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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786300216808
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6300216802
Label: Paramount
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageAnalog
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: December 07, 1992
Running Time: 132 minutes
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: December 07, 1979
Editorial Review:
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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. --Jeff Shannon
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Rating:  -
Overall the Director's Cut is an improvement in terms of sound, visual effects, and pace. And yet, i still prefer my VHS copy of the 143-minute version. Certain key scenes were deleted from the DVD, including some tender moments between Ilia and Decker, and some dialogue between McCoy and Kirk regarding Spock's obsession with V'Ger. The Ilia/Decker relationship is not as fully developed in this new cut, which is aggravating because it is that relationship that facilitates the ending of the film and ... Read More
Rating:  -
"What?", you might be asking. "This isn't the worst. `Final Frontier' is the worst". No, with all due respact, you're wrong and I'll tell you why. Final Frontier had a plot. It wasn't a good plot, but it was a plot nonetheless. A plot is something that this movie did not have. When I heard they were rebooting the Star Trek franchise, I sat down and watched all the previously made Star Trek movies. All but this one. I sat through "Final Frontier", Insurrection", and even "Nemesis". I absolutely ... Read More
Rating:  -
I loved the uniforms (which remind one more of the jogging suits the crew wore on the original show--while looking much more truly futuristic--than the later arctic-type reddish uniforms they'd wear from ST film #2 on). The equipment is more high tech looking than that of the 60's show which adds to the film's different look. I also loved the serious acting style of this first movie(though it still poked a bit of fun at the characters like when Chekov smiles at lady Ilya entering). Shatner is superb as (now ... Read More
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Star Trek the Motion Picture!
I did a rewatching of this film recently and even though I have the original VHS tape, the "special longer version" is much cleaned up from the theatrical release.
Robert Wise directs this Alan Dean Foster story (similar but only on a general way to The Original Series ("TOS") The Changeling.
In "The Changeling" the Enterprise was nearly hit by a high energy beam from a small probe that turned out to be a mix between Voyager and an alien probe. ... Read More
Rating:  -
There is nothing like the original cast from the original series to create an original movie that is so enjoyable.
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