
The Captains
Taste attributes: documentaryscience fictionrobots/ai/spacebiographyslowfresh & originalheavyintricateenclosedsocial commentary
"The final frontier is only the beginning"
Boxlist takeOriginal and heavy: a documentary that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Taste details
Pace: slow · Originality: very fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: very heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
6.4 /10
TMDB · 81 votes
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- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
- Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
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Synopsis
The Captains is a feature length documentary film written and directed by William Shatner. The film follows Shatner as he interviews the other actors whom have portrayed Starship captains within the illustrious science-fiction franchise.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Directed by
Cast
- William Shatner
- Patrick Stewart
- Avery Brooks
- Kate Mulgrew
- Scott Bakula
Details
- Genre
- Documentary
- Year
- 2011
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- 455 Films
- Taste scores
- How we score
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