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The first Star trek movie : bringing the franchise to the big screen, 1969-1980 / Sherilyn Connelly.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Connelly, Sherilyn, 1973- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Production and direction--United States.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--United States--History--20th century.
- Star trek (Motion picture : 1979).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (243 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
- Summary:
- "The history of Star Trek's resurrection, between the 1969 cancellation of the original series and the 1979 release of Star Trek-The Motion Picture, has become legend. Like many legends, it tends to get printed instead of the facts. Drawing on hundreds of contemporary news articles and primary sources not seen in decades, this book tells the true story of the first Star Trek reboot. After several attempts to revive the franchise, Robert Wise's ST-TMP was released on a wave of prestige promotion, hype, and public frenzy unheard for a film based on a television show. Controversy surrounded its troubled production and $44M budget, earning it a reputation at the time as the most expensive movie ever made. After a black-tie premiere in Washington, D.C., its opening in 856 North American theaters broke multiple box-office records-a harbinger of the modern blockbuster era. Despite instant financial success, the film was panned by both critics and the public, leaving this enterprise nowhere to boldly go but down"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The redefinition of unwarranted
- Prologue: Star trek : the MacArthur premiere
- 1969 : The network's knife cares not for the show's cry
- 1970-1972 : What's in reruns is prologue
- 1973-1974 : Choose your televised pain
- 1975 : Magicam to make the sanest man go mad
- 1976 : The war within the script, the war without
- 1977 : The battle of the binary Star treks
- 1978 : into the luminescent powerfield I go
- 1979 : Will you take My $44M hand?
- 1980 : The vulcan goodbye
- Epilogue: Star trek : the mathematical phantom.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-3819-5
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