Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Trek left the airwaves in 1969 but an army of avid fans not only kept the candle burning, they were part of an unending crusade that led to an epic big budget film version of the modestly produced television incarnation. Directed by Robert Wise, Star Trek: The Motion Picture features the same familiar crew; the hot-shot captain played by William Shatner, the grumpy medic played by DeForest Kelley, and, in some ways the lynchpin of the series, Leonard Nimoy as Spock, supremely logical science officer of the USS Enterprise. Jerry Goldsmith composed the score and Star Trek’s small-screen producer Gene Roddenberry did the honors for the theatrical version. The film set box office records ensuring Kirk and company would live very long and prosper plenty.
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Dana Gould began his professional comedy career at the age of seventeen. Between Comedy Central, HBO and Showtime, Dana has six solo stand-up comedy specials to his credit. Dana has had memorable acting turns on SEINFELD, PARKS AND REC, and played his live action self on FAMILY GUY and THE SIMPSONS. Dana is the creator and executive producer of the IFC horror-comedy STAN AGAINST EVIL and adapted Rod Serling’s original screenplay draft for PLANET OF THE APES as a graphic novel for Boom! Comics. Dana played Doctor Z (Doctor Zaius) in full make up by Andy Schoneberg on his own original series, Hanging WIth Doctor Z on YouTube, where he, as Doctor Z, interviews famous guests. He continues to perform standup regularly across the country. His monthly podcast, THE DANA GOULD HOUR, frequently appears in iTunes' top ten comedy downloads. MR. FUNNY MAN, Dana’s first comedy album since 2015’s I KNOW ITS WRONG, debuted on iTunes comedy chart at #1. Most recently, Dana and Bobcat Goldthwait have collaborated on the upcoming film JOY RIDE.
Lush visuals (the special effects are among te best ever made and still kick ass in comparision to much of cgi done nowadays); yet the overall feeling is quite frigidly detached, as if talented Bob Wise attempeted todo a Kubrickian space opera disguised as a Star Trek movie.
Still it was all worthwhile for it launched the cinematic series with the original cast (the second one is just wonderful)
P.S.–Richard Kline´s cinematography is out-of-this-world beautiful (no pun intended).