Galaxy Quest

Galaxy Quest is a 1999 motion picture written by David Howard, with additional screenplay work by Robert Gordon and directed by Dean Parisot, starring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, and Tony Shalhoub.

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1999 - Motion picture - David Howard - Robert Gordon - Dean Parisot - Tim Allen - Sigourney Weaver - Alan Rickman - Tony Shalhoub

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The movie is about the washed-up stars of a TV series called Galaxy Quest (that looks suspiciously like Star Trek) who find themselves in a real interplanetary adventure, thanks to some highly-intelligent extraterrestrials who, having no concept of fiction, believed the show to be "historical documents." Not knowing that all of the show's technology was imaginary, the aliens sought to emulate it, managing to actually create it exactly as shown on the show.

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Star Trek - Fiction - Technology

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The movie won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation in the year 2000, beating the four other nominees: Being John Malkovich, The Iron Giant, The Matrix, and The Sixth Sense.

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Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation - 2000 - Being John Malkovich - The Iron Giant - The Matrix - The Sixth Sense

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Portions of the movie were filmed in Goblin Valley State Park, Utah, USA.

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Goblin Valley State Park - Utah - USA

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The DVD release of the film included an alternate audio track in which dialogue from the film is overdubbed with alien gibberish.

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A sequel is reported to be in the works.

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