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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.

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Paramount assigned a studio executive to Trumbull to make sure he would meet the release date, [34] and together with Yuricich the effects team rushed to finish. The album added an additional 21 minutes of music to supplement the original track list, and was resequenced to reflect the story line of the film.Fletcher designed the Class B uniform as similar to evolved T-shirts, with shoulder boards used to indicate rank and service divisions. Kirk ( William Shatner) assumes command of the recently refitted Starship USS Enterprise, to lead it on a mission to save the planet and determine V 'Ger 's origins. As such, Rubin devised and fabricated about 350 props for the film, 55 of which were used in the San Francisco tram scene alone.

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After the groundbreaking opticals of Star Wars, Star Trek 's producers realized the film required similarly high-quality visuals. Changes included "radiator grill" nacelle caps, a glowing deflector dish, a new impulse engine, new shapes for the aft end and hangar doors of the secondary hull, more docking ports, rounder windows, hatches, and windows for an observation lounge, recreation deck, and arboretum. As the Paramount executive in production, Katzenberg tried to keep costs down as filming lagged behind schedule. Collins was covered in tiny dabs of cotton glued to his jacket; these highlights were designed to create a body halo.Michelson first removed Chekov's new weapons station, a semicircular plastic bubble grafted onto one side of the bridge wall.

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Due to the requirement that the sun be in a specific location for filming and that the environment be bright enough, production fell behind schedule when it was unseasonably cloudy for three days straight. Goldsmith scored The Motion Picture over a period of three to four months, a relatively relaxed schedule compared to typical production, but time pressures resulted in Goldsmith bringing on colleagues to assist in the work.

A final draft of the third act was approved in late September 1978, but had it not been for a Penthouse interview where NASA scientist Robert Jastrow said that mechanical forms of life were likely, the ending might not have been approved at all. Besides developing Vulcan ears and alien masks, Phillips and his assistant Charles Schram applied more routine makeup to the principal actors.