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Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
Genres
DocumentaryScience Fiction
Overview
In celebration of Star Trek's 50th anniversary, this two-hour documentary explores this enduring franchise by offering viewers an unprecedented, candid exploration into the original series cancellation and subsequent resurrection as one of the most successful series of motion pictures in Hollywood history. Features new interviews with key creative and production people as well as never before seen images from the production of all six classic Star Trek films along with details on all the un-produced Trek theatrical projects including The God Thing, Star Trek: Planet of the Titans, Star Trek: The Academy Years, and many other aborted big screen voyages for the crew of the Enterprise. Chapter 1 - The New Frontier: Resurrecting Star Trek Chapter 2 - Maiden Voyage: Making Star Trek The Motion Picture Chapter 3 - The Genesis Effect: Engineering The Wrath of Khan Chapter 4 - The Dream Is Alive: The Continuing Mission Chapter 5 - End of an Era: Charting The Undiscovered Country
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
146 min
Release Date
2016-06-07
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
3
Vote Average
2.8
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Mark A. Altman
Self
Richard Arnold
Self
Thomas Barron
Self
Fred Bronson
Self
Manny Coto
Self
Marc Cushman
Self
Christopher Doohan
Self
Doug Drexler
Self
Richard Edlund
Self
Bobak Ferdowsi
Self
D.C. Fontana
Self
Alan Dean Foster
Self
Michael Jan Friedman
Self
David Gerrold
Self
David A. Goodman
Self
Edward Gross
Self
Steven-Charles Jaffe
Self
Preston Neal Jones
Self
Devra Langsam
Self
David Loughery
Self
Adam Malin
Self
Scott Mantz
Self
Nicholas Meyer
Self
Larry Nemecek
Self
Adam Nimoy
Self
Kerry O'Quinn
Self
Thomas Parry
Self
Bill Prady
Self
Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Self
Judith Reeves-Stevens
Self
Susan Sackett
Self
Robert Sallin
Self
Ian Spelling
Self
Gabrielle Stanton
Self
Michael Sussman
Self
Kirk R. Thatcher
Self
Bjo Trimble
Self
John Trimble
Self
Ralph Winter
Self
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