Free Enterprise (film)
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Free Enterprise is a 1998 comedy/romance movie featuring William Shatner, directed by Robert Meyer Burnett and written by Mark A. Altman and Robert Meyer Burnett. William Shatner plays a campy caricature of himself. The film deals with the mid-life crises of its two main protagonists (fictionalized versions of the film's director and producer/writer), played by Eric McCormack (of Will & Grace fame) and Rafer Wiegel, as they seek advice from William Shatner's (quasi-fictitious) caricature of himself as he tries to be taken seriously as an artist. Hip-hop artist "The Rated R", joined by Shatner, provides the concluding musical number, which is a tribute to Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. The film's score was produced by Scott Spock.
The film is laced with highly esoteric references to past and contemporary science-fiction films and television shows. Most prominent is the original Star Trek, which is treated by the protagonists as a source of inspiration and moral guidance. Free Enterprise explores the dating scene for late gen-x Hollywood singles from a decidedly sardonic perspective, and is considered by many Star Trek fans to be a must-see for any self-respecting Trekkie.
Won 4 awards including the 2000 Saturn Award for Best Home Video Release. A new 2-disc DVD special edition Free Enterprise: Extended "Five Year Mission" Edition was released on March 7 2006.
A sequel, (2006)[link] is currently in pre-production.
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