Was this review helpful to you? [145], Sound designer Frank Serafine, a longtime Star Trek fan, was invited to create the sound effects for the picture. David Gautreaux, who had been cast as Xon in the aborted second television series, appears as Branch, the commander of the Epsilon 9 communications station. Guide Watch. My shop will be dedicated to my fiancee Tina Boyd-Erwin without whom I wouldnt be motived to create and upload old models I havent worked with in years. Shatner noted, for example, that Kirk would say "Mr. Sulu, take the conn", while Nimoy visited Livingston's home each night to discuss the next day's script. The damaged probe was found by an alien race of living machines that interpreted its programming as instructions to learn all that can be learned and return that information to its creator. There's not much in the way of real character development. Given access to state-of-the-art audio equipment, Serafine saw the picture as the chance to modernize outdated motion picture sound techniques with digital technology. Though clearly not for everyone, I recommend it to those who would welcome the philosophical ride it offers. [33] Bryant and Scott had been caught between Roddenberry and Kaufman's conflicting ideas of what the film should be and Paramount's indecision. Wise deemed the original multicolored uniforms too garish, and Fletcher believed that the brightness of these old designs would work against believability when seen on the wide screen—the designer's first task was to create new, less conspicuous uniforms. In the 23rd Century, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. [90] New West magazine in March 1979 nonetheless revealed most of the plot, including Spock's arrival on the Enterprise, V'Ger's identity, and its reason for coming to Earth. Concept artist Andrew Probert helped refine the redesign. The Klingon cruiser's lighting was so dim that there was no way to make them bright enough on film. Unique destruction effects for the station had to be discarded due to time constraints. [139] The added footage was largely unfinished, and cobbled together for the network premiere; Wise hadn't wanted some of the footage to be included in the final cut of the film. [153] While V'Ger is a machine of near omnipotence, according to Robert Asa, the film (along with its successor, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier) "implicitly protest[s] against classical theism". The end result was a list of 34 names, none of whom were chosen to pen the script. The album added an additional 21 minutes of music to supplement the original track list, and was resequenced to reflect the story line of the film. All six films in the set have 7.1 Dolby TrueHD audio. [39], On March 28, 1978, Paramount assembled the largest press conference held at the studio since Cecil B. DeMille announced he was making The Ten Commandments. Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a 1979 American science fiction film directed by Robert Wise and based on the television series Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry, who also served as its producer. 1. [22] Roddenberry teamed up with Jon Povill to write a new story that featured the Enterprise crew setting an altered universe right by time travel; like Black's idea, Paramount did not consider it epic enough.[7][25]. Recap: Star Trek: Discovery - Terra Firma, Part 1. [45] Visitor's badges were created to keep track of guests, and due to the limited number were constantly checked out. The basic premise and scenes such as a transporter accident and Spock's Vulcan ritual were discarded, but later returned to the script. While the cast departed to work on other projects, the post-production team was tasked with finalizing the film in time for a Christmas release;[106] the resulting work would take twice as long as the filming process had taken. [49], The bridge ceiling was redesigned, with Michelson taking structural inspiration from a jet engine fan. Events such as Enterprise bridge viewscreen activation were kept silent to provide a more comfortable atmosphere. Title: [60] The general shape and proportions of the Phase II ship were retained, but the angles, curves and details refined. The Class A designs were double-stitched in gabardine and featured gold braid designating rank. [135] The Blaster had steel wires connected to amplifiers fitted to the main piece of aluminum; the device was played with an artillery shell. [53], The Enterprise engine room was redesigned while keeping consistent with the theory that the interior appearance had to match the corresponding area visible in exterior views of the starship. Ramsay and Wise consulted and decided that the film should have a unique audio style; they were particularly concerned to avoid sounds that had become pervasive and cliché from repetitive use in other science-fiction movies. [202] Bukatman commented that "With Star Trek, Roddenberry's trick has been to wear the mask of the humanist as he plays with his Erector set. [130] Star Trek: The Motion Picture is the only Star Trek film to have a true overture, using "Ilia's Theme" (later re-recorded, as a lyrical version, by Shaun Cassidy as "A Star Beyond Time" with lyrics by Larry Kusik) in this role, most noticeably in the "Director's Edition" DVD release. [80] From 1976 until the completion of the film Puttkamer provided the writers, producer, and director with memos on everything technical in the script;[81] the scientist reviewed every line in the script, and was unpaid for his assistance. The welder was designed to create a spark instead of actually welding, causing the steel wool to burn and make sparks; so effective was the setup that the cast members were continually startled by the flare-ups, resulting in additional takes. [105] Yuricich's previous work had been as Director of Photography for Photographic Effects on Close Encounters, and he and Trumbull reassembled the crew and equipment from the feature, adding more personnel and space. The show chronicled the adventures of the crew of the space-going USS Enterprise. [19], The original Star Trek television series ran for three seasons from 1966 to 1969 on NBC. Though Paramount was loath to abandon its work on the film, Roddenberry wanted to bring many of the production staff from the original series to work on the new show, titled Star Trek: Phase II. Star Trek: Lower Decks Transports to Amazon Prime Internationally. [141], The score to Star Trek: The Motion Picture went on to garner Goldsmith nominations for the Oscars, Golden Globe and Saturn awards. 4.8 out of 5 stars 328. More than 500 people—consisting of the cast and crew, working members of the space community, and the few "hardcore Trekkies" who could afford the $100 admission price—filled the museum. [119], While Dykstra's team handled the ships, the V'Ger cloud was developed by Trumbull. C Effects were subliminal sounds that set moods—crowd chatter and ambient noise. If humans can defeat this marvelous machine, it's really not so great, is it? Minor set up miniatures on the tank's floor before construction and made sure that the shadows that fell on Spock at Yellowstone could be properly recreated. [121] Trumbull wanted the cloud to have a specific shape to it—"it couldn't just be a blob of cotton," he said, "it had to have some shape that you could get camera angles on." [123] V'Ger itself was filmed in a hazy, smoky room, in part to convey depth and also to hide the parts of the ship still under construction. A series of writers attempted to craft a "suitably epic" script, but the attempts did not satisfy Paramount, who scrapped the project in 1977. The cover art for this book is taken from the publicity artwork used by NBC to promote the first season in the fall of 1966 (several other NBC series were featured in similar artwork). [22] The studio decided to turn the project over to the television division, reasoning that since the roots of the franchise lay in television, the writers would be able to develop the right script. Which is your favorite Star Trek: TOS film? News & Updates. Fletcher eschewed man-made synthetics for natural materials, finding that these fabrics sewed better and lasted longer. 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture', originally released Friday, December 7th, 1979. Star Trek is a series of comics based on the Gene Roddenberry television series Star Trek and the subsequent films. Now, how the hell can we possibly deal with this? Godfrey's only concern was that the reunion of the old cast threatened to make casual viewers who had never seen Star Trek feel like uninvited guests. The cinematographer called his function to "interpret [the] preplanning and make it indelible on film. It could have been a better movie, but it's still a marginally satisfying one. The one high tech aspect of the show is and was it was filmed in color when few people owned color TV's. Even better maybe. by Titan. - ORIGINAL Theatrical Version, 1979, Running Time 2hrs&12mn, Rated "G" by the MPAA - SPECIAL Extended Version, 1983, Running Time 2hrs&23mn, Rated "G" by the MPAA - The DIRECTOR's Edition, 2001, Running Time 2hrs&16mn, Rated "PG" by the MPAA - CONTENT for all three versions includes: Mild Adult Language, Mild Sexual Innuendo and Mild Violence. [159][160] Toys included action figures, ship models, and a variety of watches, phaser mockups and communicators. Weldon hid steel wool inside the console and attached an arc welder to operate by remote control when the actor pulled a wire. [49] Minor built a central bubble for the ceiling to give the bridge a human touch. The movie provided major publicity and was used to advertise the synthesizer, though no price was given. Collins was covered in tiny dabs of cotton glued to his jacket; these highlights were designed to create a body halo. When Bantam began publishing more novelisations by Blish, the book was retitled Star Trek 1. Why did V'Ger choose to take Ilea out of all the people on the Enterprise? Now that Lower Decks season 1 and Discovery season 3 have wrapped up 23 consecutive weeks of new Star Trek content on CBS All Access, the thing that … Discovery where … Instead, he recommended a stripped-down sequence that omitted Kirk entirely and would be simple and easy to shoot;[116] Robert McCall, known for designing the original posters to 2001, provided Trumbull with concept art to inform the new event. [206] "[Khambatta] is sympathetic enough to make one hope she'll have a chance to show less skin and more hair in future films", Godfrey wrote. It was regarded by director Robert Wise as incomplete. Spock takes an unauthorized spacewalk to the vessel's interior and attempts a telepathic mind meld with it. [63][105] A similar method was used on the Klingon cruiser model, but he made it less well-lit to convey a different look than the clean visuals of the Federation—the cruiser was meant to evoke "an enemy submarine in World War II that's been out at sea for too long". 5.0 out of 5 stars 8. The designs were developed by Phillips himself or else off Fletcher's sketches. The seller was convicted of stealing a trade secret, fined $750, and sentenced to two years' probation. The fabrication was supervised by Joseph Jennings, an art director involved in the original television series, special-effects expert Jim Rugg, and former Trek designer Matt Jefferies, on loan as consultant from Little House on the Prairie. Should be hired now while he is cheap and humble." The movie was to have been set before the television series, showing how the crew of the Enterprise met. The crew was dissatisfied with the original four-foot clay model created by the Abel group, which looked like a modernized Nemo's Nautilus submarine. My take *** (Out of ****) - or 7/10 on the IMDb Scale. Indian mysticism, invaded the series just like the white album. Schickel also lamented the lack of "boldly characterized" antagonists and battle scenes that made Star Wars fun; instead, viewers were presented with much talk, "much of it in impenetrable spaceflight jargon". [8] Given his unfamiliarity with the source material Wise relied on the actors, especially Shatner, to ensure that dialogue and characterizations were consistent with the show. In addition to cuts in some sequences, 90 new and redesigned computer-generated images were created. Capt. [153][154] The discussion of a new birth is framed in a reverential way. They are a relief from the stars, and a delight." Instead of standard fiberglass used for older models, the new Enterprise was constructed with lightweight plastics, weighing 85 pounds (39 kg). [92] Issues with the wormhole sequences caused further delays. Kirk wins out, the entity returns to its dimension, and the Enterprise crew resumes their voyages. The scene planned was the chaotic mess aboard the Enterprise bridge as the crew readies the ship for space travel; Wise directed 15 takes into the late afternoon before he was content with the scene. [198] Conversely, Arnold felt that the acting of the main cast (Shatner in particular) was poor; "Shatner portrays Kirk as such a supercilious old twit that one rather wishes he'd been left behind that desk", he wrote. [69] As times had changed, the Starfleet uniforms, with their bright reds, blues, greens and golds, had to be revised: the miniskirts worn by females in the original series would now be considered sexist. Most of the models in The Motion Picture were created by Magicam, a Paramount subsidiary. Bones replies that they wish to contact it. [162] The Motion Picture novel started Pocket Books' Star Trek book franchise, which produced 18 consecutive bestsellers within a decade. [117] Crews worked in three shifts a day, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The only prop that remained from the original television series was Uhura's wireless earpiece, which Nichols specifically requested on the first day of shooting (and all the production crew save those who had worked on the television show had forgotten about). The Spock spacewalk sequence, for example, was radically changed from the Abel version. The Starfleet delta symbol, which previously indicated duty branches—command, science, medical, engineering, and so forth—was replaced with the command symbol for all branches, superimposed over a circle of color indicating area of service. There's a lot of time adoring spaceships as they travel through space. 1; 2; 3; 0. The stories in this, and the subsequent eleven volumes of the series, were based on early draft scripts. This appears in the Director's Edition. [22] This first draft, The God Thing,[23] featured a grounded Admiral Kirk assembling the old crew on the refitted Enterprise to clash with a godlike entity many miles across, hurtling towards Earth. I appreciated the film on this level too. Check out what we'll be watching in 2021. Chekov returns to his post after a humorous exchange from Spock and Bones reveals that V'Ger emits more radiation than the Sun. [20], Roddenberry had first proposed a Star Trek feature at the 1968 World Science Fiction Convention. For "down shots" of the engineering complex, floor paintings extended the length of the warp core several stories. Before costs could be determined and Weldon could shop for necessary items, he and the other members of the special effects team worked out all possibilities for pulling off the effects in a convincing manner. The scene was finally completed on August 24, while the transporter scenes were being filmed at the same time on the same soundstage. Other crew members included the logical first officer/science officer Spock, a half human/half Vulcan hybrid (Vulcans are an alien race, complete with pointed ears) and the passionate country doctor Leonard "Bones" McCoy. "[178] Complaints included the edition's 2.17:1 aspect ratio, as opposed to the original 2.40:1 Panavision. [103], Two weeks later, the entire cast and crew joined with studio executives for a traditional wrap party. He thought that Enterprise should self-illuminate when traveling years from any source of light. For other uses, see, "Captain, there is an object in the liver of the cloud.". In all, over 200 pieces of monitor footage were created and cataloged into a seven-page listing. [40] Wise had seen only a few Star Trek episodes, so Paramount gave him about a dozen to watch. Oct 01, 2017. The bridge, for example, was lit with a low density of light to make the console monitors display better. Star Trek: The Original Series. Star Trek #1. 'Star Trek' takes place in the latter half of the 23rd Century. 1990 0 Sales FMV Pending Star Trek #5. Paramount fired Abel and Associates on February 22, 1979. Feeling it was "physically impossible" to produce a script that satisfied all parties, they left the project by mutual consent on March 18, 1977. [182] The original theatrical cut was also released with the four Next Generation movies as the Star Trek: Stardate Collection. [65], Even after the change in effects companies, Yuricich continued to provide many of the matte paintings used in the film, having previously worked on The Day the Earth Stood Still, Ben-Hur, North by Northwest and Logan's Run. [51], Aside from control interfaces, the bridge set was populated with monitors looping animations. 12 of 23 people found this review helpful. A 6-by-3.5-foot (1.8 by 1.1 m) model was used for distance shots, while an isolated 5-by-6-foot (1.5 by 1.8 m) panel was used for closer shots. 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. [8] By the time The Motion Picture was finished, $26 million was spent on the film itself, while $18 million had been spent on sets for the undeveloped Phase II series, much of which were not used for the film itself, which brought the total cost of the movie to $44 million. As Paramount executives' interest in the film began to wane, Roddenberry, backed by fan letters, applied pressure to the studio. [155], To coincide with the film's release, Pocket Books published a novelization written by Roddenberry. Wise instead wanted Chekov's station to face the Enterprise's main viewer, a difficult request as the set was primarily circular. As Trumbull also felt the Enterprise's lights were ill-suited for his needs, he rewired both models. [121], Trumbull wanted the scene of Kirk and Scott approaching the Enterprise in drydock without dialogue to "let the audience just love the Enterprise". Zuberano, who had helped select the site for the shoot, traveled to Yellowstone and returned with a number of photos. Capt. To inform actors and series writers, Lee prepared a USS Enterprise Flight Manual as a continuity guide to control functions. Povill had to send out a memo to Fletcher with the modified stripe rank system, as the designer continued to get the 20th and 23rd centuries confused. It was felt that the traditional four gold sleeve stripes for the captain's rank was too blatantly militaristic. Star Trek: Picard: The Dark Veil Is a Must-Read Addition to Trek Canon The Synopsis for Amazon’s Middle-earth Series Hints at Some Familiar Faces and … Scenes were rewritten so often it became necessary to note on script pages the hour of the revision. This page contains information about Star Trek (Volume 1) . [142] It is often regarded as one of the composer's greatest scores,[143][144] and was also one of the American Film Institute's 250 nominated scores for their top 25 American film scores. I wanted it to be this beautiful, epic, spectacular sequence that had no dialogue, no story, no plot, everything stops, and let the audience just love the Enterprise. I believe the most diverse cast and characters in the history of TV. Michelson first removed Chekov's new weapons station, a semicircular plastic bubble grafted onto one side of the bridge wall. The set was designed and fabricated in four and a half weeks, and was filmable from all angles; parts of the set were designed to pull away for better camera access at the center. The blue color of previous uniforms was discarded, for fear they might interfere with the blue screens used for optical effects. 1989 3 Sales FMV Pending Star Trek #3. In the 23rd century, a Starfleet monitoring station, Epsilon Nine, detects an alien entity, hidden in a massive cloud of energy, moving through space toward Earth. Koenig learned that rather than being released in 14 days after his scenes were completed, his last day would be on October 26—eight weeks later than expected. Povill credited Nimoy with the single tear scene, and the discussion of V'Ger's need to evolve. [137][138] The rush to finish the rest of the film impacted the score. One bolt of material had been handpicked by Cecil DeMille in 1939, and was in perfect condition. Canby wrote that the film "owes more to [Trumbull, Dykstra and Michelson] than it does to the director, the writers or even the producer". To save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to San Francisco in 1986 to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it: humpback whales. [111] Post-production supervisor Paul Rabwin suggested Robert Abel's production company Robert Abel and Associates might be up to the task. They worked on designs for planets, planetary and asteroid bases, a black hole "shroud", a crystalline "super brain", and new concepts for the Enterprise, including interiors that Adam later revisited for the film Moonraker and a flat-hulled starship design (frequently credited to McQuarrie, but which McQuarrie's own book identifies as an Adam design[30]). I wanted everybody to buy into the beauty of space, and the beauty of their mission, and the beauty of the Enterprise itself, and just have everybody get out of their way and let that happen, which is something I really learned with Kubrick and 2001: Stop talking for a while, and let it all flow. It invited me for a journey offering good special effects, a great music score and a beloved crew back on the job. The special effects by John Dykstra were highly imaginative for the late 1970s. The prop came with a hefty $4000 price tag; to save money, the lights were dropped, reducing the size of the phaser by a third. Visitors included the press, fan leaders, friends of the cast and crew, and actors such as Clint Eastwood, Tony Curtis, Robin Williams and Mel Brooks. Features. He takes a grade reduction to captain, wrestling command of the Enterprise away from a less experienced skipper (Stephen Collins), and sets out to counter the alien threat before it can reach Earth. [111] With Trumbull now available, primary responsibility for The Motion Picture's optical effects passed on to him. [8][105] The models were filmed in multiple passes and composited together in post-production; multiple passes with only the model's lighting running were added to the original pass for the final look. Goldsmith's initial bombastic main theme reminded Ramsay and Wise of sailing ships. The TV series ran on NBC from 1966 to 1969. Or if it really is great, will we like those humans who do defeat it? [203] Martin considered the characters more likable than those in comparable science fiction films. Alexander Courage, composer of the original Star Trek theme, provided arrangements to accompany Kirk's log entries, while Fred Steiner wrote 11 cues of additional music, notably the music to accompany the Enterprise achieving warp speed and first meeting V'Ger. [108], After the groundbreaking opticals of Star Wars, The Motion Picture's producers realized the film required similarly high-quality visuals. Now referred to as "Star Trek 1," STAR TREK is a novelization of seven episodes from the original Star Trek series, all the stories from its first season. They have sent over a press release announcing the new license, and have provided photos of the first figure. [128] The rewriting of the theme required changes to several sequences Goldsmith had scored without writing a main title piece. Other loops came from Long Beach Hospital, the University of California at San Diego, and experimental computer labs in New Mexico. Instead, Khambatta visited the Georgette Klinger Skin Care Salon in Beverly Hills, where experts recommended that she receive six facials and scalp treatments during the course of production. Besides developing Vulcan ears and alien masks, Phillips and his assistant Charles Schram applied more routine makeup to the principal actors. [7][24] The film was postponed until spring (March/April) 1976 while Paramount fielded new scripts for Star Trek II (the working title) from acclaimed writers such as Ray Bradbury, Theodore Sturgeon, and Harlan Ellison. [201] Scott Bukatman reviewed the film in Ares magazine no. [96] Weldon matched the effects filmed at Yellowstone using dry ice and steam machines. In consultations with Michelson, the crew decided to use miniatures in the foreground to create the Vulcan temples, combined with the real hot springs in the background. [36], Producer Harold Livingston was assigned to find writers for new episodes, while Roddenberry prepared a writers' guide briefing the uninitiated on the franchise canon. Star Trek: Discovery. Ellison's story had a snake-like alien race tampering with Earth's history to create a kindred race; Kirk reunites with his old crew, but they are faced with the dilemma of killing off the reptilian race in Earth's prehistory just to maintain humanity's dominance. It was hard to frame shots so that reflections of the crew in monitors or light spilling through floor grilles were not seen in the final print. It's not a perfect movie, but it did what it set out to do. [157] The novel also has a different opening scene to introduce Vejur and Kirk, concentrates in sections on Kirk's struggle with confidence in taking command of the Enterprise again and expands on Ilia and Decker's relationship. She refused to appear nude as called for in the script during the Ilia probe's appearance. [117], Post-production was so late that Paramount obtained an entire MGM sound stage to store 3,000 large metal containers for each theater around the country. 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