Star Trek - The Motion Picture Directors Edition - Trailer

[trha2222]

I liked the original version of this but I love the Directors Edition. This is an epic film and one of the great undervalued SF films. The direction, photography, effects and music are all top notch. The acting is stilted at times but I don't really mind because this is the most unique of all the Trek films. There is no other like it.

[Gonzoidzz]

I saw this when I was 12 in 79, utterly blew my mind. I just watched it on Film 4 HD and was blown away again. I prefer this to 2001 and Close Encounters.

[SumSayYez]

the best film of the first six films without a question.... BECAUSE RODDENBERRY MADE IT!!!!!!!

[hossola77]

I forgot what a beautiful trailer this is, and William Shatner's 'wink' at the end is priceless.

I'll always love 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture'!

[Roadracer987654321]

Captain Kirk is like Prince Valiant and Horatio Hornblower of the Royal Navy in Outer Space.

Mr. Spock, who is at his Side, No Matter what is Symbolic of the Roman Guard who will Protect his Leader and their Followers at all costs,above and beyond the Call of Duty.

Mr. Scott who is still an Unexplored Character is like the Overseeing Knight in the Cellar who stokes the Coals of the Furnace so the Fortress can go into Adventure and Confict once again.

Dr. Mc'Coy is like Friar Tuck in Space

[Zeemis]

So much nostalgia... my god.

[Roadracer987654321]

St-TMP story was like a Dull 3rd Season Story of the Original Series. The Film was too Serious.I met Shatner. We shook hands and Said Hello. For Real. He was actually Nice. He was to me as I grew Up what Errol Flynn would have been to him and his Generation. Meeting him was like seeing your Favorite School Teacher years later after you grew up. TMP should have had more action, More Battles & more on what Kirk,Spock,Mc'Coy, Scotty & Sulu had been up to since the Original Five Year Mission Ended.

[connchri]

@Roadracer987654321 The rest of the movies are all that though. What you have to remember is that this movie was fundementally more of a sort of "soul searching" thing. It was Gene Roddenberry's opportunity to get his optimistic views out there with a very humanistic version of the future. Aka, what could be.

I love all the movies, but they are all different, ST1 and ST5 are very much fantasy & Roddenberry-ish. The rest, more Sci-Fi, big guns.

I wouldn't have it any other way. Fab Movies!

[ConfessionsPew]

,,,form of energy never encountered, source unknown...it was scary when even Spock was stumped

[voltz15]

so how many of you folks got to see this in theaters?

[hossola77]

@voltz15 : I definately did. Many times, actually. The first time I saw Star Trek: The Motion Picture, I was nine years old, standing in quite a long line with my brother and Dad...in December, 1979. Having loved the T.V. series, I was as excited for this as I was for Star Wars. The audience went nuts at the first sight of Spock on Vulcan, and of Kirk gettting off the shuttle in San Francisco. When I saw the new Enterprise on that huge screen, I just about spilled my Coke into my popcorn!

[connchri]

@hossola77 Wish I could have been there! Man, what it must've been like growing up in the '70's and '80's.

[cubdukat]

@voltz15 I finally saw it on the big screen the week before "Star Trek VI" opened in 1991.

[bootsdog3]

Yes I fell asleep in the movie theater the first two times I saw this film, but it is still the best of all of the Star Trek movies.

[TheREALforeverone]

This is awesome. :)

[joeylodes]

Still Sucks

[a2pha]

Perspective is wrong. Request reupload.

[ShipHunter]

@a2pha

?! No it isn't

[RussianRasta1981]

@ShipHunter:

It is wrong!!!!!

[gsaum]

@ShipHunter Yes, it is very wrong. Everything is squished.

[motherfan55]

@ShipHunter I think he meant the wrong aspect ratio.

[kd4adv]

"V'ger"



[IHS7]

God i hated the Uniforms in this movie.

[boradis]

Too bad about the aspect ratio.

[CloudofFate]

The biggest problem with this one is that it is too damn slow.

[JayArgonaut]

Thanks for posting this, I'd never seen this trailer before. Was it shown on U.S TV, in the cinema and is it available on the Director's Edition DVD?

[ShipHunter]

@JayArgonaut

I'dont know where it was shown, I'm from germany, so no Idea if it was in the US TV or cinema. But you can find this trailer on the Directors Edition Bonus DVD.

[BondFreek]

When I was a kid some other kids thought that this movie was "how the crew first got together". It amazes me that even after 31 years there are still people who think that Star Trek the Motion Picture was a prequel, showing their first adventure. I now wish it was then maybe they would not have made that atrocity called "Star Trek" (2009).

[yourLoyalBaron]

@BondFreek Hard to imagine they could've written a screenplay that was duller than the Motion Picture and simulanteously less cohesive than The Final Frontier for JJ Abrams "Star Trek"

[BondFreek]

@yourLoyalBaron. And yet it happend.

[Robotdrummerzzk]

@BondFreek they looked 20 years older!

[BondFreek]

@Robotdrummerzzk. Um... because it's a sequel to the TV show. You see in my day they made sequels not prequels or reboots or sequel-prequel- reboots. Star Trek The Motion Picture takes place 12 years later to the day the series was canceled. The Wrath of Khan is 15 years after the episode Space Seed aired and so on and so forth. The Next Generations takes place 78 years after the original Star trek TV show, DS 9 84 years after the original show, Voyager 101 years after the original show.

[Robotdrummerzzk]

@BondFreek Yes, i'm well aware of that LOL-

I was replying to a poster who said "How come they look younger in this movie"

[somejackball]

lens flare at: 0:29

hehe

[BondFreek]

Why did Paramount Pictures discuntinued this version? It is the best and only version worth watching.

[ShipHunter]

Discontinued? It is still available on DVD...it is not released on Blu Ray because the new Special Effects were shot in 480P so they could not be used in the HD Edition yet.

[BondFreek]

No it is not available any more. I looked.

[cubdukat]

Hopefully it's because they're planning a Blu-Ray-friendly version. The company that did the new effects, Foundation Imaging, went out of business a year after the DVD came out, and nobody wants to take on the expense of reworking all of the effects sequences from scratch at HD resolution. Or--more likely--Paramount just wants you to buy this as many times as possible.

[FekLeyrTarg]

@ShipHunter

The team behind the Antimatter Warp Re-edit found a way to upgrade the DE's special effect to Blu-Ray quality.

[NigeTelly]

@ShipHunter Such a shame - it is so much more pleasing than the original.

[Superpower20011]

@ShipHunter Wasn't Star Trek 3,5,7,9,And 10 Discontinued?

[TheCandygirl1990]

the best thing about being a girl is the ability to wear short skirts

[Airportchris2]

Your mother.

[thregar]

ST:TMP is the only Star Trek movie that is interesting in the context of modern transhumanist sf. It is the only Star Trek that is not anti-transhumanist.

[redbeast2]

Lol old movie trailers are boring.

[hilger3]

lol

[squidlad]

Ahhhh the good old motionless picture.

[Michael272727]

The trailer is still not that good. The movie is magnificent. For me is the best one of them all, and I know I'm in the minority here.

[stormmine]

I'm right there with you. The Motion Picture is, for me, the greatest Trek movie of them all - and right up there with some of the science-fiction greats.

But this trailer is shit.

[leocmen]

Agree 100%.

The Motion Picture is the only movie which has the true soul of Star Trek: A trip against the unknown... Boldly going where no one else has gone before...

[kurtangleukreborn]

i agree!

[Inarticulating]

this is an awful trailer. love star trek but trailers is all about getting the audience hooked with a glimpse of the plot etc. this is just a sweet montage. :)

[fallenwillrise]

this is a tease. this is a great trailer, for the directors cut. this wasnt the main promo trailer back in the 80s or wut not.

This is a inspiring preview.

[howen77]

In many ways, the Motion Picture was the unofficial pilot for TNG. Riker/Troi were copies of Decker/Ilea. The first officer was a captain in his own right. Set designs were similar, sometimes infact, they were the same set redressed. TMP was the original pilot for ST:Phase Two. Many of the aborted stories for that series were later incorporated into TNG. The warp effect was first seen in TMP. Spock struggles to accept his humanity. Data struggles to become human. Oh yeah, kirk rules.

[landline00]

Yes. Exactly! Makes you wonder why TNG fans are so full of hubris about their show and so dismissive of TOS (as in they know nothing about it).

[TheManiacOnWheelsUSA]

I have this version on VHS. Never seen this trailer though.

[tempsa2]

The original movie had FX ahead of it's time.

Directors cut pushes FX's further, but with respect to the original film.

[ShipHunter]

Oh yes much better! DVD is worth the money!

[ShipHunter]

Sure...me :)

[Jerseysson27]

They should have this version on the theaters. This is the anniversary!

[ghostchild88]

Wow...the original first re-make...

I didnt' realize it's been that long ago...1979?

Heck that's when the first star wars came out...

Star Treck is like chess

Star wars is like checkers...

[Airportchris2]

What does that mean?

[zwan2]

Legendary movie, i have no other words, so inspirational.

[thedavecorp]

For the next anniversay edition they ought to say: An ancient creature left Earth on a mission, and now it's back - a bigger threat than the Klingons, more dangerous than the Dominion, and more powerful than the Borg combined.

Almost ALL of the special effects and the stories are amazing - it could come out TODAY and be hit - even with the hair and bell-bottoms (who knows what the style will be in the 23rd century.

[NOTYETUSEDNAME]

Well....They did use Jerry Goldsmith's theme music for TNG and he scored Star Trek V, First Contact(one of his best) and Insurrection, so they didn't quite "discard" him. Anyway, I thought James Horner's scores for Wrath of Khan and Search for Spock were exceptional. Generally speaking, I'm pleased with the way Star Trek was realized on the big screen and the way it evolved(although Star Trek V disappointed me-Star Trek VI made up for that slip) I'm eager to see the new movie. LLAP

[joeylodes]

The ONLY movie in my entire life where i actually fell asleep in the theatre.

V'ger = Valium

Terrible from start to whatever kind of finish that was.

NO amount of editing or new effects will save this film from utter mediocrity.

Believe me, I really WANTED to love this film ... really did .... but it was simply beyond dull.

We all need to thank Nick Meyer, James Horner and I.L.M for the incredible comeback that THE WRATH OF KHAN proved to be.

Now ............ THATS A FILM!!!!!

[NOTYETUSEDNAME]

actually, the director's cut is a lot better. He edited scenes to make them flow better, and the new effects are great. Give it a shot, you might surprise yourself.-I do, however, absolutely agree with you that Wrath of Khan saved the series, and is still the best Star Trek movie yet made.

[dafmurray]

NotYetUsedName, I wonder if the first Star Trek movie had been more of a commercial success, would the series have continued on in a similar style, i.e. special effects dominating the movie, abstract stories, little action, etc. Somehow I doubt it, but it would be interesting to know what would have happended if there wasn't a major re-think for the 2nd movie. Still sad that Jerry Goldsmith was discarded due to the general disatisfaction with the first movie.

[mastermime67]

isnt this the movie where the enterprise gets refited?

[ShipHunter]

Yes it is the movie where the enterprise "is" refitted...first star trek MOVIE ever!

[trekie01]

i like the director's cut version of this movie..really enjoyed..though the unfiroms...God...the uniforms...terribles; there's no director's cut that can save this error from the movie's customer designer,

[The8thDOCTOR]

Admiral Kirks dress uniform was nice

[ShutUpH00ker]

Cameltoe, it was all about the cameltoe

and unfortunately, the camel balls.....

[Hunternet7]

A,A ABRAMS is only after the Dollar,

he is going DESTROY the STAR TREK mythos

money money money

[The8thDOCTOR]

lol

i guess you want Berman and Braga back with Brent Spinner dictating the scripts

[sserpent21]

No amount of editing can really save this movie. There are still too many scenes of the crew members staring at the trip through V'ger, some optical effects are dirty yet and it's still real long and actionless.

A good sci fi movie with big ideas but they could have done a better job fixing this Robert Wise was 87 when he did this a priority should have been the opticals.

The sound is better though by far.

Nick Meyer and Harve Bennet are owed how many untold sums for saving Star Trek.

[joeylodes]

AMEN!!!

[thealphacenturi]

I don't recall.. how did they "kill" Goldsmith's music? I don't recall the soundtrack being altered?

[Tripp1993]

Robert Wise never had a chance to properly complete his film until in 1998 or 1999, when Robert Wise asked Paramount if his company: Robert Wise Productions could do a director's edition of the film. They made a LOT of alterations. For example, they did a better explosion, they designed a new matte painting of Vulcan, they designed a CG V'ger (which was in the original sketches and designs for the film) and added some new San Francisco matte paintings.

[bubbaali021]

he must of remade it star wars style

[thealphacenturi]

Not really, just watch it for yourself.

[JTTCOLO]

I was one of the very few who liked most of TMP (that beautiful new ship, VERY smart story, Spock starting to come to terms with his human half, etc.) but, let's face it, it was dry and slow in places. The new Director's Cut is an enormous improvement in the flow of the story, plus great new CGI!

[Airportchris2]

The movie is basically the same, with some added deleted scenes, in terms of story line.

[NinjaConsultant06]

Not quite. Some editing down of scenes has been done for streamlining, unsurprising as it's TMP.

[Robotdrummerzzk]

@JTTCOLO How exactly is it improved in the directors cut?

[hivelocity100]

@JTTCOLO I dunno....I liked the original just because the scenes were kind of used to capture the grand and epic scope of the storyline....it really blew me away...

[leocmen]

@JTTCOLO This was surely the best StarTrek. I agree 100% with your words.

[DAYN64]

One of the best scifi movie ever !

[mrmike1884]

The directors edition is the best. It's like watching a new movie inside an old movie. The music is more crisp and the fx is much inproved and some of the new scenes are great. I would love to see the remastered on the big screen and i bet that would be fantastic.

[Tripp1993]

Well, the new "Star Trek" film will be released next year and it would be the GREATEST IDEA ever. They could show the first to the tenth in cinemas in New York City, Phildaelphia, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, and finally San Francisco, and thus, it could be shown ALL OVER THE WORLD. This could make Paramount a fortune off the showings and could help fuel the popularity of the new "Star Trek" film by May 8, 2009. The date of those showings: April 8-May 8, 2009.

[mrmike1881]

That would be a great idea. Also would love to see all the trek movies in imax and maybe in 3d as well. Now that would be kool.

[Tripp1993]

Well, it could make Paramount millions. Billions or why make billions when they can make....TRILLIONS?!

[garak1976]

Goldsmith's work was overrated (remember the crappy music from Insurrection and especially Nemesis?)

The best thing about this director's cut is alot of stuff IS cut out, it flows much better and doesn't have so many shots of the enterprise flying through V'ger.

[Jerseysson27]

It will mark 30 years since this movie came out. They should bring it back and in the newer version!

[USSCessna]

Great Video, Music... 5 Stars!

[Zira00]

I Love Star Trek. are the beginner of humanity!

[Chiggs58th]

I'm not a big STAR TREK fan but I do enjoy the franchise's movies. I think STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE was a piece of hardcore scifi that sneaked it's way into the light weight STAR TREK universe. This reason combined with that sublime score by the late great Jerry Goldsmith is why it's the best and my favourite STAR TREK film.

[jeasmovo]

Original series ended 10 years prior to the movie, so of course they'd look older.

[nds2]

amazing!

[commandox20]

The Motion Picture is a part of me that will never change. This was the first movie I ever owned, it was a copy my real father purchased, whom i've never known, and it was my introduction into The Star Trek universe, at age 4. Great, underrated movie. I think its a LITTLE drawn out in places, but the visual ride, as well as the deep pyschological ride are excellent.

[mees462]

My first star trek was Voyager

[aribenzane]

You poor, poor soul.

[nds2]

mine too.

[desotowright]

Looks pretty good, but it looks a wee bit overblown with all the flashiness, if I'd directed it, it would be a bit more hard edged.

[commandox20]

Im getting sick of all the hard edge. Wheres the damn adventure?

[desotowright]

Good point, it's adventure that made the show so popular, but I like watching

sci-fi/thrillers.

[captainmars89]

It's sad, really; this film gets no credit simply because it doesn't go bang!bang! with all the flashy blasters and explosions. Star Trek was never shallow action with relatively no point: it was deep, and thoughtful. Some say that this is boring; I say, if more people thought the same way that Gene Roddenberry did, the world would be a happier and safer place.

[LTstudios]

the film wasnt well revieved when it came out, actually it nearly drove the franchise into the ground, if it wasnt for the the second one the star trek series would not have continued. this star trek movie was just a copy of 2001: a space odysee.

[sittingbill]

Lovely. The best Star Trek and science-fiction film ever!!!!

[ATVmidlands5581]

lovely trailer. really nicely done. this music isnt the next generation music. its the original score of THE MOTION PICTURE. the next gen series had a reworking of this musical score. the original crew ROCK.

[wauilo]

A aventura humana esta apenas começando

[bobriva123]

Logic dictates that this culture has been assimlated into this gereration and will continute for the next Billionth Gengerations to come.

[paolodeoca]

Awesome musical score

[StarshipMaxima]

I'm with you on that one, Jerry Goldsmith's score is the best music in all of Star Trek; and one of the best themes in movie history.

[jimboandgetsmashed]

i love that tng anthem

[burr1aj]

its actually the TMP anthem.

[ianwr000]

Tng poached this anthem from this film(along with pretty much everything else)

[Huskerz85]

Actually Gene Roddenberry liked the Jerry Goldsmith's Main Theme from this movie so much, he specifically asked that it be used for TNG.....

[Airportchris2]

True, the TNG theme was a "somewhat sped up version of this theme.

[tall32guy]

The only scene I remember from this movie is the big lightning ball thing that flew around the control room and then got to the shaved-head gal! LOL Then she turned into a robot or something like that....

[Orcini]

Wow! Did they re-dub all the dialog so it wasn't boring to the point of tears?

[abomb123456789]

I remember my dad taking me to see this movie when it was first released in 1979. It made the biggest impact on me on how I'd view technology and space travel. Even more so than Star Wars! I envy the children who will be born in an age where Space exploration is a "comfortable" reality of everyday life. A toast to the future and what wonders it'll bring to our lives if our race survives itself.

[ShipHunter]

Okay i uploaded this Video so I'm owning the Directors Edition (Directors Cut). Since i have seen the DC i love this Star Trek Movie!!!

[FekLeyrTarg]

I've got the Director cut. Does anyone has it, too?

[kingalex]

Even though I'm not usually a fan of remakes or re-tooling, this looks pretty neat. They should give II, III, IV, V, VI and Generations a makeover too (in Generations case get rid of those scenes they re-used from VI).

[garak1976]

Actually II was released as a Director's Cut. As far as III through Generations, I say leave well enough alone.

[ahphooey]

I kind of wish they didn't change Wrath of Khan. The director's cut does explain a couple more things, but the reedited spots seem to break the flow of the story. And Shatner's acting was better in the inspection scene when he spoke to Scotty in the original cut.

[cubdukat]

@ahphooey Supposedly Nick Meyer wasn't a fan of either of his director's cuts, because they weren't really his. ABC did the same thing for TWOK that they did for the first movie--added deleted scenes and alternate takes against the director's wishes. Fortunately, Bob Wise got the chance to re-do the first movie his way, and Meyer eventually grew to like both director's cuts.

[burr1aj]

they really have to keep the one where they destroyed the bird of prey, otherwise they will never destroy it and it wont make any sense! lol