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2/25/09 at 10:00am
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PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT TAKES FANS TO THE
FINAL FRONTIER WITH TWO MUST-OWN COLLECTIONS LANDING FOR THE FIRST TIME ON BLU-RAY


ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION

&

MOTION PICTURE TRILOGY

Docking May 12, 2009, Collections Include Restored and Remastered Films in
High Definition, Along with All-New Bonus Features and Exclusive BD-Live Content

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Go where no fan has gone before when
Paramount Home Entertainment debuts the STAR TREK: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION on Blu-ray and STAR TREK: MOTION PICTURE TRILOGY on Blu-ray or DVD May 12, 2009. Available for the first time in high definition, these classic films launched the beloved “Star Trek” characters onto the big screen.
The STAR TREK: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION includes the first six “Star Trek” films, which have been digitally remastered in high definition
(Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan has been fully restored) with new 7.1 Dolby TrueHD audio and with over 14 hours of special features, including 2 ½ hours of all-new material. The collection also includes a bonus disc entitled “Star Trek: The Captains’ Summit” that features a 70-minute exclusive round table discussion hosted by
Whoopi Goldberg in which William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Patrick Stewart and Jonathan Frakes share candid moments and intimate details about life on the set. The collection will be available on Blu-ray with an anticipated retail price of $104.99.
The STAR TREK: MOTION PICTURE TRILOGY is an epic 3-part adventure starring the legendary crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise as they sacrifice their lives, ship and freedom to save the universe from imminent destruction. The Trilogy includes Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and Star Trek: IV
The Voyage Home in one box set, which will be available on either Blu-ray or DVD. The films have been digitally remastered in high definition (The Wrath of Khan has been restored) with new 7.1 Dolby TrueHD audio for the Blu-ray release and each disc includes all-new special features, including exclusive BD-Live content. The collection will be available on Blu-ray with an anticipated retail of $48.99 and on DVD for $29.99.
STAR TREK: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION Blu-ray
The STAR TREK: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION Blu-ray discs are presented in 1080p high definition with English 7.1 Dolby TrueHD, French and Spanish audio and English, English SDH, French, Spanish & Portuguese subtitles. The following details the special features on each disc:
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
•New Commentary by Michael & Denise Okuda, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Daren Dochterman
•The Longest Trek: Writing the Motion Picture (HD)
•Special Star Trek Reunion (HD)
•Starfleet Academy: Mystery Behind V’ger (HD)
•Deleted Scenes
•Storyboards
•Trailers & TV Spots
•Library Computer (BD Exclusive)
•BD Live: Star Trek I.Q.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
•Commentary by director Nicholas Meyer
•New Commentary by director Nicholas Meyer and Manny Coto
•James Horner: Composing Genesis (HD)
•A Tribute to Ricardo Montalban (HD)
•Collecting Star Trek’s Movie Relics (HD)
•Starfleet Academy: Mystery Behind Ceti Alpha VI (HD)
•Captain’s Log
•Designing Khan

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (cont’d)
•Original interviews with DeForest Kelley, William Shatner,
Leonard Nimoy and Ricardo Montalban
•Where No Man Has Gone Before: The Visual Effects of Star Trek I:
The Wrath of Khan
•The Star Trek Universe: A Novel Approach
•Storyboards
•Theatrical trailer
•Library Computer (BD Exclusive)
•BD Live: Star Trek I.Q.

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
•Commentary by director Leonard Nimoy, writer/producer
Harve Bennett, director of photography Charles Correll and Robin Curtis
•Commentary by Ronald D. Moore and Michael Taylor
•Library Computer
•Captain’s Log
•Terraforming and the Prime Directive
•Industrial Light & Magic: The Visual Effects of Star Trek (HD)
•Spock: The Early Years (HD)
•Space Docks and Birds of Prey
•Speaking Klingon
•Klingon and Vulcan Costumes
•Star Trek and the Science Fiction Museum Hall of Fame (HD)
•Starfleet Academy SCISEC Brief 003: Mystery Behind the Vulcan Katra Transfer
•Photo Galleries
•Storyboards
•Theatrical Trailer (HD)

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
•Commentary by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy
•New Commentary by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman
•Pavel Chekov’s Screen Moments (HD)
•The Three-Picture Saga (HD)
•Star Trek for a Cause (HD)
•Starfleet Academy: The Whale Probe (HD)
•Future’s Past: A Look Back
•On Location
•Dailies Deconstruction
•Below-the-Line: Sound Design
•Time Travel: The Art of the Possible
•The Language of Whales
•A Vulcan Primer
•Kirk’s Women
•From Outer Space to the Ocean
•The Bird of Prey
•Original interviews with Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner and DeForest Kelley
•Roddenberry Scrapbook
•Featured Artist: Mark Lenard
•Production Gallery
•Storyboards
•Theatrical Trailer (HD)
•Library Computer (BD Exclusive)
•BD Live: Star Trek I.Q.

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
•Commentary by William Shatner and Liz Shatner
•New Commentary by Michael & Denise Okuda and Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Daren Dochterman
•Star Trek Honors NASA (HD)
•Hollywood Walk of Fame: James Doohan (HD)
•Starfleet Academy: Nimbus III (HD)
•Harve Bennett’s Pitch to the Sales Team
•The Journey: A Behind-the-Scenes Documentary
•Makeup Tests
•Pre-Visualization Models
•Rockman in the Raw
•Star Trek V press conference
•Herman Zimmerman: A Tribute
•Original Interview: William Shatner
•Cosmic Thoughts
•That Klingon Couple
•A Green Future?
•Deleted Scenes
•Production Gallery
•Storyboards
•Theatrical Trailers (HD)
•TV Spots
•Library Computer (BD Exclusive)
•BD Live: Star Trek I.Q.

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
•Commentary by director Nicholas Meyer and screenwriter
Denny Martin Flinn
•New Commentary by Larry Nemecek and Ira Steven Behr
•Tom Morga: Alien Stuntman (HD)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (cont’d)
•To Be Or Not To Be: Klingons and Shakespeare (HD)
•Starfleet Academy: Praxis (HD)
•The Perils of Peacemaking
•Stories from Star Trek VI:
oIt Started with a Story
oPrejudice
oDirector Nicholas Meyer
oShakespeare & General Chang
oBring it to Life
oFarewell & Goodbye
•Conversations with Nicholas Meyer
•Klingons: Conjuring the Legend
•Federation Operatives
•Penny’s Toy Box
•Together Again
•DeForest Kelley: A Tribute
•Original cast interviews
•Production Gallery
•Storyboards
•1991 Convention Presentation by Nicholas Meyer
•Trailers
•Library Computer (BD Exclusive)
•BD Live: Star Trek I.Q.

Bonus Disc:
•Star Trek: The Captains’ Summit (HD)

STAR TREK: MOTION PICTURE TRILOGY Blu-ray & DVD
The STAR TREK: MOTION PICTURE TRILOGY Blu-ray discs are presented in 1080p high definition with English 7.1 Dolby TrueHD, French 2.0 Dolby Surround and Spanish Mono and English, English SDH, French, Spanish & Portuguese subtitles. The DVD collection is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 televisions with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround EX, French 2.0 Dolby Surround, Spanish Mono and Portuguese Mono and English, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. See listings above for features on the individual Blu-ray discs. The DVD special features are as follows:

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
•Commentary by director Nicholas Meyer and Manny Coto
•James Horner: Composing Genesis
•Collecting Star Trek’s Movie Relics
•A Tribute to Ricardo Montalban
•Starfleet Academy: Mystery Behind Ceti Alpha VI
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
•Commentary by Ronald D. Moore and Michael Taylor
•Industrial Light & Magic: The Visual Effects of Star Trek
•Spock: The Early Years
•Star Trek and the Science Fiction Museum Hall of Fame
•Starfleet Academy: Mystery Behind the Vulcan Katra Transfer

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
•Commentary by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman
•Pavel Chekov’s Screen Moments
•The Three-Picture Saga
•Star Trek for a Cause
•Starfleet Academy: The Whale Probe

About Paramount Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) is part of Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment. PPC is a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), a leading content company with prominent and respected film, television and digital entertainment brands. PHE is responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of home entertainment products on behalf of various parties including: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, Paramount Famous Productions, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, CBS and PBS and for providing home entertainment fulfillment services for DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment.

STAR TREK: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION
Street Date: May 12, 2009
Pricing:$104.99 U.S. (Blu-ray)

STAR TREK: MOTION PICTURE TRILOGY
Street Date: May 12, 2009
Pricing:$48.99 U.S. (Blu-ray)
$29.99 U.S. (DVD)
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post #2 of 22
2/25/09 at 10:10am

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So I wonder if places like amazon.com will lower the MSRP to match this press release.
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post #3 of 22
2/26/09 at 12:35pm

Re: Paramount Press Release: Star Trek Original Motion Picture Collection & Trilogy (BD)

Hmm, I notice they didn't brag about "original Theatrical versions!!'

or perhaps even...........

"Now NOT including footage always before seen'----referring to Trek 6
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post #4 of 22
2/26/09 at 4:19pm

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I have been waiting for these movies to come out and part of me is very excited! However I think I would rather have these titles in there seperate Bluray cases. And I am a little surprised that they are not releasing all the movies. Why just the first 6 movies? The price is not bad at all for 6 Trek movies in HD. I am looking foward to hearing about the quality of these titles because of video quality issues with Paramount and other past releases.

Has there been any news when we might see the remaining movies released on Bluray?
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post #5 of 22
2/26/09 at 4:53pm

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Originally Posted by Dave Moritz
And I am a little surprised that they are not releasing all the movies. Why just the first 6 movies?
It is a puzzler. I wonder if there is perhaps some sort of greatly hyped, highly lucrative event happening within weeks of this release that may tie into these six movies more than the other four.
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post #6 of 22
2/26/09 at 7:15pm

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Originally Posted by Dave Moritz
I However I think I would rather have these titles in there seperate Bluray cases.

Perhaps I missed it, but has it been confirmed what type of packaging these sets will have?
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post #7 of 22
2/26/09 at 8:37pm

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Originally Posted by Paul Arnette
Perhaps I missed it, but has it been confirmed what type of packaging these sets will have?
Thinpacks in a slipcase.
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post #8 of 22
2/26/09 at 9:46pm

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Any news if these will be sold individually?
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post #9 of 22
2/27/09 at 5:36am

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Originally Posted by Joel Fontenot
Any news if these will be sold individually?
Nothing announced, but rumors that it'll happen around when the Abrams movie hits disc this fall.
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post #10 of 22
2/27/09 at 8:26am

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Originally Posted by ATimson

Thanks. While I would prefer standard keepcases, as long as it is not some DigiPak accordion nightmare or overly-contrived packaging I can live with thinpacks.
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post #11 of 22
2/27/09 at 9:57am
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Re: Paramount Press Release: Star Trek Original Motion Picture Collection & Trilogy (BD)

I don't know if I am in the minority of opinion here but I am
a bit distressed that "The Director's Cut" of the original motion
picture was not included --- especially on a format that could have
supported it via branching.
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post #12 of 22
2/27/09 at 10:14am

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Originally Posted by Ronald Epstein
I don't know if I am in the minority of opinion here but I am
a bit distressed that "The Director's Cut" of the original motion
picture was not included --- especially on a format that could have
supported it via branching.
I'm not so sure that TMP could have been supported by branching. Even ignoring that the CGI doesn't exist in hi-def, or that many of the changes are not entire scenes but slices of a second or two, there's also the completely different sound mix. I'm not sure just how suited branching is to that.

I would have liked TMP to be available, but that one I can almost understand why Paramount didn't spring for it. I'm not so forgiving of the others missing their Director's Editions, because II was (as far as I can tell) straight splicing, and the minor optical transitions in VI shouldn't be terribly difficult/expensive to recreate.
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post #13 of 22
2/27/09 at 11:31am

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Originally Posted by Ronald Epstein
I don't know if I am in the minority of opinion here but I am
a bit distressed that "The Director's Cut" of the original motion
picture was not included --- especially on a format that could have
supported it via branching.

You're certainly not the only one to express that feeling - there's another thread going where we spent pages and pages going back and forth on that. The bottom line for why it couldn't included is this: when the "Director's Edition" of TMP was created, Paramount only paid for the work to be done in standard-def resolution. (Now, we can debate whether or not the Director's Edition was better, worse, or equal to the original, but that's besides the point.) There simply is no HD source that the studio could have gone to for the Director's Edition. Being that TMP's theatrical version has run on some HD channels the past couple years, it would seem they already had an HD version available to use for the Blu-ray. I don't think this was a matter of Paramount wanting to shaft the fans - I think it's a matter of there not being an HD source they could use for the Director's Edition, and either the time, money, or desire to make one wasn't there.

I was actually in the minority opinion in being glad that if there was only one version being used on the Blu-ray, that it was the theatrical version. TMP has never been available on disc in its theatrical incarnation. In fact, the only versions I've ever been able to see were the "special longer version" made for TV and home video in the early 80s, and the "director's edition" that came out on DVD around 2001. I don't think it's worth me picking apart all the reasons why I have issues with the Director's Edition yet again. But what I will say is that I was seriously concerned for some time that the original Star Trek film was going to be one of those things, like the original Star Wars trilogy, where the owners of the rights would go out of their way to suppress the original version. So I'm glad it's finally coming out as it first appeared in theaters. Same for Star Trek VI. (It may turn out that I like the revised versions that have been on video and DVD better, but I honestly thought that the version I saw in theaters in 1991, the version that introduced me to Star Trek in the first place, was lost forever.)
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post #14 of 22
2/27/09 at 12:09pm

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I don't know if I am in the minority of opinion here but I am
a bit distressed that "The Director's Cut" of the original motion
picture was not included --- especially on a format that could have
supported it via branching.

I agree, I would have loved for the director's cut be available for the original motion picture.

I am assuming that the slimline cases are the same thing as the slimline dvd cases? If this is the case , then I am going to pick up the 6 disc set when it comes out. My main focus is the quality of the transfers and that each movie has a lossless audio track. And from what I have seen it looks like these titles are getting a Dolby True HD 7.1 mix, is this correct? If so would this mark the first titles on Bluray to come with a 7.1 Dolby True HD track? I just hope that they release the Next Generation movies in a set sometime this year. Or at least by the end of next summer.
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post #15 of 22
2/27/09 at 12:19pm

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Josh, all you said about the DC vs the theatrical is true, but

if Paramount had ANY concern for the fans they could have easily included the "Special longer version' with the theatrical via branching.

It had NO new visual or sound effects and contained ALL the extra character bits in the DC ( as well as some the DC did not)

I like the DC best but, I would have bought the version I just mentioned because it does have the character stuff that is the heart of the improvments.

this would have engendered a lot of goodwill in fans--especially those whose favorite version is the "SLV'--even though they are are fairly small minority.
It's not just a bootleg or 'TV version'---it has had several official Paramount releases.

Just as people were afraid that the thearical versions of Trek 1 & Trek 6 would never see the DVD or blu-ray format, it is now almost certain that the 'SLV' WILL NEVER see DVD or Blu-ray because it is just as imcompatable with the DC as the thearical was. And I doubt we'll see the third and least popular version get it's own separate release in this economic climate and probably in any situation.

An explanation by Paramount stating that the Thearical and the DC were incompatable for branching, but stating that the SLV was being included would have been accepted as honest and generous.
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post #16 of 22
2/27/09 at 1:26pm

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Originally Posted by Camper
if Paramount had ANY concern for the fans they could have easily included the "Special longer version' with the theatrical via branching.
Well, most of it. Kirk's spacewalk would probably have to be dropped, thanks to the studio walls showing.
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post #17 of 22
2/27/09 at 1:31pm

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Originally Posted by Camper
if Paramount had ANY concern for the fans they could have easily included the "Special longer version' with the theatrical via branching.

Please. When has any for-profit business been concerned with fans or their consumers? And Paramount of all people? Come on!

Ya know, I can get on board with $105 for the set. Much lower than I expected, honestly.
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post #18 of 22
2/27/09 at 1:32pm

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Originally Posted by ATimson
Well, most of it. Kirk's spacewalk would probably have to be dropped, thanks to the studio walls showing.


Yes, they could have eliminated that or spent a very little amount of money to extend a matte painting as was originally intended---which would have also generated good will.

But of course the space suit didn't match, either!
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post #19 of 22
2/27/09 at 8:24pm

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Originally Posted by Josh Steinberg
TMP has never been available on disc in its theatrical incarnation. In fact, the only versions I've ever been able to see were the "special longer version" made for TV and home video in the early 80s, and the "director's edition" that came out on DVD around 2001.

The theatrical version was first available only in widescreen format on laserdisc back in '91. I have it. Then they put it out in widescreen VHS as part of a boxed set with all the movies up to 5 in '92, but I don't know if the W/S VHS issues were ever released individually.

I personally prefer the theatrical version, but won't mind the DE when it's decided to be done.
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post #20 of 22
2/28/09 at 3:18am

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Originally Posted by ATimson
Well, most of it. Kirk's spacewalk would probably have to be dropped, thanks to the studio walls showing.

Ummm... it might just be me, but I seem to remember that the "extended version" was actually a "TV version" and, as such, for it to be presented in its OAR surely it should be 4:3? (Hence removing the studio walls, etc)

If it was presented in 4:3 it wouldn't be possible to branch it against the theatrical version.

Personally I'd love a 3-disc set for the movie, and I know that one was being considered for HD-DVD. I wouldn't rule it out for BD at some point.
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post #21 of 22
2/28/09 at 9:43am

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I am glad we will get to see the theatrical version on disc. I ordered the widescreen vhs of it from Suncoast more than 10 years ago. Back in the days before the world wide web. I've hung on to it not knowing if I'd ever see it on disc since I never had a laserdisc player.

I just hope the print is cleaned up. I found the VFX sequences to be quite dirty on the Director's Edition of the disc. Especially when compared to the clean up the Star Wars films of that era got.

I'm holding my breath to see how all of these films look. I'm a bit bothered that TWOK is the only one they are advertising as being restored.
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post #22 of 22
2/28/09 at 11:43am

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Originally Posted by Spymaster
Ummm... it might just be me, but I seem to remember that the "extended version" was actually a "TV version" and, as such, for it to be presented in its OAR surely it should be 4:3? (Hence removing the studio walls, etc)
Even if the cut were originally from the TV version, I'm not so sure that I'd grant 4:3 as being the OAR; everything was shot/composed with the intention of being shown at 2.35:1.

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If it was presented in 4:3 it wouldn't be possible to branch it against the theatrical version.
Maybe, maybe not. I don't know exactly what the Blu-ray PIP/overlay specs are--could they just drop two pillarboxes on top of the 16:9 image?
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