Underplayed Gems

The Cage (1986)

The Cage poster
Original title
Star Trek: The Cage
Directed by
Robert Butler, Gene Roddenberry
Genre
science fiction, dystopian fiction
Country
United States
Runtime
63h 34m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A starship crew investigates a planet where another ship crashed years ago. They encounter telepathic aliens who want a human male for a collection.

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What happens

"The Cage" is the first pilot episode of the American television series Star Trek. It was completed on January 22, 1965 (with a copyright date of 1964). The episode was written by Gene Roddenberry and directed by Robert Butler. In February 1965, NBC rejected it, and the network ordered another pilot episode, which became "Where No Man Has Gone Before." Much of the original footage from "The Cage" was later incorporated into the season 1 two-part episode "The Menagerie" (1966); "The Cage" was first released to the public on VHS in 1986, with a special introduction by Gene Roddenberry, as a hybrid of the color footage that was used in "The Menagerie" and black and white footage which was not used in "The Menagerie." It was first broadcast on television in its complete all-color form in 1988. The black and white and all-color versions were also released in various standard-definition media, including LaserDisc, VHS, and DVD formats. The story concerns a starship crew's investigation of a far-off planet, which was the site of a shipwreck eighteen years earlier, and their encounter with telepathic aliens who seek a human male specimen for their menagerie. The pilot introduced Mr. Spock, played by Leonard Nimoy, the only cast member retained for the series in his original role. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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