The Spock spacewalk sequence, for example, was radically changed from the Abel version. Star Trek: The Motion Picture Synopsis: The Federation calls on Adm. James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and the crew of the Starship Enterprise to contain an immense nimbused object … ‡ figure does not include additional $85,000 for special lighting The bridge, for example, was lit with a low density of light to make the console monitors display better. Testing of Enterprise's new systems goes poorly; two officers, including the ship's Vulcan science officer Sonak, are killed by a malfunctioning transporter, and improperly calibrated engines nearly destroy the ship. It also has publicity advantages if properly released at the right time. The end result was a list of 34 names, none of whom were chosen to pen the script. [111] With Trumbull now available, primary responsibility for The Motion Picture's optical effects passed on to him. and include the Maya civilization into his story, which enraged the writer because he knew Maya did not exist at the dawn of time. Goldsmith heard it and immediately decided to use it for V'Ger's cues. A total of 15 of the devices were made for the film. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett. [30] When that film folded after three months for Adam and "a month and a half" for McQuarrie,[31] their concepts were shelved, although a handful of them were revisited in later productions. A massive alien spacecraft of enormous power destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers as it makes its way towards Federation space. [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. Paramount instead planned on returning the franchise to its roots, with a new television series titled Star Trek: Phase II. [8], Much of the rewriting had to do with the relationships of Kirk and Spock, Decker and Ilia, and the Enterprise and V'ger. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. [101] One scene required the Ilia probe to slice through a steel door in the sickbay; doors made out of paper, corrugated cardboard covered in aluminum foil, and cork were tested before the proper effect was reached. The Official Star Trek Website and gateway to the final frontier $2.00 Used. [95], Nimoy and Shatner ad-lib their lines in response to constant corrections; Koenig noted that "we're falling further behind in our shooting schedule, but we're having fun doing it. An Italian shoemaker decorated by the Italian government for making Gucci shoes was tasked with creating the futuristic footwear. [184] The Motion Picture earned $17 million within a week. This DVD version has improved and restored and made Star Trek: TMP a pleasure to watch rather than a chore. She had small roles in Conduct Unbecoming and The Wilby Conspiracy (both 1975). 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. [122] The torpedo effects were simulated by shooting a laser through a piece of crystal mounted on a rotating rod after experiments with Tesla coils proved insufficient. 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". 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. To replace Spock, Roddenberry created a logical Vulcan prodigy named Xon. Certainly looks better than my bad pan/scanned VHS copy.The DVD truly shines with its brand new sound mix. [99] The next bridge scenes to be filmed after the wormhole sequence, Enterprise's approach to V'Ger and the machine's resulting attack, were postponed for two weeks so that the special effects for the scene could be planned and implemented, and the engine room scenes could be shot. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (VHS, 1996, Widescreen) 5 out of 5 stars (1) Total Ratings 1, $7.50 New. Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Here's this gigantic machine that's a million years further advanced than we are. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. She refused to appear nude as called for in the script during the Ilia probe's appearance. Taylor focused on the details, giving it a stylization he considered "almost Art Deco". For the redesign Michelson felt that the transporter should look and feel more powerful. She is replaced by a robotic replica, sent by the entity, which calls itself "V'Ger", to study the "carbon lifeforms" on the ship. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Paramount Pictures, 1979) is the first feature film based on the popular science fiction television series, Star Trek: The Original Series. Shay, Don (August 1980). Text commentary by Okuda gives even more scene specific info. The Original Star Trek Movies - Part 1 : Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) d. Robert Wise, 132 minutes . The 2 DVD's come with a plethora of information. Probert also replaced the Phase II ship weapons tube with a twin launcher torpedo deck and added elements such as features for a separating saucer and landing pads that were never utilized on any film featuring the model. The designer began with the bridge, which had nearly been completed. It was felt that the traditional four gold sleeve stripes for the captain's rank was too blatantly militaristic. Written by AKA: Star Trek I: The Motion Picture, Star Trek II, Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Director's Edition, Star Trek Le Film, Star Trek: Phase II. Khambatta had to leave the location repeatedly to avoid hypercapnia. The writers began to adapt "In Thy Image" into a film script, but it was not completed until four months after production commenced. It was necessary for all the main cast to be familiar with control sequences at their stations as each panel was activated by touch via heat-sensitive plates. The success of the series in syndication convinced the studio to begin work on the film in 1975. That was the problem. When the show was canceled, owner Paramount Pictures hoped to recoup their production losses by selling the syndication rights. Welcome to the OFFICIAL Facebook page and visit us at www.StarTrek.com! We always ended up against a blank wall. Everyone realizes humans are the Creator. [62] The Enterprise was revised again after Abel & Associates were dismissed. 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. 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. [86] When Weldon was hired, many of the effects had already been started or completed by Rugg; it was up to Weldon to complete more complex and higher-budgeted effects for the motion picture. To recreate the appearance of the swirling eddies of water in the real Yellowstone, a combination of evaporated milk, white poster paint, and water was poured into the set's pools. With the help of long presumed dead Captain Kirk, Captain Picard must stop a deranged scientist willing to murder on a planetary scale in order to enter a space matrix. The first attempts at filming the scene became a nightmare for the crew. The movie provided major publicity and was used to advertise the synthesizer, though no price was given. [49] Minor built a central bubble for the ceiling to give the bridge a human touch. "[201], The characters and acting received a mixed reception. Star Trek: The Motion Picture ( 2,384 ) IMDb 6.4 2 h 11 min 1979 X-Ray G The Federation calls on Adm. James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and the crew of the Starship Enterprise to contain an immense nimbused object that's on a crash course with Earth. Written by Alan Dean Foster and Harold Livingston. [41] Gautreaux was among the actors who had not worked with a chroma key before. [58], The first Star Trek movie models constructed were small study models for Planet of the Titans based on designs by Adam and McQuarrie, but these flat-hulled Enterprise concepts were abandoned when that film was cancelled (although one was later used in the space-dock in the movie Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, and another later appeared in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Best of Both Worlds").[59]. Enterprise's original crew. Stephen Godfrey of The Globe and Mail rated their performances highly: "time has cemented Leonard Nimoy's look of inscrutability as Mr. Spock [...] DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy is as feisty as ever, and James Doohan as Scotty still splutters about his engineering woes. 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. [21] On November 11, just two and a half weeks before production on Phase II was due to start, the studio announced that the television series had been canceled in favor of a new feature film. [162], Owing to the rush to complete the film, The Motion Picture was never screened before test audiences, something Wise later regretted. Povill was tasked with finding more writers to develop a script. [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. 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]). Star Trek: The Motion Picture is the first film in the Star Trek series, the most successful series in movie history. Newly done credits over moving starfield.First main new special effect is the Vulcan landscape, tilting from sky to the surface. A probe appears on the bridge, attacks Spock, and abducts the navigator, Ilia. [95] Due to the requirement that the sun be in a specific location for filming and that the environment be bright enough, production fell behind schedule when it was unseasonably cloudy for three days straight. Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Different lighting schemes were used to simulate different decks of the ship with the same length of corridor. [19], The original Star Trek television series ran for three seasons from 1966 to 1969 on NBC. [128] Several state-of-the-art synthesizers were used as musical instruments, notably the Yamaha CS-80, ARP 2600, Oberheim OB-X, and Serge synthesizer. With the cancellation of Phase II, writers rushed to adapt its planned pilot episode, "In Thy Image", into a film script. On the eve of retirement, Kirk and McCoy are charged with assassinating the Klingon High Chancellor and imprisoned. 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. [21] The popularity of the syndicated Star Trek caused Paramount and Roddenberry to begin developing the film in May 1975. [183][184] The film beat the 3-day weekend record set by Superman (1978) of $10.4 million[185] in its third weekend (but not its 4-day weekend gross of $13.1 million) and the opening weekend gross of the 1978 reissue of Star Wars of $10.1 million. [105] Its two pages of script needed 45 different shots—averaging one a day—for the travel pod containing Kirk to make its flight from the space office complex to the docking ring. What is "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" about? Star Trek: The Motion Picture Trumbull was confident that he could get the work done without a loss of quality[114] despite a reputation for missing deadlines because of his perfectionism. 2019 marks the 40th anniversary of the first Star Trek movie, Star Trek: The Motion Picture. [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. Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) assumes command of the recently refitte… As such, Rubin devised and fabricated about 350 props for the film, 55 of which were used in the San Francisco tram scene alone. [83], Filming of The Motion Picture's first scene began on August 7, 1978. The movie was to have been set before the television series, showing how the crew of the Enterprise met. The set was 24 feet (7.3 m) high, decorated with 107 pieces of custom-designed furniture, and packed with 300 people for filming. It is especially notable for being the only Star Trek novel to be written by Gene Roddenberry, who created the franchise. The brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father's legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful Romulan from the future creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time. The official guide to the film artistry of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Transparencies of the film's sets were inserted behind some windows, and as jokes, some featured Probert, other production staff members, and Mickey Mouse. The movie opens as it's discovered racing directly toward Earth, and it seems to be hostile. When the original television series was canceled in 1969, Roddenberry lobbied Paramount Pictures to continue the franchise through a feature film. [48] When the television series was cancelled and plans for a film put into place, new sets were needed for the large 70 mm film format. Ich bin jedesmal aufs neue begeistert, wie er es schaffte, aus jedem noch so kleinen Cue, was ganz besonderes zu machen! Strong and sleek; and in a wide range of natural colors; these wooden frames work beautifully in any décor and with any poster. This page was last edited on 8 April 2021, at 21:50. Isenberg began scouting filming locations and hired designers and illustrators. Other actors from the television series who returned included Majel Barrett as Christine Chapel, a doctor aboard the Enterprise,[17][18] and Grace Lee Whitney as Janice Rand, formerly one of Kirk's yeomen. To inform actors and series writers, Lee prepared a USS Enterprise Flight Manual as a continuity guide to control functions. In "Star Trek: The Motion Picture", the alien entity is an unimaginably vast alien spaceship from somewhere out at the edge of the galaxy. A special camera support track was built that could pan and focus over a 40-by-80-foot (12 by 24 m) piece of art, with the light strobed to provide depth. Wise later considered his work with Goldsmith one of the best relationships he ever had with a composer. 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. [152][153] The discussion of a new birth is framed in a reverential way. In all, over 200 pieces of monitor footage were created and cataloged into a seven-page listing. [202], Many critics felt that the special effects overshadowed other elements of the film. This is precisely what he has done in the DVD version and its magnificent.Aesthetically, the DVD version shows you the best Star Trek: The Motion Picture can possibly look. Wise instead wanted Chekov's station to face the Enterprise's main viewer, a difficult request as the set was primarily circular. Key among these were famed production designer Ken Adam, who said, "I was approached by Gene Roddenberry and we got on like a house on fire"; he was employed to design the film. [20], Roddenberry had first proposed a Star Trek feature at the 1968 World Science Fiction Convention. [89] Security swept cars leaving the lots for stolen items; even the principal actors were not spared this inconvenience. 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. There are other elements that have been changed, for the better I would say.The DVD contents have been remastered with Wise's overseeing. The pressure of the steam channeled into the pools through hidden tubing causes enough movement in the whirlpools to duplicate the location footage. When the project became The Motion Picture, Robert Abel and Associates art director Richard Taylor wanted to completely redesign the ship, but Roddenberry insisted on the same shape as designed by Jefferies for Phase II. [74], Fred Phillips, the original designer of Spock's Vulcan ears, served as The Motion Picture's makeup artist. [148] The crew encountered difficulty in transferring the quarter-inch (0.64 cm) tapes used for creating the sounds to the 35 mm film used for the final prints; while the film was to be released with Dolby sound, Serafine found it was easier to mix the sounds without regard to format and add the specific format after, during the later transfer to 35 mm. [139], A soundtrack featuring the film's music was released by Columbia Records in 1979 together with the film debut, and was one of Goldsmith's best-selling scores. While much of the crew readied for post-production, Wise and Roddenberry were grateful for the opportunity to take a short vacation from the motion picture before returning to work.[104]. The original release was so rushed that very little in terms of ambient sound and special effects audio elements were done on the sound mix amongst other production elements. [27] Povill also wrote up a list of possible directors, including Coppola, Steven Spielberg, Lucas, and Robert Wise, but all were busy at the time (or unwilling to work on the small budget). Instead of having the ship completely dark save for viewports, Trumbull devised a system of self-illumination; he pictured the ship as something like an oceanliner, "a grand lady of the seas at night". 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