Lt. Cmdr. Data, on a mission to observe the race of Ba'ku, suddenly behaves as if having to fear for his existance. The peaceful Ba'ku, whose planet offers regenerative radiation and therefore incredible lifespans, live in harmony with nature and reject any kind of technology. Their planet and their culture is studied by the starfleet and the associated Son'a - in secrecy. But the So'na, lead by Ru'afo, intend to abduct the Ba'ku in order to take the planet for themselves and for the starfleet officials who all would like to regenerate their bodies. But they did not think of the loyalty of the Enterprise's crew to the Prime Directive.

Patrick Stewart - Captain Picard

Jonathan Frakes - Commander Riker

Brent Spiner - Lt. Commander Data

LeVar Burton - Lt. Cmdr. La Forge

Michael Dorn - Lt. Cmdr. Worf

Gates McFadden - Dr. Crusher

Marina Sirtis - Counsellor Troi

F. Murray Abraham - Ru'afo

Donna Murphy - Anij

Anthony Zerbe - Vice-Adm. Dougherty

Gregg Henry - Gallatin

Daniel Hugh Kelly - Sojef

Michael Welch - Artim

Mark Deakins - Tournel

Stephanie Niznik - Perim

Michael Horton - Lt. Daniels

Bruce French - Son'a officer 1

Breon Gorman - Lt. Curtis

John Hostetter - Bolian officer

Rick Worthy - Elloran officer 1

Larry Anderson - Tarlac officer

D. Elliot Woods - Starfleet officer

Jennifer Tung - Female ensign

Raye Birk - Son'a doctor

Peggy Miley - Regent Cuzar

Lee Arnone - Librarian

Claudette Nevins - Son'a officer 2

Max Grodénchik - Alien ensign

Greg Poland - Elloran officer 2

Kenneth Lane Edwards - Ensign

Joseph Ruskin - Son'a officer 3

Zachary Williams - Ba'ku child

McKenzie Westmore - Ba'ku woman

Phillip Glasser - Young Ru'afo

Steven E. Daniels - Star Fleet Command

Amy Miller - Girl

Brian Scheu - Artim's friend

In the opening sequence showing life in the Ba'ku village, the "alien" knife used to cut bread dough is actually an Alaskan Ulu knife.

The manual control column that Riker uses to steer the Enterprise is a modified Gravis Thunderbird PC joystick.

Anthony Zerbe's character is stretched to death. In License to Kill, his character expands to death (inside a decompression chamber).

So far, this is the only Star Trek movie in which absolutely no scenes take place on or near Earth.

First Star Trek movie where all the space shots are computer-generated.

Its network television premiere had been scheduled for September 16, 2001 on NBC, but was scrapped because of the September 11th attacks.

The character Gallatin was named for Gallatin county Montana, where the town of Bozeman is located, birth place of Star Trek writer Brannon Braga.

The So’na's plastic-surgery room was recycled into the Museum of Kyrian Heritage in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Living Witness."

The scene where Data walks into the lake was shot at Convict Lake in Mammouth Lakes Park (very close to Mammouth, CA).

In the original ending to the film Adhar Ru'afo was to escape in a craft that fell into the rings that surrounded the planet, where he would get younger and younger. After it was changed the director sent F. Murray Abraham a tape of the original ending to see how it had turned out anyway.

One of the sound effects used during the "skin stretching" scenes is that of a recharging camera flash.

All the Ba'ku buildings were created using a foam-like material cut by computer.

When Data is malfunctioning, Picard gets him to recite Gilbert and Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore". In the Isaac Asimov story "Runaround" a malfunctioning robot recites Gilbert and Sullivan while evading capture by his human masters. Much of Data's character is taken from Asimov's writings (such as Data's "Positronic Net", adapted from Asimov's "Positronic" brains).

Scenes involving 'Armin Shimmerman' 's Quark character from "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" were filmed, but cut.

Continuity error: When Anij slows down time (the water falls very slowly, the bird's wings flap slowly) she picks a flower and then blows the spores off of it. She's slowed down time, but when she picks the flower the other flowers next to the one she picks move back and forth at full speed.

Revealing mistake: In the beginning, when Data is being chased into the village, the stone bridge shakes and flexes like a wooden prop as the children run across it.

Crew or equipment visible: Shadow of equipment visible on the cave wall, just before Picard goes through the hole he has blasted in the wall.

Continuity error: When he discovers the holoship hidden in the lake, Data opens a dam and lowers the water level. But when he boards the raft with Picard and Anij, the pier is still at the correct height for the normal water level.

Continuity error: When blasting through the cave wall, a tree falls over at the side and Picard and Data both look at it. It is standing up again in the next scene.

Continuity error: During the reception, right after Picard has met the regent, she places an elaborate headdress on him. It is joined at the bottom by a small cord. Later, in the conference room, the cord has disappeared.

Revealing mistake: Early in the film a woman is knocked backwards, the man standing behind her goes to catch her well before she starts falling.

Revealing mistake: When Picard shoots the Son'a guard on the holoship, a crash mat can be seen when he falls off of the roof.

Continuity error: Picard and Data stun a Son'a guard in the holographic Baku village. When they shut it down, the guard disappears.

Continuity error: The duck blind viewscreen has a small square are that reveals the camouflaged observers. After Data rips off his helmet there is a shot looking down at him from inside the duck blind. His head should be visible outside the square, but it is not.

Continuity error: When Picard, Data, and Anij are paddling out to the holoship, Data and Picard switch sides on the raft between shots.

Continuity error: When Data and Picard beam back up to the Enterprise after jumping into the Ba'ku lake, Data's uniform is dry while Picard's is still soaked.

The original version of the movie contained several scenes that were cut before release:

an extended library scene in which Riker and Troi throw small paperballs at each other. This scene also include some lines by the Librarian (Lee Arone-Biggs) and a Trill Officer (Max Grodénchik);

a scene in which Picard and Anij kiss each other;

a scene in which Picard spills cheese on a PADD displaying the Briar Patch;

the actual ejection of the warp core;

Data punching some Son'as on the planet and nailing them with iso-linear tags;

"There will be no cover-up!" line on the So’na ship.

The original version of the fight between Picard and Ru'afo contained an additional scene. After Picard was beamed away by the Enterprise, Ru'afo fell into the planet's rings and was regressed into a young child. This scene was cut from the final film, but a "Young Ru'afo" is still listed in the credits.

In the Australian television release, the close up of Admiral Dougherty's face being stretched until he dies was shortened.

Early previews featured a cameo appereance by Quark, the barkeeper from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This scene was cut because director Jonathan Frakes thought the appearance didn't work well for the film.