Star Trek Magazine – July 2019

11 Anton

Yelchinas

ChekovinStar

Trek(2009).

The lifeofAntonYelchin,thelate

actorwhostarredasPavelChekov

inallthreeKelvinversemovies,is

celebratedina documentarythat

opensincinemasthisAugust.

Featuringcontributionsfrom

directorJ. J. Abramsandco-stars

ChrisPine,ZacharyQuinto,Zoe

Saldana,SimonPegg,andJohnCho

• alongwitha hostofothernon-
  Tr e kstars–Love,Antoshahasbeen
  producedbyYelchin’sfriendDrake
  Doremus– whodirectedthelatestar
  in2011’sLikeCrazy– anddirectedby

Followinga runin cinemasoverthe
summer,WhatWeLeftBehind, the
long-awaitedStarTrek:DeepSpace
Ninedocumentary,finallyarriveson
DVDandBlu-rayonAugust6.
Thefeature-lengthdocumentary

• whichwasreviewedinStarTrek
  Magazine#70earlierthisyear–
  hasbeenmadeavailablein three
  editions:standard,SpecialEdition,
  andanIndiegogoEdition.The
  standardreleaseis availableonBlu-
  rayandDVDthroughAmazonand
  otherretailers,andfeaturesnearly
  90 minutesofadditionalcontent
  anddeletedscenes,comprising
  anintroductionbyco-directorand
  DS9 showrunnerIraStevenBehr,
  alongwithsixspecialfeatures:A
  BriefHistoryofDeepSpaceNine

Featurette;WhatWeLeftOut–

DeletedScenes;BehindtheScenes

attheVarietyPhotoshootFeaturette;

HDRemasterDiscussionwiththe

Filmmakers;MorefromtheFans

Featurette;andtheTheatricalTrailer.

TheSpecialEditionis a two-disc

Blu-rayonlyavailablein theUnited

StatesthroughShout!Limitedto

1,500copies,it comprisesa disc

withthedocumentaryandallthe

standardeditionextras,plusa bonus

discwitha 50-minutediscussion,A

RoundTableLookAtTheMakingOf

TheDocumentary, featuringBehr,

co-directorDavidZappone,and

others;andA MusicalReunionWith

ComposersDennisMcCarthyAnd

KevinKiner.

Lastly,theIndiegogoEditionis

anexclusiveregion-freeBlu-ray/DVD

setforthebackersoftheoriginal

2017 fundraiserforthedocumentary,

andincludestheMusicalReunion

featurette,a shortenedversionof

theShout!RoundTable, Indiegogo

CampaignVideos& VideoVault,and

a TechnicalTriviaTrackofsubtitles

withdetailedtechnicalinfo.

GarretPrice.Besidesinterviewswith

morethan 60 ofYelchin’scollaborators

andfriends,thefilmincludeshome

videos,behind-the-scenesfootage,

andphotographstakenbytheactor

himself.Yelchin,whosufferedwith

cysticfibrosis,waskilledina freak

accidentin2016.

Introducinga trailerforLove,

Antoshaat a 10thanniversary

screeningofStarTrek(2009)at the

HollywoodForeverCemeteryinJune,

ChrisPinecommented,“The film

is incredibleandI thinkit’llshow

youalldifferentsidesoftheguythat

I knew– thiscurious,fascinating,

complex,strangelittledude.”Inthe

documentaryitself,ZoeSaldana

notesthatYelchin“wassoawareof

theimportanceofStarTrek, andthe

messagethatStarTrekhad,andhe

understoodwhyit managedtolivefor

sucha longtime– andhewasnervous

aboutbeinga partofit,andgivingit

thatjustice.”

The filmopensinLosAngelesand

NewYorkinAugust,beforeexpanding

acrosstheUSthereafter.

HONORINGHONORING ANTONANTON

DS9DS9 DOCDOC

ONON DVDDVD

Yelchin celebrated in new documentary

Deep Space Nine doc

arrives on Blu-ray

and DVD

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