Star Trek is a 2009 American science fiction film produced by Spyglass Entertainment and Bad Robot, and was distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman; the producers of the film were Damon Lindelof and J. J. Abrams, the latter of which also directed the film. It is the eleventh film in the Star Trek film franchise and is also a reboot that features the main characters of the original Star Trek television series, portrayed by a new cast. The film follows James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) aboard the USS Enterprise as they combat a Romulan from the future who threatens the United Federation of Planets as he seeks his revenge.
Following an unexpected public screening on April 6, 2009, at the Alamo Drafthouse theater in Austin, Texas, the world premiere took place at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia on April 7, 2009. Official screenings in the United States started at 7 pm on May 7, 2009, grossing $4 million on its opening day and more than $79 million domestically by the end of the weekend. Star Trek ended its United States theatrical run on October 1, 2009, with a box office total exceeding $257 million, which placed it as the seventh highest-grossing film for 2009 behind The Hangover. The film took a total worldwide gross of over $385 million on a production budget of $150 million. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, surveyed 299 reviews and judged 95 percent to be positive.
Star Trek garnered 32 awards out of 110 nominations, with work on the sound and special effects highlighted by a number of award ceremonies they were represented at. Furthermore, the cast – including Pine, Quinto and Zoe Saldaña – were also recognised on an individual basis. The most success received by the film was at the Scream Awards where it took home six awards in a single ceremony out of seventeen nominations. Amongst the nominations received by the film, there were three at the British Academy Film Awards, five at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards, four at the People's Choice Awards, and single nominations at both the Grammy Awards, and the Writers Guild of America Awards. The film was also the first in the Star Trek franchise to win an Academy Award, with Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow winning for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
Awards and nominations Award Date of ceremony Category Recipients Outcome Academy Awards March 7, 2010 Best Makeup Best Sound Editing Best Sound Mixing Best Visual Effects ADG Excellence in Production Design Award February 5, 2010 Best Production Design – Fantasy Film ALMA Award September 17, 2009 Year in Film – Actor Year in Film – Actress Year Behind the Scenes American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards February 14, 2010 Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards June 24, 2010 Top Box Office Film Artios Awards November 2, 2009 Outstanding Achievement in Casting: Big Budget Feature – Drama Austin Film Critics Association Awards December 15, 2009 Best Film Star Trek Boston Society of Film Critics Awards December 13, 2009 Best Ensemble Cast Star Trek British Academy Film Awards September 17, 2009 Best Sound Best Special Visual Effects California on Location Awards October 19, 2008 Location Professional of the Year – Features Assistant Location Manager of the Year – Features Cinema Audio Society Awards February 27, 2010 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures Costume Designers Guild Awards January 26, 2010 Excellence in Fantasy Film Critics' Choice Movie Award January 15, 2010 Best Sound Best Visual Effects Best Makeup Best Cast Star Trek Best Action Film Star Trek Detroit Film Critics Society Awards December 11, 2009 Best Ensemble Star Trek Breakthrough Performance Empire Awards March 28, 2010 Best Film Star Trek Best Director Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Star Trek Golden Reel Award February 10, 2010 Best Sound Editing – Music in a Feature Film Best Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film Best Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film Golden Trailer Awards June 4, 2009 Best in Show Aspect Ratio, Paramount Pictures Summer 2009 Blockbuster Aspect Ratio, Paramount Pictures Best Summer 2009 TV Spot Intralink Film, Paramount Pictures Best Summer 2009 Blockbuster Poster BLT & Associates Inc., Paramount Pictures Best Music Aspect Ratio, Paramount Pictures Grammy Awards January 31, 2010 Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Hollywood Film Festival Awards October 27, 2009 Hollywood Movie Award Star Trek Hollywood Post Alliance Awards November 12, 2009 Outstanding Editing - Feature Film Outstanding Compositing - Feature Film Eddie Pasquarello, Grady Cofer, Greg Salter, Connie Fauser Hugo Awards September 5, 2010 Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form IFMCA Awards March 1, 2010 Best Original Score For a Science Fiction/Fantasy Film Film Score of the Year Film Music Composition of the Year MTV Movie Awards June 6, 2010 Best Breakthrough Performance Biggest Badass Star National Board of Review Awards January 14, 2009 Top Ten Films Star Trek Online Film Critics Society Awards January 3, 2010 Best Original Score People's Choice Awards January 5, 2011 Favorite Movie Star Trek Favorite Breakout Movie Actor Favorite Breakout Movie Actress Producers Guild of America Awards January 24, 2010 Best Theatrical Motion Picture Satellite Awards December 19, 2010 Best Overall Blu-ray Disc Star Trek Saturn Awards June 24, 2010 Best Science Fiction Film Star Trek Best Director Best Writing Best Production Design Best Special Effects Best Make-up The George Pal Memorial Award Scream Awards October 17, 2009 The Ultimate Scream Star Trek Best Science Fiction Movie Star Trek Best Science Fiction Actress Best Science Fiction Actor Best Supporting Actor Breakout Performance – Female Breakout Performance – Male Best Ensemble Star Trek Best Cameo Best Director Best F/X Star Trek Best Villain Best Scream-Play Holy S***! Scene of the Year Space Dive Onto Orbital Drill Fight Scene of the Year Kirk vs. Spock Screen Actors Guild Awards January 23, 2010 Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture SFX AwardsFebruary 6, 2010 Best Film Star Trek Best Actor Best Director St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards December 21, 2009 Best Visual Effects Taurus World Stunt Awards May 15, 2010 Best Fire Best High Work Best Specialty Stunt Hardest Hit Best Stunt Coordination and/or 2nd Unit Direction Teen Choice Awards August 9, 2009 Choice Action Movie Actress Choice Movie Rumble Choice Summer Movie: Action Star Trek Choice Movie Villain Choice Action Movie Star Trek Choice Breakout Movie Actor Visual Effects Society Awards February 10, 2010 Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Feature Motion Picture Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards December 7, 2009 Best Ensemble Star Trek Best Art Direction World Soundtrack Awards October 17, 2009Soundtrack Composer of the Year Writers Guild of America Awards February 20, 2010 Best Adapted Screenplay
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2009 in film
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