Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
William Shatner
Admiral James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy
Mr. Spock
DeForest Kelley
Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
James Doohan
Cmdr. Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott
George Takei
Lt. Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
Walter Koenig
Lt. Pavel Chekov
Nichelle Nichols
Lt. Cmdr. Uhura
Stephen Collins
Captain William Decker
Persis Khambatta
Lt. Ilia / The Probe
Majel Barrett
Dr. Christine Chapel
Grace Lee Whitney
CPO Janice Rand
Mark Lenard
Klingon Captain
Billy Van Zandt
Alien Boy
Roger Aaron Brown
Epsilon Technician
Gary Faga
Airlock Technician
David C. Fein
Producer
Franklyn Seales
Crew Member
Joel Kramer
Klingon Crewman
David Gautreaux
Cmdr. Branch
John Gowans
Assistant to Rand
Howard Itzkowitz
Cargo Deck Ensign
Jon Rashad Kamal
Lt. Cmdr. Sonak
Marcy Lafferty
Chief DiFalco
Michele Povill
Lieutenant
Jeri McBride
Technician
Terrence O'Connor
Chief Ross
Michael Rougas
Lt. Cleary
Susan O'Sullivan
Woman
Ralph Brannen
Crew Member
Ralph Byers
Crew Member
Paula Crist
Crew Member
Iva Lane
Crew Member
Momo Yashima
Crew Member
Jimmie Booth
Klingon Crewman
Dave Moordigian
Klingon Crewman
Tom Morga
Klingon Crewman / Stunt Double
Tony Rocco
Klingon Crewman
Joel Schultz
Klingon Crewman
Craig Thomas
Klingon Crewman
Edna Glover
Vulcan Master
Norman Stuart
Vulcan Master
Paul Weber
Vulcan Master
Joshua Gallegos
Security Officer
Lisa Chess
Yeoman
Leslie C. Howard
Yeoman
Sayra Hummel
Technical Assistant
Junero Jennings
Technical Assistant
Christopher Doohan
Extra (uncredited)
Robert Wise
Director
Gene Roddenberry
Producer
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Alexander Courage
Original Music Composer
Richard H. Kline
Director of Photography
Harold Michelson
Production Design
Todd C. Ramsay
Editor
Marvin Paige
Casting
Jon Povill
Producer
Leon Harris
Art Direction
Joseph R. Jennings
Art Direction
John Vallone
Art Direction
Linda DeScenna
Set Decoration
Robert Fletcher
Costume Design
Ve Neill
Makeup Artist
Harold Livingston
Screenplay
Alan Dean Foster
Story
Douglas Trumbull
Visual Effects
Robert Elswit
Visual Effects Camera
Janna Phillips
Makeup Artist
Fred B. Phillips
Makeup Artist
Carlos Yeaggy
Makeup Artist
Rick Stratton
Makeup Effects
Phil Rawlins
Unit Production Manager
Lindsley Parsons Jr.
Executive In Charge Of Production
Douglas E. Wise
Second Assistant Director
Daniel McCauley
Assistant Director
Noyan Cosarer
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Richard L. Anderson
Supervising Sound Editor
Steve Maslow
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gregg Landaker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bill Varney
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Keith Lane Jensen
Stunts
Bob Bralver
Stunts
Bill Couch
Stunts
John Hugh McKnight
Stunts
Kym Washington Longino
Stunts
Larry D. Howard
Gaffer
Bonnie Prendergast
Script Supervisor
John Dykstra
Visual Effects
Richard Yuricich
Visual Effects
Robert Swarthe
Animation Supervisor
Tom Overton
Sound Mixer
Stephen Hunter Flick
Sound Editor
Cecelia Hall
Sound Editor
Alan Robert Murray
Sound Editor
Colin Waddy
Sound Editor
George Watters II
Sound Editor
Dirk Dalton
Sound Effects
Joel Goldsmith
Sound Effects
Alan Howarth
Sound Effects
Francesco Lupica
Sound Effects
Frank Serafine
Sound Effects
Alex Weldon
Special Effects Coordinator
Darrell Pritchett
Special Effects Coordinator
Ray Mattey
Special Effects Coordinator
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 7, 1979
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 12m
Content RatingG
Budget$35,000,000
Box Office$139,000,000
Filming LocationsParamount Stage 12 · Paramount Stage 10 · Paramount Stage 6 · Paramount Stage 15 · Paramount Stage 17 · Paramount Stage 8 · Paramount Stage 9, United States
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Wiki.
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. It is the first installment in the Star Trek film series, and stars the cast of the original television series. In the film, set in the 2270s, a mysterious and immensely powerful alien cloud known as V'Ger approaches Earth, destroying everything in its path. Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) assumes command of the recently refitted Starship USS Enterprise, to lead it on a mission to save the planet and determine V'Ger's origins.
When the original television series was canceled in 1969, Roddenberry lobbied Paramount Pictures to continue the franchise through a feature film. The success of the series in syndication convinced the studio to begin work on the film in 1975. A series of writers attempted to craft a "suitably epic" script, but the attempts did not satisfy Paramount, and in 1977, the project was scrapped. Instead, Paramount planned on returning the franchise to its roots, with a new television series titled Star Trek: Phase II. The box office success of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, however, convinced Paramount that science fiction films other than Star Wars could do well, so the studio canceled production of Phase II and resumed its attempts at making a Star Trek film.
In March 1978, Paramount assembled the largest press conference held at the studio since the 1950s to announce that Wise would direct a $15 million film adaptation of the original television series. Filming began that August and concluded the following January. With the cancellation of Phase II, writers rushed to adapt its planned pilot episode, "In Thy Image", into a film script. Constant revisions to the story and the shooting script continued to the extent of hourly script updates on shooting dates. The Enterprise was modified inside and out, costume designer Robert Fletcher provided new uniforms, and production designer Harold Michelson fabricated new sets. Jerry Goldsmith composed the film's score, beginning an association with Star Trek that would continue until 2002. When the original contractors for the optical effects proved unable to complete their tasks in time, effects supervisor Douglas Trumbull was asked to meet the film's December 1979 release date. Wise took the just-completed film to its Washington, D.C., opening, but always felt that the final theatrical version was a rough cut of the film he wanted to make.
Released in North America on December 7, 1979, Star Trek: The Motion Picture received mixed reviews, many of which faulted it for a lack of action scenes and over-reliance on special effects. Its final production cost ballooned to approximately $44 million, and it earned $139 million worldwide, short of studio expectations but enough for Paramount to propose a less expensive sequel. Roddenberry was forced out of creative control for the sequel, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982). In 2001, Wise oversaw a director's cut for a special DVD release of the film, with remastered audio, tightened and added scenes, and new computer-generated effects.