‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Director’s Edition’ makes its glorious return
), which suggests that Wise re-cut the film in 1980 to be 12 minutes shorter, but producer David C. Fein doesn’t believe it to be true.)In 1997, Wise, through his company Robert Wise Productions, enlisted the help of producers David C. Fein, Michael Matessino and Daren R. Dochterman to help fix the film. They examined the original storyboards, fixed some of the more egregious effects choices and tightened the editing.
But this edition, while considered “definitive,” was never re-released beyond its original 2001 DVD printing. According to The project is, if we’re being a little too honest, long overdue, since Paramount opted to offer the theatrical print offor all of the Blu-ray releases. “Unfortunately, when the hi-def [versions of thefilms] came out, Bob [Wise] got to watch the fact that it was the original theatrical version,” explained Fein.
One sequence that Fein spent lots of effort on, both then and now, was when the V’Ger probe attacks the bridge. The original film sequence was projected through a bent mylar filter with intentionally harsh lighting to create the alien effect. “The way that it looked, was almost like [our] film stopped and another one started,” he explained, looking at the washed-out colors, high grain and poor continuity.
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