Star Trek: A Captain's Log (TV 1994)

William Shatner takes us on a trip through original series.

Director:

Michael Mahler

Writers:

Michael Mahler, Harry Werksman

Stars:

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley

Cast

Credited cast:
William Shatner	...	Himself
Leonard Nimoy	...	Himself
DeForest Kelley	...	Himself
James Doohan	...	Himself
Walter Koenig	...	Himself
Nichelle Nichols	...	Herself
George Takei	...	Himself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Scott Crossfield	...	Himself (archive footage) (as A. Scott Crossfield)
Marj Dusay	...	(archive footage)
John Glenn	...	Himself (archive footage) (as Lt. Col. John Glenn)
Robert H. Goddard	...	Himself (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy	...	Himself (archive footage)
Charles A. Lindbergh	...	Himself (archive footage)
Alan Shepard	...	Himself (archive footage) (as Alan B. Shepard Jr.)

Storyline

This documentary is a trip through the original series. The whole movie is composed of short fragments showing the high points of original series. Between them we can listen to comments of actors. They talk how they felt during shooting, how they feel the series now and what is the meaning of series for the mankind. The original series is full of allegories and in this documentary they are all presented to us with straight words. All leading characters are presented, decribed and we found out what do they really represent. In last third the movies with original crew are presented and, ofcourse, what is the future of Star Trek. This documentary is full of quotes with which we get impression what Star Trek really is.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 November 1994 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Captain Kirk: Risk is our business. That is what a starship is all about.

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Connections

Edited into William Shatner's Star Trek Memories (1995)

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