![]() #STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE UPGRADE#Prepared over the course of six months by Fein, Matessino, and a visual effects team with access to Paramount’s archives, this iteration of ST: TMP stayed true to the vision established by Wise for The Director’s Edition in 2001, while doing a further, extensive, HD restoration and upgrade of the entire film. Star Trek: The Motion Picture RebornĮarlier this year, Paramount+ premiered a 4K Ultra HD (high definition) version of Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Director’s Edition. #STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE MOVIE#The legendary Wise, who passed away four years later in 2005, got the chance to finish the movie the way he wanted.īut the story wasn’t over yet. Scenes were excised or trimmed, a few were reinstated, and most importantly, the visuals were spruced up with the help of CGI. The release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Director’s Edition in November 2001 on home video (DVD and VHS) confirmed for many fans that there was a far better film after all hidden inside the “rough cut” (Wise’s own words) released in 1979. Fein and Michael Matessino – allowed Wise and his team to revisit the movie in 2001, reconstructing it to finally adhere more closely to Wise’s original vision. With fans and even critics constantly reappraising the original film, Paramount Pictures – with the encouragement of two members of Robert Wise’s production company, David C. It’s also well-known that the original theatrical version of the film – the one that Wise had to deliver finished or not – was not well-received by either fans or critics, although it became a sizable box office success. The complicated story of how ST: TMP – the first major motion picture based on an existing TV series - was developed, written, filmed, and released is a long, winding one that has been told before. Rushing to meet a Decemrelease date, with many of the visual effects being completed right up until the last possible minute by Douglas Trumbull (who had replaced the previous VFX supervisor), director Robert Wise ( The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Sound of Music) pretty much just stopped working on the film, carrying the first available print on a plane to the movie’s Washington D.C. Star Trek: The Motion Picture is one of Hollywood’s most famous “unfinished” films. Some 44 years after it went into production, Star Trek: The Motion Picture is finally complete. ![]()
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