Episode 579: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Special Guests: Alan Dean Foster, Jon Povill, Walter Koenig
Guest Co-Hosts: A.J. Black, Trevor Gumbel

Sci Fi July begins with the first entry in the Star Trek film franchise, Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). After a decade without a live-action version of Star Trek the crew reunite to embark on a very familiar mission: a Gene Roddenberry special where a god-like creature judges humanity to be lacking.

Our episode features interviews with story writer Alan Dean Foster, associate producer Jon Povill, and actor Walter Koenig.

A.J. Black and Trevor Gumbel join Mike to discuss the unusual path to the big screen the film took as well as how it forges a link between "TOS" and "TNG".

Correction: It was Star Trek: Voyager that lead UPN, not Star Trek: The Next Generation (which was syndicated).

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Links:
Become a supporter of The Projection Booth
Buy Star Trek: The Motion Picture 4K
Buy The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture by Susan Sackett & Gene Roddenberry
Buy Chekov's Enterprise: A Personal Journal of the Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture by Walter Koenig Buy Beaming Up and Getting Off: Life Before and Beyond Star Trek by Walter Koenig
Buy These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s, Volume 3 (1978-1980) by Marc Cushman
Buy Return to Tomorrow: The Filming of Star Trek - The Motion Picture by Preston Neal Jones
Buy Star Trek: The Motion Picture: The Art and Visual Effects by Jeff Bond
Buy Star Trek, History and Us: Reflections of the Present and Past Throughout the Franchise by A.J. Black
Read about The Star Trek Happy Meal
Read about the differences between the versions of Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Music:
All Music From Star Trek: The Motion Picture Original Soundtrack Remastered & Expanded by Jerry Goldsmith

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Star Trek: Legacy from Patrick Collins on Vimeo.