Star Trek Magazine – July 2019

STARTREKIII:
THESEARCHFORSPOCK
Writtenby:HarveBennett
Directedby:LeonardNimoy
Released:June1, 1984
“ADyingPlanet.A FightForLife.The
SearchForSpock.”

STM: In1984,yourfriendLeonard
Nimoysettledinthedirector’schair
forThe SearchforSpock. Atthis
stageofyourassociationwithStar
Tr e k, didyoutoowanttobemore
creativelyinvolved?
WS:Inthethirdfilm– andI don’t

04 Kirkon

trial,inThe

Undiscovered

Country.

05 Kirk,Sybok,

Spock,and

Bones,in

theShatner-

directedThe

FinalFrontier.

06 Withthe

gooddoctor,

inTheWrathof

Khan.

knowwhetherit wasstrategyornot–

Leonardverycleverlysaidthathewas

notgoingtoplaySpockanymore,and

thenhewouldplaySpockif hedirected

it.That wasreallysmart.ThenI realized

thatif hewasgoingtodirecta film,

thenI wasgoingtogettodirecta film.

STM: Wasthatanopportunityyou

werekeentopursue?

WS:I haddirecteda lotonallofthe

seriesI wasworkingon.I thoughtthat

wasgreat,soI woulddirectthenext

film,butI wasbusywitha seriesI was

doing,soI couldn’tdoit.

STARTREKIV:

THEVOYAGEHOME

Storyby:LeonardNimoy&Harve

Bennett

Screenplayby:SteveMeerson&Peter

KrikesandHarveBennett&Nicholas

Meyer

Directedby:LeonardNimoy

Released:November26, 1986

“Acatastropheinthefuturecanonlybe

avertedbya journeyintoEarth’spast.”

STM: Whatareyourmemoriesof

The VoyageHome’s progresstoward

thebigscreen?

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WILLIAM SHATNER