaxy Quest is a 1999 film written by Robert Gordon and David Howard and directed by Dean Parisot, starring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Sam Rockwell, Justin Long and Tony Shalhoub.The movie is about the washed-up stars of a fictional 1978?1982 TV series called Galaxy Quest (a parody of the original Star Trek series that also includes elements of Star Trek: The Next Generation). On the show, the actors played the crew of a spaceship, the NSEA Protector. Plot summary Between 1978 and 1982, the adventures of the crew of the NSEA Protector were viewed by enthusiastic television audiences of the series Galaxy Quest. Eighteen years later, the stars of the show are washed-up has-beens, reduced to convention appearances and store grand-openings to pay the bills.

Most are variously resentful, embittered, or resigned. The only cast member who derives any sort of pleasure from the adoration of the doting fans is Jason Nesmith (Tim Allen), the egomaniacal star and "commander" of the crew, who laps up their continuing devotion.At one convention, Jason is approached about what he assumes to be a personal appearance in an amateur episode by a group of fans dressed as aliens. They send a limo to pick him up and Jason is impressed by the high production values of their spaceship set, which are unusual for an amateur effort. Jason steps into his role as Captain, and summarily orders his crew to fire upon the "evil alien overlord" Sarris, who appears on the Bridge viewscreen. When he asks to go home, he finds himself shooting through the galaxy in a gelatinous transportation "pod." Only then does he realise that he really was in outer space. It turns out that the "fans" are Thermians (played by Enrico Colantoni, Missi Pyle, Rainn Wilson, Patrick Breen and Jed Rees), a peaceful and naïve cephalopod-like alien race who, having received twenty-year-old transmissions of Galaxy Quest (as well as other shows such as Gilligans Island) from Earth, and having no concept of fiction, have interpreted the show as "historical documents." They have structured their entire society around the "teachings" of the series, going so far as to build an exact replica of the Protector.

All Galaxy Quest trailers available on youtube

Galaxy Quest Cast

• Alan Rickman
• Daryl Mitchell
• Enrico Colantoni
• Jed Rees
• Jeremy Howard
• Jonathan Feyer
• Justin Long
• Kaitlin Cullum
• Missi Pyle
• Patrick Breen
• Robin Sachs
• Sam Rockwell
• Sigourney Weaver
• Tony Shalhoub