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Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary

  • 2019
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
2.2K
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Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary (2019)
Filmmakers and stars discuss the filming and social effects of Galaxy Quest, a comedic take-off on the Star Trek franchise with brilliant commentary not only on the Star Trek series but on the real-life actors themselves.
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Filmmakers and stars discuss the filming and social effects of Galaxy Quest, a comedic take-off of Star Trek, with brilliant commentary not only on the Star Trek series but on the real-life ... Read allFilmmakers and stars discuss the filming and social effects of Galaxy Quest, a comedic take-off of Star Trek, with brilliant commentary not only on the Star Trek series but on the real-life actors themselves.Filmmakers and stars discuss the filming and social effects of Galaxy Quest, a comedic take-off of Star Trek, with brilliant commentary not only on the Star Trek series but on the real-life actors themselves.

  • Director
    • Jack Bennett
  • Stars
    • Tim Allen
    • Greg Berlanti
    • Elizabeth Cantillon
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    2.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jack Bennett
    • Stars
      • Tim Allen
      • Greg Berlanti
      • Elizabeth Cantillon
    • 37User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Tim Allen
    Tim Allen
    • Self
    Greg Berlanti
    Greg Berlanti
    • Self - Creator, The Flash, Arrow
    Elizabeth Cantillon
    Elizabeth Cantillon
    • Self - Executive Producer
    Linda DeScenna
    • Self - Production Designer
    Bill George
    Bill George
    • Self - Visual Effects
    Damon Lindelof
    Damon Lindelof
    • Self - Producer, Star Trek (2009), Lost
    Shane Mahan
    Shane Mahan
    • Self - Creature Effects
    Mark 'Crash' McCreery
    • Self - Creature Design
    Charles Newirth
    Charles Newirth
    • Self - Producer
    Dean Parisot
    Dean Parisot
    • Self - Director
    Jed Rees
    Jed Rees
    • Self
    Tony Shalhoub
    Tony Shalhoub
    • Self
    Brent Spiner
    Brent Spiner
    • Self - 'Data', Star Trek TNG
    Harold Weir
    Harold Weir
    • Self - Galaxy Quest Fan…
    Wil Wheaton
    Wil Wheaton
    • Self - 'Wesley Crusher', Star Trek TNG
    Albert Wolsky
    Albert Wolsky
    • Self - Costume Designer
    Don Zimmerman
    • Self - Editor
    Brett Berg
    Brett Berg
    • Self
    • Director
      • Jack Bennett
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    7Srwp

    Great documentary, shame nobody in production watched it before releasing it.

    Made me watch the film again at it was really intersting. But the music track is not only crappy music, it is edited about 4 times as loud as it should be. Its so loud at times you wont hear the people speaking, and I think it actually gets quieter in scenes with no dialogue. At first I thought I had music coming from somewhere else as it was so loud dand unconnected to the what I was trying to watch. Ignoring that, turn on subtitles and get ready to rekindle your love of this movie.
    8benjamin-30733

    Down memory lane

    For once the real participants of the movies are interviews not some obscure cinema critics. One thing a bit confusing though is the loudness of the background music covering what people are saying. It makes the documentary exhausting to watch.
    7crashman_123

    Brilliant documentary bought down by a piss poor music track

    10/10 for content, 5/10 for audio mixing.

    The only thing that spoiled it was the sound mixing ... for about 40% of the interview and commentary scenes the music was about TWO OR THREE TIMES LOUDER than it should have been, and was so bad at times you could hardly hear what the person they were interviewing was saying. An excellent example of this was the interview with the female fan outside the cinema at ~1h20m mark where the music was so loud you almost need to lip read to figure out what she's saying. This is why it's a REALLY BAD IDEA to use the same person who composed the music as your sound editor!

    They really need to re-edit this with the MUSIC SCORE reduced to about 40% of its current volume in EVERY scene where people are talking.
    8wildcard8788-48-275440

    A good documentary, crap sound mixing

    I did enjoy watching this documentary, I LOVE Galaxy Quest, and this was a good trip behind the scenes. But, as others have said, the sound mixing is abysmal. The background music is considerably louder than the interviews and it's very annoying. Someone needs to remix this. Otherwise, it's honestly very interesting and entertaining.
    10Smashingsteve

    Now I am a fan!!

    A beautifully crafted, honest and emotionally poignant feature length documentary about the making of the underrated sci-fi comedy "Galaxy Quest". I liked the movie when I saw it when it was being released, but I wasn't a fan persé. Now I am. A must-see!

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    • Trivia
      This documentary was created by Screen Junkies/Fandom Entertainment. The theatrical release started with a ten minute video promoting Screen Junkies.
    • Quotes

      Self - 'Data', Star Trek TNG: What I mainly felt watching the film, and I felt it all the way through, was, why didn't we do this? Why didn't we do this, it would have been us, and we would have gone through that same journey. We would have had such a big hit.

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      Features Galaxy Quest (1999)

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    • Release date
      • November 26, 2019 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Galaxy Quest: It's All Real
    • Production companies
      • Fandom
      • Screen Junkies
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $222,971
    • Gross worldwide
      • $222,971
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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