Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

19841984
PGPG
1h 45min

Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

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Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned U.S.S. Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis Planet to recover Spock's body.Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned U.S.S. Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis Planet to recover Spock's body.Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned U.S.S. Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis Planet to recover Spock's body.

Director
- Leonard Nimoy
Writers
- Gene Roddenberry(based on "Star Trek" created by)
- Harve Bennett
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Awards
- 1 win & 7 nominations

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Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

In the wake of Spock's ultimate deed of sacrifice, Admiral Kirk and the Enterprise crew return to Earth for some essential repairs to their ship. When they arrive at Spacedock, they are shocked to discover that the Enterprise is to be decommissioned. Even worse, Dr. McCoy begins acting strangely and Scotty has been reassigned to another ship. Kirk is forced to steal back the Enterprise and head across space to the Genesis Planet to save Spock and bring him to Vulcan. Unbeknownst to them, the Klingons are planning to steal the secrets of the Genesis Device for their own deadly purpose. —Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>

planet sacrifice regaining one's memory dying planet stabbed to death 194 more

Trivia
When negotiating Kirstie Alley's contract for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Paramount Studios did not offer or include any options or clauses regarding any possible sequels. According to director Leonard Nimoy, this left Alley open to negotiate a new contract for this film, resulting in Alley's excessive salary demands, which led to her being dropped and replaced by Robin Curtis.

Goofs
When Kirk checks the video logs to find the keeper of Spock's katra, the timestamp reveals that Spock melded with McCoy on stardate 8128.78. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) begins on stardate 8130.3.

Quotes
Sarek: Kirk, I thank you. What you have done is...
Kirk: What I have done, I had to do.
Sarek: But at what cost? Your ship. Your son.
Kirk: If I hadn't tried, the cost would have been my soul.

Crazy credits
Leonard Nimoy is credited as director in the opening credits, but is not included in the cast list. There is a long gap between the names of William Shatner and DeForest Kelley, which lasts for the length of time Nimoy's name would have been displayed.

Alternate versions
Some network broadcasts are noticeably truncated. In particular, the scene where Kruge destroys the female mercenary for looking at the Genesis information is deleted. The scene ends instead with the two characters expressing love for each other! The scene where McCoy refers to "that green-blooded son-of-a-bitch" is also censored.

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

Soundtracks
Theme From Star Trek (TV Series)
by Alexander Courage

Top review

not bad

A decent entry into the Star Trek motion picture saga. McCoy is going over the edge, and it seems that Spock melded his spirit into McCoy's body shortly before dying in the Wrath of Khan. Kirk must travel to an unstable planet to try and find Spock's body in an effort to rescue his old friend and end all three men's suffering. If you are a fan of the series, you might find some things to like about this movie. I recommend it.

*** out of ****

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Release date
- June 1, 1984 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Official site
- StarTrek.com (United States)
Languages
Also known as
- Star Trek III: Return to Genesis
Filming locations
- Occidental College - 1600 Campus Road, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinema Group Ventures
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Budget
- $17,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $76,471,046
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $16,673,295
- Jun 3, 1984
Gross worldwide
- $76,471,046

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Runtime
- 1h 45min
Sound mix
- Dolby Surround 7.1
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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