Star Trek: The Motion Picture

19791979
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2h 12min

Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Persis Khambatta in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

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When an alien spacecraft of enormous power is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral James T. Kirk resumes command of the overhauled USS Enterprise in order to intercept it.When an alien spacecraft of enormous power is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral James T. Kirk resumes command of the overhauled USS Enterprise in order to intercept it.When an alien spacecraft of enormous power is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral James T. Kirk resumes command of the overhauled USS Enterprise in order to intercept it.

Director
- Robert Wise
Writers
- Gene Roddenberry(based on "Star Trek" created by)
- Harold Livingston(screenplay)
- Alan Dean Foster(story)
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Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 4 wins & 20 nominations total

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Star Trek: The Motion Picture

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Leonard Nimoy in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

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Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, Gene Roddenberry, and Robert Wise in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

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Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, Majel Barrett, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Persis Khambatta, George Takei, Stephen Collins, Nichelle Nichols, and Grace Lee Whitney in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Leonard Nimoy in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and DeForest Kelley in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, Majel Barrett, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Persis Khambatta, George Takei, Stephen Collins, Nichelle Nichols, and Grace Lee Whitney in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

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"Star Trek: The Motion Picture" 1979 Paramount

Director
- Robert Wise
Writers
- Gene Roddenberry(based on "Star Trek" created by)
- Harold Livingston(screenplay)
- Alan Dean Foster(story)
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A massive alien spacecraft of enormous power destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers as it makes its way towards Federation space. Admiral James T. Kirk is ordered to take command of the USS Enterprise for the first time since her historic five-year mission. The Epsilon IX space station alerts the Federation, but they are also destroyed by the alien spacecraft. The only starship in range is the Enterprise, after undergoing a major overhaul in drydock orbiting Earth. Kirk rounds up the rest of his crew, and acquires some new members, and sets off to intercept the alien spacecraft. However, it has been three years since Kirk last went into deep space - is he up to the task of saving Earth? —Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>

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Trivia
When Captain Kirk addresses the crew before launching, many of the extras were noted Star Trek fans, including Bjo Trimble, co-organizer of the letter-writing campaign that kept Star Trek (1966) alive for a third season.

Goofs
When Kirk first comes on board Enterprise he is called "Admiral," and then "Captain" a few seconds later. However, it is customary for the person in command of a ship to be addressed as "Captain," regardless of his military rank.

Quotes
Captain James T. Kirk: [33:14] Well, for a man who swore he'd never return to the Starfleet...
Dr. McCoy: Just a moment, Captain, sir. I'll explain what happened. Your revered Admiral Nogura invoked a little-known, seldom-used "reserve activation clause." In simpler language, Captain, they DRAFTED me!
Captain James T. Kirk: [in mock horror] They didn't.
Dr. McCoy: This was your idea. This was your idea, wasn't it?
Captain James T. Kirk: Bones, there's a... thing... out there.
Dr. McCoy: Why is any object we don't understand always called "a thing"?

Crazy credits
End title: "The human adventure is just beginning."

Alternate versions
On November 6, 2001, the Director's Edition supervised by Robert Wise was released on DVD and widescreen VHS, running 136 minutes. The material added to the film consists of the following:
The landscape of Vulcan was changed to include a yellowish sky and new landscape featuring massive statues. All other footage was tinted gold.
The matte painting of the Golden Gate Bridge in the scene where Kirk arrives at Starfleet Headquarters was replaced by a new CGI scene that shows Kirk's shuttle arriving at Starfleet. It is actually slightly longer than the original version.
The matte painting of Starfleet Command was improved with CGI effects, including an original series shuttle launched in the background.
In a close-up shot when Kirk first sees the new Enterprise from his shuttle, the image of the ship was superimposed over Kirk's face as a reflection in the shuttle's window.
After Kirk leaves the bridge, a short conversation between Sulu, Uhura and an alien officer was inserted.**
A new CGI shot of the Earth is shown on the viewscreen when the Enterprise leaves the planet.
A new CGI effect showing one of the Enterprise's nacelles was inserted into the window when Kirk, Spock and McCoy speak on the observation deck.
A new CGI shot was inserted which shows V'Ger's second energy torpedo vanishing before it could strike the Enterprise.
The energy probe that invades the bridge now approaches in a CGI exterior shot.
A new CGI shot shows the V'Ger vessel entering Earth orbit.
The scene in which Chekov burns his hand is much longer and shows Lt. Ilia healing him with her empathic powers instead of Nurse Chapel.**
The long walk to V'Ger was totally redone. There is now a walkway that materializes out of thin air, compared to the endless field in the original version.
The Enterprise's voyage to the center of V'Ger is slightly extended. It has a scene of Spock sharing a tear "for V'Ger" and Scotty ordered to self-destruct the ship if the landing party is unsuccessful.**
The small black "empty matte" in the window when Decker and Ilia confront each other in the recreation deck was replaced with a CGI shot of the V'Ger cloud interior.
The final explosion of V'Ger was slightly extended. The shot from the original version remained intact, but a new element of the vessel imploding its energy for the explosion was added.
New opening titles were commissioned for the film's opening. The opening titles now have a slight fading effect and are now seen over a background of stars. The text is colored a bright gold, compared to the original version's white.
The explosion in the wormhole was redone. There is now an exterior shot of the asteroid exploding and the wormhole disintegrating. Additionally, the viewfinder in the next shot is enhanced to show sparks and debris.
The final message to the audience, "The human adventure is just beginning", was altered. In the original version, the starfield cuts away to a blank title card showing the text. In the Director's Edition, the starfield was extended by a few seconds to allow the text, colored bright gold, to fade into the picture.
The ending credits were slightly altered. The text, as with the opening titles and the final "human adventure" text, was changed color, from white to a bright gold. Additionally, the music was slightly extended to add new Director's Edition credits.
An all-new sound mix was commissioned, keeping the music and dialog intact, and adding new effects for almost all scenes. For example, the Enterprise computer voice alarms are now replaced with klaxon sirens, the lightning effects have new echoes, and a blend of Enterprise bridge sound effects from the original Star Trek series, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country have been added into the background of scenes taking place on the bridge. The new mix is in Dolby 5.1 EX Surround.
The footage from 1979 was digitally restored and remastered, and combined with the new CGI elements.
The opening overture has been restored to its full length. It is also played over a CGI starfield, rather than the blank screen in the original version.
A slight dialog alteration was made: In the 1979 and 1983 versions, the V'Ger cloud is said to be "over 82 AUs in diameter" which equals 7.626 billion miles across - much too large for the Enterprise to realistically travel to the heart of the cloud at subwarp speeds within a reasonable length of time. For the Director's Edition, the Epsilon 9 commander's dialog was altered so that the cloud is now said to be a (somewhat) more reasonable "over 2 AUs", or 186 million miles.
The producers of the Director's Edition submitted the film for re-rating by the MPAA, hoping for a PG rating rather than the original G rating which they believed carried a negative association; the basis for the higher rating was the intensified soundtrack. Oddly, when the original theatrical version was released on DVD and Blu-ray in 2009, it carried no MPAA rating.
Scenes previously available in the "special longer version."

Connections
Edited into Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Soundtracks
Theme from 'Star Trek: The television Series'
Written by Alexander Courage and Gene Roddenberry

Top review

8/10

Gets better with age

Originally I watched this on release and as a 9 year old found it boring , upon watching this several times since , it is a lot better than first thought and has some very interesting scenes and a decent plot , still fairly slow going though .

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Release date
- December 8, 1979 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Official site
- Startrek.com
Languages
- English
- Klingon
Also known as
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Director's Edition
Filming locations
- Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
Production companies
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Budget
- $35,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $82,604,699
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,926,421
- Dec 9, 1979
Gross worldwide
- $82,604,699

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Runtime
- 2h 12min
Sound mix
- Dolby Stereo
- Dolby Surround 7.1
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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