USA, 1979
132m, 136m, (Director’s Edition), 143m (extended version)
35mm film, Panavision, Metrocolor, 2.35:1
“recorded in Dolby Stereo”, English
An American science fiction film directed by Robert Wise.
Plot Summary
A massive alien spacecraft is heading for Earth and its destroying everything it comes across Starfleet space stations and Klingon warships alike. The newly overhauled USS Enterprise, under the command of Captain Decker, is sent to investigate, Decker’s place at the helm usurped by the return of the legendary Admiral James T. Kirk. Three years after Kirk’s last command, he re-assembles his trusted crew and sets off to intercept the mysterious alien craft and find out what it’s up to before it reaches the Earth.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Robert Wise
© MCMLXXIX [1979] by Century Associates
Paramount Pictures presents a Gene Roddenverry production a Robert Wise film
Produced by: Gene Roddenberry
Associate Producer:Jon Povill
Screenplay by: Harold Livingstone
Story by: Alan Dean Foster, Gene Roddenberry (uncredited)
Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
Director of Photography: Richard H. Kline
Edited by: Todd Ramsay
Music by: Jerry Goldsmith, Gerald Fried (uncredited)
Theme from Star Trek Television Series by: Alexander Courage, Gene Roddenberry
Sound Mixer: Tom Overton
Costume Designer: Bob Fletcher
Make-Up Artists: Fred Phillips, Jana Phillips, Ve Neill
Hair Stylist: Barbara Minster
Mechanical Special Effects: Alex Weldon, Darrel Pritchett, Ray Mattey, Marty Bresin
Special Photographic Effects Directed by: DouglasTrumbull
Special Photographic Effects Supervisor: John Dykstra
Special Photographic Effects Produced by: Richard Yuricich
Photographic Effects Sequences by: Apogee, Inc.
Geometric Designs: Ron Resch, Boston University
Certain Models Manufactured at: Magicam, Inc.
Production Designer: Harold Michelson
Locations: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
Cast
William Shatner (Captain [James T.] Kirk)
Leonard Nimoy ([Commander] Spock)
DeForest Kelley (Dr [Leonard ‘Bones’] McCoy)
James Doohan (Commander Montgomery ‘Scotty’ Scott)
George Takei ([Lieutenant Commander Hikaru] Sulu)
Walter Koenig ([Lieutenant Pavel] Chekov)
Nichelle Nichols ([Lieutenant Commander] Uhura)
Majel Barrett (Dr [Christine] Chapel)
Persis Khambatta ([Lieutenant] Ilia)
Stephen Collins as [Commander Willard] Decker
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 Gautreaux (Commander Branch)
John D. Gowans (assistant to Rand)
Howard Itzkowitz (cargo dock Ensign)
Jon Rashad Kamal (Commander Sonak)
Marcy Lafferty (Chief DiFalco)
Alternative Titles
O Caminho das Estrelas – Portugal
In Thy Image – working title
Jornada nas Estrelas – O Filme – Brazil
Star Trek – avaruusmatka – Finland
Star Trek – Italy
Star Trek: Der Film – Germany
Star Trek, le film – France
Viaje a las estrellas – Colombia
Links
Sequels
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Star Trek: Generations (1994)
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
Sequel to
Star Trek (1966-1969)
Star Trek (1973-1974)
See also
Star Trek (2009)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-1999)
Star Trek: Voyager (1995 – 2001)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)
References
Periodicals
- The Comics Journal no.73 (July 1982) pp.24-28 – article (It’s Dead, Jim by JJ Pierce)
- Entertainment Weekly no.629 (7 December 2001) p.110 – review (Encore: A ‘Star’ is Born by Scott Brown)
- The House of Hammer vol.1 no.2 (1976) pp.16 – note (Film scene news)
- Playboy January 1980 pp.138-144, 172, 308-309 – Illustrated article (Star Trek’s Enterprising Return by Gretchen McNeese)
- Screen International 7 July 1979 p.13 – review
- Screen International no.222 (5-12 January 1980) p.20 – note (UK provincial box office: ‘Star Trek’ in orbit)
- Screen International no.223 (12-19 January 1980) p.16 -note (UK provincial box office: ‘Star Trek’ in warp drive)
- Screen International no.227 (9-16 February 1980) p.13 – credits (Post production – February)
- Screen International no.228 (16-23 February 1980) p.8 – note (World news desk: South Africa by Rod Hay)
- Screen International no.230 (1-8 March 1980) p.4 – note (‘Star Trek’ tops poll)
- Screen International no.253 (9-16 August 1980) p.1 – illustrated note (High flyers score for Paramount)
- Screen International no.254 (16-23 August 1980) p.8 – note (World news desk: South Africa by Rod Hay)
- SFX no.42 (September 1998) pp.8-9 – illustrated article
- SFX no.331 (October 2020) p.88 – illustrated book review (Star Trek: The Motion Picture: The Art and Visuals by Nick Setchfield)
- Variety vol.297 no.9 (2 January 1980) p.1 – note (Christmas Pix Are Perking; ‘Star Trek’, ‘Jerk’ Pacing Field)
- Variety vol.297 no.10 (9 January 1980) p.100 – note (Of 219 film openings in 1979, 170 preemed in West End sites)
Books
- Armchair Cinema: A History of Feature Films on British Television, 1929-1981 by Sheldon Hall p.359
- Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction by Phil Hardy (ed) p.354 – illustrated credits, review
- BFI Screen Guides: 100 Science Fiction Films by Barry Keith Grant pp.145-146
- The Complete Directory to Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Television Series by Alan Morton p.762 – credits
- Elliot’s Guide to Films on Video by John Elliott p.748 – credits, review
- Film Review 1980-81 by F. Maurice Speed (ed.) p.144 – credits, review
- The Ghost of One’s Self: Doppelgangers in Mystery, Horror and Science Fiction Films by Paul Meehan pp.174
- Heroes, Monsters and Values: Science Fiction Films of the 1970s by Michael Berman and Rohit Dalvi (eds.) pp.41-53 – article (Performances of spectacular and stressed embodiment in Star Trek, the Motion Picture by Maureen Connolly); vii, xi, 1, 2, 3, 4, 41-53, 68
- Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis p.370-371
- Sci-fi Chronicles by Guy Haley (ed.) pp.112; 238; 241
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Film Sequels, Series, and Remakes by Kim R. Holston and Tom Winchester p.439-442
- Science Fiction Films of the Seventies by Craig W. Anderson pp.235-241
- Trick Cinematography by R.M. Hayes pp.244-249
- Variety Science-Fiction Movies by Julian Brown (ed.) p.102-103 – illustrated credits, review
