Star Trek: The Motion Picture (The
Director's Edition) (1979) DVD
Product Details
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Starring: William Shatner, Leonard
Nimoy
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Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and
Canada only. This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries.)
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Format: Color, Closed-captioned,
Widescreen, Dolby
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Aspect Ratio(s): 1.85:1
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Audio Encoding: Dolby Digital 5.1,
Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
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Rated:
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Studio: Paramount Home Video
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DVD Release Date: May 13, 2003
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Run Time: 136
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DVD Features:
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Available subtitles: English
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Available Audio Tracks: English
(Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
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Commentary by director Robert
Wise, special photographic effects director Douglas Trumbull, special
photographic effects supervisor John Dykstra, music composer Jerry Goldsmith,
and actor Stephen Collins
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Disc 1:
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The newly restored, director's
edition of the feature film
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Text commentary by Michael Okuda,
co-author of the Star Trek Encyclopedia
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Disc 2:
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3 retrospective documentaries with
cast and crew interviews
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3 trailers
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8 television commercials
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11 deleted scenes
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5 additional scenes
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Storyboard archives
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New Star Trek series Enterprise
promo spot
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Number of discs: 2
· ASIN: B00005JKHP
Editorial Reviews
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Back when the first Star Trek feature was released in December 1979, the
Trek franchise was still relatively modest, consisting of the original
TV series, an animated cartoon series from 1973-74, and a burgeoning fan
network around the world. Series creator Gene Roddenberry had conceived a
second TV series, but after the success of Star Wars the project was
upgraded into this lavish feature film, which reunited the original series cast
aboard a beautifully redesigned starship U.S.S. Enterprise. Under the
direction of Robert Wise (best known for West Side Story), the film
proved to be a mixed blessing for Trek fans, who heatedly debated its
merits; but it was, of course, a phenomenal hit. Capt. Kirk (William Shatner)
leads his crew into the vast structures surrounding V'Ger, an all-powerful being that is cutting a destructive course
through Starfleet space. With his new First Officer (Stephen Collins), the bald
and beautiful Lieutenant Ilia (played by the late
Persis Khambatta) and his returning veteran crew,
Kirk must decipher the secret of V'Ger's true purpose
and restore the safety of the galaxy. The story is rather overblown and
derivative of plots from the original series, and avid Trekkies
greeted the film's bland costumes with derisive laughter. But as a feast for
the eyes, this is an adventure worthy of big-screen trekkin'.
Douglas Trumbull's visual effects are astonishing, and Jerry Goldmith's score is regarded as one of the prolific
composer's very best (with its main theme later used for Star Trek: The Next
Generation). And, fortunately for Star Trek fans, the expanded
143-minute version (originally shown for the film's network TV premiere) is
generally considered an improvement over the original theatrical release.
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