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. Colin Tinto . 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. [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. Kirk wins out, the entity returns to its dimension, and the Enterprise crew resumes their voyages. Assistant director Danny McCauley was responsible for collaborating with unit production manager Phil Rawlins to finalize shooting orders and assigning extras. The scope and size of the effects grew after the television movie became The Motion Picture. The first step of preparation involved analyzing the script in the number, duration, and type of effects. [149] 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. One bolt of material had been handpicked by Cecil DeMille in 1939, and was in perfect condition. Povill credited Nimoy with the single tear scene, and the discussion of V'Ger's need to evolve. [83], Filming of The Motion Picture's first scene began on August 7, 1978. At the center of the massive ship, V'Ger is revealed to be Voyager 6, a 20th-century Earth space probe believed lost in a black hole. Or if it really is great, will we like those humans who do defeat it? What listeners say about Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The only starship in range is the Enterprise, after undergoing a major overhaul in drydock orbiting Earth. Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis Planet to recover Spock's body. As such, Rubin devised and fabricated about 350 props for the film, 55 of which were used in the San Francisco tram scene alone. While on the small screen the ears could be used up to four times, since nicks and tears did not show up on television, Phillips had to create around three pairs a day for Nimoy during filming. Rawlins, production manager Lindsley Parsons Jr., and Katzenberg were all tasked with keeping things moving as fast as possible and keeping the budget under control; every hour on stage cost the production $4000. The disc features a new commentary track by Star Trek authors and contributors Michael and Denise Okuda, Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens, and Daren Dochterman. The designs were developed by Phillips himself or else off Fletcher's sketches. Bones says V'Ger says its creator is a machine, to which Decker replies "We all create God in our own image. The seller was convicted of stealing a trade secret, fined $750, and sentenced to two years' probation. Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Into the V'ger Maw with Douglas Trumbull. Spock would save his friend, and the two would proceed through V'ger. 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. [199] Godfrey called the effects "stunning", but conceded that they threatened to overpower the story two-thirds of the way into the film. [100] Chekov's burns sustained in V'Ger's attack were difficult to film; though the incident took only minutes on film, Weldon spent hours preparing the effect. Jerry Goldsmith composed the film's score, beginning an association with Star Trek that would continue until 2002. Who is the story's hero anyway? [191] The studio faulted Roddenberry's script rewrites and creative direction for the plodding pace and disappointing gross. Shay, Don (August 1980). When the original television series was canceled in 1969, Roddenberry lobbied Paramount Pictures to continue the franchise through a feature film. Although irked by the rejection, Goldsmith consented to rework his initial ideas. [52] For the science station, two consoles were rigged for hydraulic operation so that they could be rolled into the walls when not in use, but the system was disconnected when the crew discovered it would be easier to move them by hand. [7] With the studio's acceptance of this treatment, Roddenberry immediately stopped work on other projects to refocus on Star Trek, and the screenwriters and Isenberg were deluged with grateful fan mail. Having monitored the surprise attack, Federation space station Epsilon IX is still unable to prevent itself from becoming the next victim of this vast, mysterious energy cloud. [183], Star Trek: The Motion Picture opened in the United States and Canada on December 7, 1979, in 857 theaters and set a box office record for the highest opening weekend gross, making $11,926,421 in its first weekend. 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. [96], On returning to Paramount, the art department had to recreate parts of Yellowstone in a large "B tank", 110 by 150 feet (34 by 46 m) long. Most of the bridge consoles, designed by Lee Cole, remained from the scrapped television series. Goldsmith heard it and immediately decided to use it for V'Ger's cues. The object turns out to be a super-advanced computer, the remains of a scheming race who were cast out of their dimension. 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. [105][115] The Glencoe-based facilities the teams had used for Close Encounters were deemed insufficient, and a nearby facility was rented and outfitted with five more stages equipped with camera tracks and systems. [117] Crews worked in three shifts a day, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The crew built a circular track that had the same shape as the corridor and suspended the antigravity prop on four small wires that connected to the track. And they probably redesigned the whole sick bay, too! [117], Trumbull said that Wise and the studio gave him "a tremendous amount of creative freedom"[105] despite being hired after the completion of nearly all the principal photography. 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. Now, how the hell can we possibly deal with this? 3:47; 05 Floating Office. 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. [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. Will be a big shot some day. 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. Persis Khambatta (2 October 1948 – 18 August 1998) was an Indian model and actress who is best remembered for playing Lieutenant Ilia in the feature film Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). [63] For close shots of the pod traveling to the Enterprise, close-ups of Shatner and Doohan were composited into the model, while in long shots lookalike puppets were used. [137][138] The rush to finish the rest of the film impacted the score. 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. ", for example, the god Apollo is revealed to be a fraud, an alien rather than a divine being from Earth's past. Kirk's unfamiliarity with the ship's new systems increases the tension between him and Decker, who has been temporarily demoted to first officer. [21] At its widest domestic distribution, the film was shown in 1,002 theaters; it grossed $82,258,456 in the United States, making it the fifth-highest-grossing film of 1979 in that country. She is replaced by a robotic replica, sent by the entity, which calls itself "V'Ger", to study the "carbon lifeforms" on the ship. [152] Barrett suggests that with the Star Trek feature films this attitude of not addressing religious issues shifted. As the three ships are attempting to esca… With Earth saved, Kirk directs Enterprise out to space for future missions. First released March 3, 2021. The original Star Trek cast—who had agreed to appear in the new movie, with contracts as-yet unsigned pending script approval—grew anxious about the constant delays, and pragmatically accepted other acting offers while Roddenberry worked with Paramount. The novelization of Star Trek: The Motion Picture is an adaptation of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, written by Gene Roddenberry. "[197] Gary Arnold and Judith Martin of The Washington Post felt that the plot was too thin to support the length of the film, although Martin felt that compared to such science-fiction films as 2001, Star Wars, and Alien, The Motion Picture's premise was "slightly cleverer". Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned U.S.S. [203], Many critics felt that the special effects overshadowed other elements of the film. [110] Gautreaux believed that Roddenberry had not wanted Wise as director but Paramount wanted his experience, and that the two powerful men's differing visions hurt the film. 2019 marks the 40th anniversary of the first Star Trek movie, Star Trek: The Motion Picture.All year long fans of the movie have been wondering if Paramount would do anything to celebrate. Constant revisions to the story and the shooting script continued to the extent of hourly script updates on shooting dates. [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. She then removes the headband, and asks why two carbon units have entered V'Ger. The scene was finally completed on August 24, while the transporter scenes were being filmed at the same time on the same soundstage. Each ear was made of latex and other ingredients blended together in a kitchen mixer, then baked for six hours. [200] Variety disagreed, calling the film "a search-and-destroy thriller that includes all of the ingredients the TV show's fans thrive on: the philosophical dilemma wrapped in a scenario of mind control, troubles with the space ship, the dependable and understanding Kirk, the ever-logical Spock, and suspenseful take with twist ending". Music: "Edge of Darkness" by Zoltan ZadoriA modern trailer for the 1979 film Star Trek: The Motion Picture About this Movie. Ilia reminds Sulu of her oath of celibacy, and Decker informs Ilia that the captain didn't mean anything personally, and Ilia says she would never take advantage of a sexually immature species. Cast and crew who had been hired that Monday were laid off by Friday, and construction came to a halt. [166] The film was the first major Hollywood adaptation of a television series that had been off the air for nearly a decade to retain its original principal cast. [103], Two weeks later, the entire cast and crew joined with studio executives for a traditional wrap party. McQuarrie wrote that "there was no script" and that much of the work was "winging it". Der Film startete am 27. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? To inform actors and series writers, Lee prepared a USS Enterprise Flight Manual as a continuity guide to control functions. That said, if you are someone who prefer action then Star Trek 2 is your movie. [73][75] The upswept Vulcan eyebrows needed to be applied hair by hair for proper detail, and it took Nimoy more than two hours to prepare for filming—twice as long as it had for television.[76]. The new captain of the Enterprise.He gets demoted to the rank of commander after Kirk comes aboard and takes over. [167], Paramount Home Entertainment released the film on VHS, Betamax, LaserDisc, and CED videodisc in 1980 in its original theatrical version. Jumpsuits, serving a more utilitarian function, were the only costumes to have pockets, and were made with a heavyweight spandex that required a special needle to puncture the thick material. [177], The Director's Edition was far better received by critics than the original 1979 release, with some considering the edit to have subsequently turned the film into one of the series best. [50] The wattage of the light bulbs beneath the plastic console buttons was reduced from 25 watts to 6 watts after the generated heat began melting the controls. Star Trek I: The Motion Picture. [171][172], Two members of Wise's production company, David C. Fein and Michael Matessino, approached Wise and Paramount and persuaded them to release a revised version of the film on video; Paramount released the updated Director's Edition of the film on VHS and DVD on November 6, 2001. 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, who had worked with the composer for The Sand Pebbles, replied "Hell, no. The movie provided major publicity and was used to advertise the synthesizer, though no price was given. Robert Wise does not need qualification. "[204] Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote that the actors did not have much to do in the effects-driven film, and were "limited to the exchanging of meaningful glances or staring intently at television monitors, usually in disbelief". 5:00; Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Spock Walk. Any changes in dialogue or ad-libbed lines were similarly written down. Production was moved to April 1978 so that the necessary scripts, sets, and wardrobe could be upgraded. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) Plot. Director's Edition Release Date: 11.06.2001. The DVD Journal's Mark Bourne said it showcased "a brisker, more attractive version of the movie" that was "as good as it might have been in 1979. [203] Kroll, Martin, and Arnold agreed that the effects were not able to carry the film or gloss over its other deficiencies: "I'm not sure that Trumbull & Co. have succeeded in pulling the philosophic chestnuts of Roddenberry and his co-writers out of the fire", Arnold wrote. 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