01 Kirk
patrolsthe
corridorsof
theEnterprise,
inTheMotion
Picture.
02 Banished
toRura
Penthewith
Bones,inThe
Undiscovered
Country.
03 Promopic
forTheMotion
Picture.allthat,wasreallyterrific. I enjoyed
playinghim,andsowhenI wasasked
todoit again,I wasthrilledand
lookedforwardtoit.It wasa decent
script.I thinkit gothurtbythefact
thatweweresorushedthatBobWise
couldn’tputhisabsolutetouchtoit,
andsoit faileda littlebecausewewere
soshortfortime.STAR TREK II:
THE WRATH OF KHAN
Story by: Harve Bennett & Jack B.
Sowards
Screenplay by: Nicholas Meyer
(uncredited)
Directed by: Nicholas Meyer
Released: June 4, 1982
“At the end of the universe lies the
beginning of vengeance.”STM: Stepping forward three years,
the lean, stripped-back Th e Wrath
of Khan must have felt like a very
diff erent proposition to the big-
budgeted Th e Motion Picture.
WS: Th e Wrath of Khan was really well
written. I was excited by that, having
to now round out this character that
I’d played for a while, but it was the
writing that made me feel good – that I
didn’t have a sense of the responsibility
of trying to infl uence the script in some
way, in ways I thought would make it
better. I thought it was good.STARTREK:
THEMOTIONPICTURE
Storyby:AlanDeanFoster
Screenplayby:HaroldLivingston
Directedby:RobertWise
Released:December7, 1979
“The Humanadventureis just
beginning...”
StarTrekMagazine: Whatwereyour
initialthoughtswhenyoufirstgot
thecalltoconfirmthatThe Motion
Picturewasgoingtohappen?
WilliamShatner:If I remember
correctly,therewerea lotof
conversationsaboutdoinga variety
ofthings.Therewasgoingtobea
moviefortelevision;therewasgoing
tobea series.Sowhentheymadea
pronouncementaboutthebestofall
possibleworlds– whichwasa bigmovie
byanA-listdirector– I wasthrilled.
STM:The MotionPicturewasa
massivehit,breakingboxoffice
records.Wereyouhappytobeback
intheroleofKirk?
WS:I thinkthecharacterofCaptain
Kirk,thewayhewaswrittenand
“When they made a
pronouncement about
the best of all possible
worlds – which was a
big movie by an A-list
director – I was thrilled.”
ON THE MOTION
PICTURE02
03INTERVIEW