STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME [1986 / 2016] [Limited Edition 50th Anniversary SteelBook] [Blu-ray] [UK Release] To Save The Future They Travelled Back Where 23rd Century Man Had Never Gone Before. To A Wild Outrageous Time, San Francisco 1987!
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the first broadcast of a STAR TREK episode in 1966, this SteelBook features art based on the original theatrical poster, plus commemorative 50th Anniversary logo. Branded as fugitives by the very Federation they swore to protect, the crew of the Starship U.S.S. Enterprise dutifully returns to Earth to face charges for crimes committed in the course of rescuing a resurrected Spock. But en route, it is learned that the Earth is being ravaged by a strange alien probe demanding a response from a life form that no longer exists. Commandeering a captured Klingon “Bird of Prey,” Admiral James T. Kirk and his crew bend time and space to save Earth and rediscover the meaning of friendship.
FILM FACT No.1: Awards and Nominations: 1987 Academy Awards®: Nominated: Best Cinematography for Donald Peterman. Nominated: Best Sound for David J. Hudson, Gene S. Cantamessa, Mel Metcalfe and Terry Porter. Nominated: Best Effects and Sound Effects Editing for Mark A. Mangini. Nominated: Best Music for an Original Score for Leonard Rosenman. 1987 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA: Win: Saturn Award for Best Costumes for Robert Fletcher. Nominated: Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film. Nominated: Saturn Award for Best Actor for Leonard Nimoy. Nominated: Saturn Award for Best Actor for William Shatner. Nominated: Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for James Doohan. Nominated: Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for Walter Koenig. Nominated: Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for Catherine Hicks. Nominated: Saturn Award for Best Director for Leonard Nimoy. Nominated: Saturn Award for Best Writing for Harve Bennett, Nicholas Meyer, Peter Krikes and Steve Meerson. Nominated: Saturn Award for Best Make-Up for James Lee McCoy, Jeff Dawn and Wes Dawn. Nominated: Saturn Award for Best Special Effects for Ken Ralston and Michael Lantieri. 1987 American Society of Cinematographers: Nominated: ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases for Donald Peterman. 1987 ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards: Win: Top Box Office Films for Leonard Rosenman. 1987 Genesis Awards: Win: Adventure Feature Film. 1987 Hugo Awards: Nominated: Best Dramatic Presentation for Leonard Nimoy (story/director), Steve Meerson (screenplay), Peter Krikes (screenplay), Harve Bennett (story/screenplay) and Nicholas Meyer (screenplay). 1987 Image Awards (NAACP): Nominated: Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for Nichelle Nichols. 1988 Young Artist Awards: Nominated: Best Family Motion Picture in a Drama.
FILM FACT No.2: The film was dedicated to the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger, which broke up 73 seconds after take-off on the morning of 28th January, 1986. Principal photography for The Voyage Home began four weeks after the Challenger disaster and where all the crew were lost.
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Jane Wyatt, Catherine Hicks, Mark Lenard, Robin Curtis, Robert Ellenstein, John Schuck, Brock Peters, Michael Snyder, Michael Berryman, Mike Brislane, Grace Lee Whitney, Jane Wiedlin, Vijay Amritraj, Majel Barrett, Nick Ramus, Thaddeus Golas, Marty Pistone, Scott DeVenney, Viola Kates Stimpson, Phil Rubenstein, John Miranda, Joe Knowland, Bob Sarlatte, Everett Lee, Richard Harder, Alex Henteloff, Tony Edwards, Eve Smith, Tom Mustin, Greg Karas, Raymond Singer, David Ellenstein, Judy Levitt, Teresa E. Victor, James Menges, Kirk R. Thatcher, Jeff Lester, Joe Lando, Newell Tarrant, Mike Timoney, Jeffrey Martin, Joseph Naradzay, Donald W. Zautcke, Joseph Adamson (uncredited), Monique DeSart (uncredited), Michael DiMente (uncredited), Stephen Liska (archive footage) (uncredited), Anthony J. Sacco (uncredited), Layla Sarakalo (uncredited), Madge Sinclair (uncredited) and Philip Weyland (uncredited)
Director: Leonard Nimoy
Producers: Brooke Breton, Harve Bennett, Kirk R. Thatcher and Ralph Winter
Screenplay: Gene Roddenberry (television series STAR TREK), Leonard Nimoy (story), Harve Bennett (story/screenplay), Nicholas Meyer (screenplay), Peter Krikes (screenplay) and Steve Meerson (screenplay)
Composer: Leonard Rosenman
Cinematography: Donald Peterman, A.S.C. (Director of Photography)
Image Resolution: 1080p (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Panavision)
Audio: English: 7.1 Dolby TrueHD
English: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
German: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Spanish: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
French: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Italian: 5.1 Dolby Digital Audio
Subtitles: Arabic, Danish, German, English, Spanish, French, Croatian, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Português, Finnish, Swedish and English SDH
Running Time: 119 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: Paramount Pictures UK
Andrew’s Blu-ray Review: With the film ‘STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME’ [1986] we get a really nice dedication before the film starts and it reads as follows . . .
“The cast and crew of STAR TREK wish to dedicate this film to the men and women of the spaceship “Challenger” whose courageous spirit shall live to the 23rd century and beyond . . .
‘STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME’ picks up where ‘STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK’ left off, and forms the final segment of the motion picture trilogy begun in STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN.’ The crew of the destroyed Starship U.S.S. Enterprise has been in exile on Vulcan while their resurrected shipmate, Captain Spock [Leonard Nimoy], is re-trained in the ways of logic. Once Spock has recovered sufficiently to travel, Admiral James T. Kirk [William Shatner] and his fellow officers must go back to Earth to answer a battery of charges levelled against them for stealing the Starship U.S.S. Enterprise and nearly provoking a war with the Klingon Empire.
However, before Admiral James T. Kirk and company can return home, they encounter a mysterious alien probe that enters an orbit around Earth and wreaks havoc on the planet's climate and communications. Nothing seems capable of stopping the alien probe, and a planetary distress call is issued. Spock, analysing the probe's transmissions, determines that they match the songs of humpback whales, an extinct species of ocean-dwelling life. For Earth to survive, the crew of the former Starship U.S.S. Enterprise must travel back in time to 20th Century Earth, capture a humpback whale, confine it in their stolen “Bird of Prey” Klingon spaceship, then return to the future. Soon, Admiral James T. Kirk and his friends are wandering around 1986 San Francisco, trying to not look out of place and giving us the tone of ‘START TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME’ is considerably lighter than that of its predecessors; in fact, this is as close as STAR TREK gets to being a straight comedy. There's a running gag about Spock's inability to master profanity that, is quite undeniably amusing at times, especially as he does not understand the logic.
At the Cetacean Institute in San Francisco, Admiral James T. Kirk and Spock find a pair of humpback whales but fail to impress their primary caretaker, Dr. Gillian Taylor, when Spock dives into their tank to perform a “Vulcan Mind Meld” with the female humpback whale in the hope of getting their permission to take them into the future. The humpback whales are scheduled to be released into the wild because the female is pregnant, and Dr. Gillian Taylor is terrified that the humpback whales will be targets from whale hunters, but Dr. Gillian Taylor thinks Admiral James T. Kirk is either a liar, unstable, or both.
Upon learning that the whales have been released prematurely, Dr. Gillian Taylor seeks help from Admiral James T. Kirk, who asks in turn if Dr. Gillian Taylor would help them rescue Chekov from a hospital. Dr. “Bones” McCoy treats Chekov’s brain injury and the ship and along with the stowaway Dr. Gillian Taylor, locates the humpback whales at sea, rescuing them from a whaling vessel. The ship returns to the 23rd century at nearly the same moment it left, carrying the humpback whales, which Admiral James T. Kirk releases them finally into San Francisco Bay after a crash landing there. Having saved Earth, the Spaceship U.S.S. Enterprise crew is brought to trial, but the Federation Council dismisses all charges except the one against Admiral James T. Kirk for disobeying an order. Admiral James T. Kirk is demoted to Captain James T. Kirk, and as consequence of this rank, ordered to take on the duty for which he has repeatedly demonstrated unswerving ability and take command of the new Starship U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-A.
STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME MUSIC TRACK LIST
THEME FROM STAR TREK (TV Series) (Written by Alexander Courage)
I HATE YOU (Written by Kirk R. Thatcher) (Arranged by Mark A. Mangini) [Performed by Edge of Etiquette]
GENESIS PROJECT (Written by Craig Huxley)
MARKET STREET (uncredited) [Performed by Yellowjackets]
BALLAD OF THE WHALE (uncredited) [Performed by Yellowjackets]
Blu-ray Image Quality – Once again Paramount Pictures UK presents you something truly special with this terrific remastered Blu-ray disc and of course a brilliant 1080p encoded image, with an equally impressive 2.35:1 Panavision aspect ratio. Comparing the Blu-ray against the inferior DVD edition of the film, the inferior DVD of course is just an outright blurry mess, whereas this remastered Blu-ray stands head and shoulders over previous releases. As the alien probe approaches Earth, the Blu-ray resolves individual windows and lights on the Space dock, whereas it is a nasty blur on the inferior DVD and has of course been cleaned up or digitally painted out on this Blu-ray disc. So all in all this a total No.1 winner for me and again the Blu-ray is a massive credit for being a big improvement over the inferior DVD release.
Blu-ray Audio Quality – Here once again Paramount Pictures UK brings you something truly special with this remastered Blu-ray disc, especially once again with the stunning 7.1 Dolby TrueHD Surround audio experience of a full-bodied audio surround sound, with a broad and expansive soundstage for Leonard Rosenman's score. The surround mix has very good directionality ability, and fairly active use of the surround channels for a film originally released in 1986. The alien probe delivers a terrific thumping bass sound that really tests your speakers. The high-pitched whale song effects are sharp and clear. The outer space scenes are a lot more active, but of course are a much smaller part of the Sci-Fi film. Even so, the soundtrack is a very satisfying experience and you will not be at all disappointed.
Blu-ray Special Features and Extras:
Audio Commentary by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy: Despite their cantankerous reputations, these two stars are old friends and in a good mood for this audio commentary recording. They both deliver quite a lot of entertaining banter as they reminisce about the production of the Sci-Fi film. William Shatner admits up front that he doesn't like time travel stories. Here as the film starts William Shatner welcomes us to this audio commentary, and so pleased to be watching this film with the viewer. But of course beside him is of course the director Leonard Nimoy, which is also pleased to be watching and enjoying the audio commentary with us the viewer and especially hearing their comments as the film progresses, which Leonard reminds us that he had fond memories of the film, especially directing it and also wanting it to be a lot of un making it and acting with the rest of the STAR TREK regular actors, but he wanted the film where not a lot people got killed off or too much drama, and especially no heavy characters like in ‘STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK,’ but wanted the film to reflect social issues and ecology. When Leonard Nimoy and Harve Bennett came to William Shatner for a meeting to discuss the outline of the story and especially specifically about time travel, and of course William Shatner was not at all keen on this storyline, in fact he hated the idea, but of course William Shatner was out voted and still went ahead with the story and of course when the film was released and a great success, he had to concede defeat and be proved wrong. Leonard Nimoy talks about this Father in the film, who of course was Mark Lenard, and gives great praise about this very professional actor, who gave a very solid performance. William Shatner comments that he originally felt after the release of the previous film that there would not be a ‘’STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME,’ and subsequently the Paramount Executives asked for certain items to be sold off and the larger sets to be destroyed, but of course when it was announced that there would be ‘STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME’ had to build new sets, as well as other stuff to be made from new. Leonard informs us that he hated the fact that he had to direct the film and act at the same time and found the whole experience very exhausting, especially each time Leonard Nimoy had to be in front of the camera getting into the Spock character. William Shatner gives great praise about fellow actor DeForest Kelly, who was a lovely wonderful gentleman and always avoided confrontations, as well as finding him to be a very intelligent person. Leonard Nimoy talks again about the Paramount Executives wanted subtitles when the alien probe appears at the start of the film, saying “Where Are You” and Leonard Nimoy and Harve Bennett put their foot down and said, “no, no, no” and of course the two won the day, as Leonard thought having subtitles would insult the intelligence of the people going to see the film, and Leonard also pointed out to the not very intelligent Paramount Executives, that with Stanley Kubrick’s film ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ it had no subtitles and again won the argument, but even more satisfying is when they did a preview screening of ‘STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME’ and the Paramount people asked the audiences should be subtitles at the start of the film and there came a resounding 100% “NO” from the audiences and of course Paramount Pictures were not happy that Leonard’s point of view had again won the day and his Spock like logic. When the Klignon “Bird of Prey” spaceship lands in the water at the end of the film at the backlot of Paramount Pictures, Leonard Nimoy commented that this was the worst experience of all the actors, as they had very high powered wind machines blowing and hurting their faces, also it turned the warm water into very cold water and making it freezing cold by the time the filming had finished, so all in all this was a very painful experience and the next day all the actors ended up with a nasty cold. And so ends another very enjoyable audio commentary.
Audio Commentary by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman: This particular audio commentary with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, the writers of the new J.J. Abrams STAR TREK film, but they don't demonstrate a huge knowledge about the making of the film nor of the events which take place within in the genre of STAR TREK. Roberto Gaston Orci is a Mexican-American film and television screenwriter and producer, who began his long-time collaboration with Alex Kurtzman while at school in California. Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman was the most boring audio commentary I have ever had to endure and the two most excruciating boring persons that live on Planet Earth!
Special Feature: Library Computer: This is an interactive graphic trivia interface, which is loaded with screen-specific information with just about every aspect of the 'STAR TREK' universe. The Library Computer is overflowing with data that pours out at steady amounts of clips. The Library Computer is an interactive experience that allows you to access information about People, Technology, Locations and more, at the moment each item appears in the film. Switch to Index Mode to scan the entire database and jumps directly to the items of interest. All content is divided into the following categories: Culture; Science & Medicine; Starfleet Ops; Miscellaneous; Life Forms; Planets & Location; People; Technology and Ships.
Special Feature: Production: Here you get a selection of five different features and they are as follows:
Future’s Past: A Look Back [2003] [1080p] [1.78:1] [27:32] A featurette which offers an overview of the movie's production. This documentary includes interviews with Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner and producer Harve Bennett. They discuss the changes that were made for the fourth Star Trek Sci-Fi film. Leonard talks about the time he met Jeffrey Katzenberg [Paramount Pictures] who called Leonard into his office to inform him to direct STAR TREK IV and personally said to Leonard, “the training wheels are off, we want your vision, to mark your STAR TREK move.” We get revealed about a hidden tank that was covered by a parking lot and with this tank they were able to do the model Humpback Whale on a rail so it can flip.
On Location [2003] [1080p] [1.78:1] [7:26] A documentary that features comments from executive producer Ralph Winter, Leonard Nimoy and other members of the crew. They discuss filming in the San Francisco locations that they decided to use, especially with some of the hidden cameras on the street with the general public. The featurette also includes an insight into the creation of some of the sets and were granted a 10 day shoot schedule and in doing so they were able to use fully the outside location shoots, especially showing off the best locations in San Francisco. All in all they certainly packed in a lot of interesting and fascinating information on the location shoots in San Francisco.
Dailies Deconstruction [2003] [1080p] [1.78:1] [4:13] Here you get footage from multiple-camera dailies for some of the scenes set in San Francisco, where you get to view of the side-by-side comparisons with cameras ‘A’ and ‘B’ filming on the 26th April, 1986 in Downtown San Francisco. To be brutally honest, this is the most boring feature I have ever witnessed and would have been better to be left on the cutting room floor.
Below-The-Line: Sound Design [2003] [1080p] [1.78:1] [11:45] Here we get an interview with sound effects editor Mark Mangini [Sound Technician Editor] where he discusses the conversations that took place between himself and director Leonard Nimoy on some of the most crucial audio decisions in the production of the Sci-Fi film, as well as the creation of some of the sounds. Here Mark Mangini talks in detail about the film STAR TREK IV sound designer and shares some funny anecdotes about the creation of the alien probe sounds, and also explains about all the fantastic elements that do not exist in reality and explains the sounds created for the Klingon “Bird of Prey” spaceship, or the transporter beam, or the photon torpedoes, so when you see them on the screen you think they are for real. Mark Mangini experimented through loads of different sound effects.
Pavel Chekov's Screen Moments [2009] [1080p] [1.78:1] [6:00] Walter Keonig [Pavel Chekov] is quite proud of his expanded role in STAR TREK IV, and seems to lament the fact that he usually has so little to do in the STAR TREK film franchise series. Also the most asked question Walter Keonig is asked is that his real accent and of course he has to tell people it is for real.
Special Feature: The STAR TREK Universe: Here you get a selection of seven different features and they are as follows:
Time Travel: The Art of the Possible [2003] [1080p] [1.78:1] [11:14] In August of 2002, three prominent Quantum Physicists were asked, “Is time travel possible?” The Quantum Physicists debate the likelihood (or not) of ever attaining time travel or faster-than-light velocity. Here we get personal views from three Physicists that include Nick Herbert, Ph.D., Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D., and Jack Sarfatti, Ph.D., who try to explain in laymen terms, but unfortunately the descriptions they came out with went right over my head. But whether all these theories will happen for real in our time, we will have to wait and see.
The Language of Whales [2003] [1080p] [1.78:1] [5:46] Here we are at the Monterey Bay Aquarium: The Kelp Forest, where we are introduced to Ree Brennin [Marine Biologist] and tells us that visitors flock to this place in the hope of seeing Humpback Whales like in the ‘STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME’ film, but because the tanks are only 28 feet deep, it would be impossible to house any kind of whales. But in conclusion, Ree Brennin says, “and the more species that are preserved intact in a functioning eco system, the more wonderful this cathedral of life is on this planet.”
A Vulcan Primer [2003] [1080p] [1.78:1] [7:50] Here Margaret Wander Bonanno [Fiction Writer] says, “I believe the STAR TREK has already been written on the cosmic self-conscious and it is already out there already,” and as far as I am concerned this is typical of a pompous so called American intellectual who must be on some kind of substance to come out with all this theoretical clap trap. I found this ludicrous clap trap beyond a joke.
Kirk’s Women [2003] [1080p] [1.78:1] [8:19] Here we get an in-depth look at what women are attracted to Admiral James T. Kirk and we get personal views from the following women, that includes Catherine Hicks [Dr. Gillian Taylor], Katherine Browne [Deela], Louise Sorel [Reena] and Celeste Yarnell [Yeoman Martha Landon], where they talk about the character of Admiral James T. Kirk who does not want any long term commitment, and is always putting up a barrier, and sometimes these women could not tell when acting with him, if it was William Shatner or Admiral James T. Kirk, they felt it was the same person. They also thought William Shatner was very charismatic.
Star Trek: Three Picture Saga [2009] [1080p] [1.78:1] [10:12] Producer Harve Bennett and Director Nicholas Meyer and other contributors point out the connections and structure of the making of the "unintentional trilogy" of making ‘Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan’ [1982], ‘Star Trek III: The Search for Spock’ [1984], and ‘STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME’ [1986]. Extra contributors include Walter Koenig, Peter Krikes, Steve Meerson, Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Judith Reeves-Stevens and Ralph Winter. But Harve Bennett came up with a clever ploy, especially to please the Trekkie fans, in having Spock speak the words at the end of STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN’ when he says, “These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise, its 5-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.” But one bit of shocking information we hear is that the reason Lieutenant JG Saavik [Robin Curtis] was left on the Planet, is because Lieutenant JG Saavik was having Spock’s child.
STAR TREK For A Cause [2009] [1080p] [1.78:1] [5:40] Here Greenpeace representatives plug their cause and sending out a message about humanity and how we live on Planet Earth. Greenpeace and Karen Sack felt that the Sci-Fi film ‘STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME’ was really the first environmental film and at the same time has popularised and aided their efforts to ban commercial whaling and especially stop the Japanese Government from slaughtering more whales and to improve the environment for the whole planet, plus stopping plastic bags entering rivers, because eventually they end up in the Pacific Ocean and marine life eat the plastic when it breaks up in sea.
Starfleet Academy SCISEC Brief 004: The Whale Probe [2009] [1080p] [1.78:1] [3:42] This is the fourth in a series of plot recaps hosted as though they were Starfleet instructional videos at the Starfleet Academy, Ex Astris, Scientia, San Francisco MMCLXI. In this episode, Starfleet Science Officer [Sarah Backhouse] from the 24th century examines the effects the Cetacean Probe had on planet Earth, and the Federation Starfleet, as well as speculating on its relationship with humpback whales. The Cetacean Probe was a device created by a distant race of cetaceans to search for other species. In its years of exploration it encountered many worlds and species, including the Borg, who attempted to assimilate it.
Special Feature: Visual Effects: Here you get a selection of two different features and they are as follows:
From Outer Space To Ocean [2003] [1080p] [1.78:1] [14:42] This looks like it was made for a television special and concentrates on the film's effects artists discuss their contributions to the picture, most notably the film's animatronic whales. This documentary includes information about the film's early computer graphics effects. We also get to view some rare behind-the-scene images of the models of the Humpback Whales.
The Bird of Prey [2003] [1080p] [1.78:1] [2:48] Director Leonard Nimoy [Director/Spock] discusses how he oversaw the creation of the Klingon “Bird of Prey” spaceship which he tells the model maker’s to make it look like an actual bird of prey that is about to swoop down onto its victim, that was initially featured in the film ‘STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK’ and further developed for the film ‘STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME.’ All in all this was very interesting, despite one of the shortest special feature I have ever encountered.
Special Feature: Original Interviews: Here you get a selection of three different vintage interviews and they are as follows:
William Shatner [2003] [480i] [1.85:1] [14:32] William Shatner comes across like he had just spent a bad three hours’ drive on the L.A. freeway. William Shatner talks about the plot of ‘STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME,’ but of course was limited to what he could divulge and his character in the film, while thinking he would rather be anywhere else than with this stupid British interviewer and looked totally bored by the whole experience of mind numbing questions.
Leonard Nimoy [2003] [480i] [1.85:1] [15:39] Leonard Nimoy, who is a very engaging man himself and finds him in the editing room chatting amiably about directing the ‘STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME’ film and gives great praise in working with co-stars William Shatner and DeForest Kelley. Of course Leonard has a good laugh at the questions asked about the plot of the film, as no way is he going to reveal all, but he does give a very basic plot to satisfy the interviewer curiosity. Leonard also gives a warning about directing films, but still enjoyed the experience despite the hard work and also praises Woody Allen for his stoic approach to directing his films. Once again I thought this interviewer was like an idiot over the top nerd in asking some other dumb questions.
DeForest Kelly [2003] [480i] [1.85:1] [13:02] DeForest Kelly talks about the STAR TREK "family" on the set of ‘STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME’ film and is turns out to be the warmest, most genial man on camera, but unfortunately it is with this stupid British interviewer again that did the one for William Shatner. William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, and gives them great praise and are brilliant to work with. DeForest Kelly is asked if his character in the film is the same as he is in real life, sometimes merges. And so ends the trilogy of interviews.
Special Feature: Tributes: Here you get a selection of two different interviews and they are as follows:
Roddenberry Scrapbook [2003] [1080p] [1.78:1] [8:17] STAR TREK creator Gene Roddenberry's son Eugene Wesley "Rod" Roddenberry Jr. was 17 years of age when his father died in 1991. Here Eugene Roddenberry gives a revealing interview about the man he could divide into two categories: "a fairly standard father," and a "great bird of the galaxy." But since getting to know the Trekkie fans at Conventions, as well as from books and other information, has really found out more about his father’s personality he didn’t really get to know in real life. As we get near to the end of the interview, Eugene feels his father’s legacy was that he was a humanist and never ever wanted anything relating to religion to enter the STAR TREK genre, and wanted all humans to make their own decisions and feels very proud of his father.
Special Feature: Featured Artist: Mark Lenard [2003] [1080p] [1.78:1] [12:44] The actor Mark Lenard who played Spock's father Sarek in the Original STAR TREK TV Series, two feature films, and the Next Generation is profiled here in a touching tribute to his work remembered by his wife and two daughters, who are Ann Lenard, Roberta Lenard and Catherine Lenard. Sadly, by late 1995, Mark Lenard fell ill with multiple myeloma and passed away on the 22nd November, 1996.
Theatrical Trailer [1986] [1080p] [1.78:1] [2:19] This is the Original Theatrical Trailer for the film ‘STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME’ and is a brilliant and exciting presentation, that gives you a good flavour of what to expect when you finally get to view this Sci-Fi film.
Special Feature: BD-LIVE: To view the contents via your Blu-ray player, it has to be connected to the internet; otherwise it is not BD-LIVE capable. For possible solutions to resolve this problem, please consult your Blu-ray player manual.
Finally, ‘STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME’ film gives us very important ecologically message and is more obvious than most STAR TREK themes, but ‘STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME’ avoids excessive preaching. Also, with the exception of a small group of upset whale hunters who are on-screen for about three minutes, there isn't a clearly-defined villain. There is, on the other hand, a love interest for Admiral James T. Kirk, although his relationship with a 20th century marine biologist [Catherine Hicks] remains playful, not serious. ‘STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME’ marked the end of the so called "golden age" of STAR TREK Sci-Fi films, such as it was, especially with three straight quality outings. Despite the bizarre, almost anti-STAR TREK plot, the light humour and morality play story is the closest in tone to the original series. Highly Recommended!
Andrew C. Miller – Your Ultimate No.1 Film Aficionado
Le Cinema Paradiso
United Kingdom
