Babylon 5: The Gathering
1993 pilot film of the science fiction television series Babylon 5 directed by Richard Compton / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Babylon 5: The Gathering is the test pilot movie of the science fiction television series Babylon 5, aired on February 22, 1993. It is also the first of six feature-length films in the Babylon 5 media franchise.[citation needed]
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Babylon 5: The Gathering | |
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Genre | Action Adventure Science fiction |
Created by | J. Michael Straczynski |
Written by | J. Michael Straczynski |
Directed by | Richard Compton |
Starring | Michael O'Hare Tamlyn Tomita Jerry Doyle Mira Furlan Blaire Baron John Fleck Peter Jurasik Andreas Katsulas Johnny Sekka Patricia Tallman |
Theme music composer | Stewart Copeland Christopher Franke (1998 re-edit) |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Douglas Netter J. Michael Straczynski |
Producers | Robert Latham Brown John Copeland (co-producer) |
Cinematography | Billy Dickson |
Editor | Robert L. Sinise |
Running time | 89 minutes |
Production company | PTEN |
Original release | |
Network | PTEN |
Release | February 22, 1993 (1993-02-22) |
The Gathering covers events which take place roughly one year before those of the first-season episode "Midnight on the Firing Line," providing a framework of backstories, political agendas, and personal relationships for some of the series' major characters.[citation needed]
Following the success of the movie, Warner Bros. Television commissioned the series for production in May 1993, as part of its Prime Time Entertainment Network (PTEN); the first season would premiere in the United States nearly a year later, on January 26, 1994.[citation needed]