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''Galaxy Quest'' is a 1999 American science fiction action comedy film directed by Dean Parisot and written by David Howard and Robert Gordon. The film follows the adventures of a troupe of actors who defend a group of aliens against an alien warlord. Mark Johnson and Charles Newirth produced the film for DreamWorks, and David Newman composed the music score. Portions of the film were shot in Goblin Valley State Park, Utah, USA, and non-humanoid creatures were created by Stan Winston Studio from designs by Crash McCreery, Chris Swift, Brom, Bernie Wrightson, and Simon Bisley. The film parodies classic science fiction films, the television series ''Star Trek'', and others, as well as related media activities such as fandom. It stars Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, and Daryl Mitchell as the cast of a defunct television series called ''Galaxy Quest'', in which the crew of a spaceship embarked on intergalactic adventures. Enrico Colantoni also stars as the leader of an alien race who ask the actors for help, believing the show's adventures were real. The film's supporting cast features Robin Sachs as the warlord Sarris and Patrick Breen as a friendly alien. Justin Long makes his feature film debut as an obsessed fan of the television show. The film received critical praise and reached cult status through the years, becoming popular with ''Star Trek'' fans, staff, and cast members. It won the prestigious Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, the Nebula Award for Best Script and was also nominated for ten Saturn Awards including Best Science Fiction Film, Best Director for Parisot, Best Actress for Weaver and Best Supporting Actor for Rickman, winning Best Actor for Allen. The film was included in ''Reader's Digest''s list of The Top 100+ Funniest Movies of All Time. == Plot == The film follows the cast of a once-popular television space-drama series called ''Galaxy Quest''. The fictional series starred Jason Nesmith (Allen) as the commander of a spaceship called the NSEA ''Protector'', Alexander Dane (Rickman) as the ship's alien science officer, Fred Kwan (Shalhoub) as the chief engineer, Gwen DeMarco (Weaver) as the computer officer and Tommy Webber (Mitchell) as a precocious child pilot. Guy Fleegman (Rockwell) played an unnamed security officer, who was quickly killed off in his only appearance on the show. Eighteen years after the show was cancelled, at a ''Galaxy Quest'' convention full of dedicated fans, Jason is approached by a group of people who say they are "Thermians from the Klaatu Nebula". Jason goes with them to what he assumes will be an amateur filming session but the Thermians really ''are'' aliens, octopoidal creatures using a device that makes them appear human. Technologically advanced but having no concept of fiction, they have mistaken broadcasts of ''Galaxy Quest'' for historical documentaries and impressed by the idealized presentation, modeled their society on the ethos presented in the episodes. They have invented and built real versions of the technologies portrayed in the show, including the ''Protector''. The Thermians transport Jason onto the ''Protector'' to negotiate with Sarris, a reptilian humanoid warlord waging a genocidal war against the Thermian people. Sarris demands the Omega 13, a device used at the end of ''Galaxy Quest''s final episode. Still believing the situation is fictional, Jason casually orders the Thermians to fire upon Sarris's spaceship and then insists on returning home but when they teleport him through space to Earth, he finally realizes the events were real. The Thermians then come back to Earth and ask for more help negotiating a surrender with Sarris. Jason, believing Sarris is the one surrendering, asks his co-stars to join him and they agree, believing that the mission is just an acting job. Once the actors are aboard the ''Protector'', they realize the truth but Sarris prevents them from leaving, so they assume their television roles, to save the Thermians. The actors are not competent at controlling a real spaceship and their encounter with Sarris goes poorly. They escape by flying through a minefield, which damages the beryllium sphere that powers the ship's reactor. The actors acquire a new sphere from a nearby planet after battling various alien creatures but when they return to the ship, Sarris has boarded it and taken control. Sarris interrogates Jason about the Omega 13 and forces him to admit the truth about ''Galaxy Quest'' to Mathesar, leader of the Thermians, who is heartbroken, equating fiction with deception and lies. Sarris's men activate the ship's self-destruct but Jason and Alexander use a gambit from one of the show's episodes to kill the aliens guarding them. Not knowing how the ship works, Jason contacts an avid ''Galaxy Quest'' fan named Brandon in his suburban home on Earth, using one of the Thermians' Vox communicators that he accidentally swapped at a promotional store opening. Brandon and his friends use their extensive knowledge of the ship to help Jason and Gwen abort the self-destruct. Brandon also explains that, while some people believe the Omega 13 was a bomb capable of destroying all matter in the universe, he and others believe it is a time machine that sends its user 13 seconds into the past – "enough time to redeem a single mistake," as Jason observes. With Jason in command of the ''Protector'', the actors and Thermians destroy Sarris' ship and set course back to Earth. Sarris sneaks aboard the ''Protector'' and starts killing the crew but Jason activates the Omega 13, is sent back in time 13 seconds and thwarts his attack. As the Thermians take control of the ship, the actors detach the command deck and land on Earth with Brandon's help, accidentally crashing into the building where the ''Galaxy Quest'' convention is taking place. They emerge from the wreck to enthusiastic applause from the audience, who assume the crash is part of the entertainment; when Sarris exits from the wreckage and attacks again, Jason disintegrates him with a blaster pistol and receives even greater applause. Later that year ''Galaxy Quest'' is revived, starring the original cast, along with Laliari, a female Thermian who chose to stay on Earth with Fred and with Guy playing a new role as the ship's chief of security. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Galaxy Quest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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