Galaxy Quest

Aliens, believing that a long-cancelled sci-fi series was genuine, land on Earth seeking battle-hardened help. Can the sorry group of actors, who still cling to the shreds of their fame, help out against a vicious, intergalactic adversary?, Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman star in this clever spoof of TV science-fiction. At a sci-fi convention, the cast from the canceled series “Galaxy Quest” is approached by a group of extraterrestrials who ask them to help with a raging war back home. Tony Shalhoub, Daryl Mitchell., Aliens ask the unemployed actors of a cancelled science-fiction series to help them win an intergalactic war in this comedy., 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., Affectionate satire of Star Trek-style TV programmes in which the stars of a 1970s sci-fi show – now scraping a living through re-runs and sci-fi conventions – are beamed aboard an alien spacecraft. Believing the cast’s heroic on-screen dramas are historical documents of real-life adventures, the band of aliens turn to the ailing celebrities for help in their quest to overcome the oppressive regime in their solar system., Aliens ask the unemployed actors of a canceled science-fiction series to help them win an intergalactic war in this hilarious spoof., Comedy sci-fi adventure in which the stars of a 1970s sci-fi show, now scraping a living through re-runs and sci-fi conventions, are beamed aboard an alien spacecraft. Believing the cast’s heroic on-screen dramas are historical documents of real-life adventures, the band of aliens turn to the ailing celebrities for help in their quest to overcome the oppressive regime in their solar system., Aliens ask the unemployed actors of a canceled science-fiction series to help them win an intergalactic war., Comedy sci-fi adventure in which the stars of a 1970s sci-fi show, now scraping a living through re-runs and sci-fi conventions, are beamed aboard an alien spacecraft. Believing the cast’s heroic on-screen dramas are historical documents of real-life adventures, the band of aliens turn to the ailing celebrities for help in their quest to overcome the oppressive regime in their solar system. (R) (T) (Digital Dolby 5.1)