"Star Trek: The Motion Picture" - The Director's Edition
Original DVD release: November 2001
Original theatrical release: 1979
The first big-screen adventure of the Star Trek saga has been restored, recut and remixed in a two-disc DVD set.
The result of a close collaboration between Robert Wise Productions and Paramount Home Entertainment, "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" – The Director's Edition is a complete digital restoration of the film with enhanced visual effects, supervised by Robert Wise, the film's director. The DVD set contains more than two hours of new, exclusive bonus materials. Including:
Disc 1
The feature, presented in widescreen, is enhanced for 16:9 TV's, in Dolby Digital English 5.1 and English Dolby Surround. The DVD is closed-captioned for the deaf and hard of hearing and subtitled in English.
A group audio commentary by director Robert Wise, special photographic effects supervisor John Dykstra, music composer Jerry Goldsmith and actor Stephen Collins
Phase II: The Lost Enterprise: This feature examines how early plans to launch a second Star Trek television series eventually lead to the development of the first Star Trek feature film.
A Bold New Enterprise: The Federation flagship gets overhauled for its maiden big-screen voyage.
Redirecting the Future: An examination of the filmmaking process applied to telling the new unique story that is The Motion Picture.
Teaser Trailer
Theatrical Trailer
New Director's Edition Trailer
8 Television Spots
5 Additional Scenes from the 1979 Theatrical Version
11 Deleted Scenes from the 1983 TV Version
Storyboard Archive
Interactive Menus
A Star Trek: Enterprise Promo Spot
The film is rated PG for sci-fi action and mild language. The running time is 136 minutes. Bonus features are not rated.
