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The Captains

2011 · 97 min

A warm, reflective sit-down with familiar faces, trading nostalgia and candid career stories at an unhurried, easygoing pace.

Directed by
William Shatner
Genres
Documentary, Science fiction
Starring
William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks
Tagline
The final frontier is only the beginning
Overview
The Captains is a feature-length documentary film written and directed by William Shatner. The film follows Shatner as he interviews the other actors who have portrayed starship captains in the Star Trek franchise.

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  • Amazon Prime Video
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
William Shatner
Genres
Documentary, Science fiction
Starring
William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • memory
  • celebrity
  • aging
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism9
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
documentary, science fiction
Directed by
William Shatner
Written by
William Shatner
Starring
William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, Scott Bakula, Chris Pine, René Auberjonois, Jeri Ryan
Music
Andy Milne
Cinematography
Decebal Dascau
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
French, English

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