Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is a 1986 American science fiction film, the fourth installment in the Star Trek film franchise based on the television series Star Trek. The second film directed by Leon
The San Francisco skyline pictured in 1989
The Monterey Bay Aquarium, viewed from the back. The shallow area behind the rocks was turned into a whale tank via special effects; other changes included the addition of the San Francisco skyline in the background.
Vasquez Rocks was used as a stand-in for the alien world of Vulcan. The rocks had also appeared in TOS and many other TV shows and movies.
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier is a 1989 American science fiction film directed by William Shatner and based on the television series Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry. It is the fifth installmen
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
…successful, grossing $133 million worldwide, and earned several awards and four Academy Award nominations for cinematography and sound. It was followed by Star Trek V: The Final Frontier in 1989. In 2286, an enormous cylindrical probe moves through space, sending out an indecipherable signal and disabling the power of every ship it…
Shatner reprised his role as Capt. Kirk and also served as director.
A fiberglass model on location at Yosemite stood in for the real El Capitan, pictured here
Bran Ferren was chosen to develop the film's optical effects after Industrial Light & Magic's best teams proved too expensive