Galaxy Quest

Resource Information

The work Galaxy Quest represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Galaxy Quest

Statement of responsibility

Dreamworks Pictures presents a Mark Johnson production ; produced by Mark Johnson, Charles Newirth ; story by David Howard ; screenplay by David Howard and Robert Gordon ; directed by Dean Parisot

Contributor

• Dreamworks Pictures
• Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Allen, Tim, 1953-
• Gordon, Robert, 1960-
• Howard, David, 1947-
• Johnson, Mark, 1945 December 27-
• Mitchell, Daryl
• Newirth, Charles
• Newman, David, 1954-
• Parisot, Dean
• Rickman, Alan
• Rockwell, Sam
• Shalhoub, Tony, 1953-
• Weaver, Sigourney, 1949-

Subject

• Actores televisivos -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro
• Actors -- United States -- Drama
• Actresses -- United States -- Drama
• Comedy films
• Comedy films
• Desempleo -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro
• Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Genocide intervention -- Drama
• Human-alien encounters -- United States -- Drama
• Science fiction films
• Science fiction films
• Unemployed -- United States -- Drama
• Warlordism -- Drama

Genre

• Comedy films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Science fiction films
• Teatro

Language

• eng
• spa
• und
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

The unemployed actors of the Galaxy Quest television series are reduced to convention appearances and store openings. But when a distressed interstellar cadre of benevolent aliens beam Jason Nesmith and his crew of has-beens onto their ship, they have the misguided hope that these 'historical documents' can defeat a genocidal space warlord

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Jerzy Zielinski ; editor, Don Zimmerman ; music, David Newman

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG; for some action violence, mild language, and sensuality

Language note

English (Dolby 5.1), dubbed Spanish (Dolby 5.1) or Thermian (Dolby 2.0) dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.G35 2009

PerformerNote

Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Daryl Mitchell

Runtime

101

Target audience

general

Technique

live action