Galaxy Quest

A group of ageing former TV stars, growing increasingly depressed by the endless cycle of conventions and interviews, are mistaken for heroes by aliens. The naive extraterrestrials believe their tacky sci-fi show is actually film footage of real events, and the crew are whisked away to win an intergalactic battle - on which the survival of a whole race depends. Hilarious fast-paced comedy featuring some nifty special effects and starring Tim Allen as the Captain Kirk-style leader of the crew, with Sigourney Weaver as the token female and Alan Rickman as the classical thesp despairing of being remembered as an alien. Tony Shalhoub, Robin Sachs, Daryl Mitchell and Sam Rockwell co-star