Paramount: Star Trek The Motion Picture Director's Cut Detailed for 4K Blu-ray
HomeParamount: Star Trek The Motion Picture Director's Cut Detailed for 4K Blu-ray
Posted July 6, 2022 05:04 PM by Webmaster
Paramount Home Media Distribution has detailed its upcoming 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases of the Director's Cut of Robert Wise's Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, and George Takei. The two releases will be available for purchase on September 6.
Studio description: This newly restored 5-disc set includes the new Director's Edition, the theatrical cut, and a special longer cut all on 4K Blu-ray along with the newly remastered director's cut on Blu-ray, the previously released theatrical cut on Blu-ray and special features on Blu-ray. The set is presented in deluxe packaging along with exclusive collectibles, including reproductions of original promotional material, a booklet with behind-the-scenes images, stickers, and more.
The standard 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray includes a bonus Blu-ray disc filled with new and legacy special features.
Originally released in 1979, Star Trek: The Motion Picture became the fourth highest grossing movie of the year and earned three Academy Award® nominations for Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction, and Best Music, Original Score. The film successfully launched the Star Trek franchise beyond the original television series, despite having been rushed to theaters with incomplete special effects and forced editing choices.
In 2001, director Robert Wise revisited the film to refine the edit and enhance the visual effects. His updated vision was released on DVD in standard definition and embraced by fans but has never been available in higher definition until now. Meticulously assembled and restored by producer David C. Fein with restoration supervisor and assistant to Robert Wise, Mike Matessino, both of whom originally collaborated with Wise, the film has been prepared for presentation in 4K Blu-ray with Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) and a new powerful and immersive Dolby Atmos soundtrack. Fein and Matessino assembled a team of special effects experts, led by returning visual effects supervisor Daren R. Dochterman, and utilized the extensive resources in the Paramount Archives to recreate the effects not just in HD, but in 4K. After more than six months of painstaking work, the updated movie looks and sounds better than ever while staying true to Wise's original intention.
Original Six Big-Screen Adventures Also Arrive on 4K Blu-ray September 5 in Time for Star Trek Day. In addition, Star Trek: The Original Motion Picture Collection will arrive on September 6 with all six big-screen adventures featuring the original series crew on 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray
LIMITED EDITION COLLECTION'S SET Star Trek: The Motion Picture—The Director's Edition—The Complete Adventure 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray
This Limited-Edition Collector's Set includes all of the special features listed below, plus an additional 4K Ultra HD disc with the theatrical cut and a special longer cut of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, which was originally created for broadcast television in 1983. It also includes the previously released theatrical cut on Blu-ray™ The set is presented in deluxe packaging along with exclusive collectibles, including reproductions of original promotional material, a booklet with behind-the-scenes images, stickers, and more.
4K BLU-RAY DISC
This comprehensive 15-disc collection includes the first six big-screen adventures featuring the original series crew in 4K Blu-ray with Dolby Vision and HDR-10. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture—The Director's Edition also includes Dolby Atmos). Both Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country are making their 4K Blu-ray debuts. The set also includes access to hours of new and legacy bonus content. Below is a breakdown of disc contents:
Studio description: This newly restored 5-disc set includes the new Director's Edition, the theatrical cut, and a special longer cut all on 4K Blu-ray along with the newly remastered director's cut on Blu-ray, the previously released theatrical cut on Blu-ray and special features on Blu-ray. The set is presented in deluxe packaging along with exclusive collectibles, including reproductions of original promotional material, a booklet with behind-the-scenes images, stickers, and more.
The standard 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray includes a bonus Blu-ray disc filled with new and legacy special features.
Originally released in 1979, Star Trek: The Motion Picture became the fourth highest grossing movie of the year and earned three Academy Award® nominations for Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction, and Best Music, Original Score. The film successfully launched the Star Trek franchise beyond the original television series, despite having been rushed to theaters with incomplete special effects and forced editing choices.
In 2001, director Robert Wise revisited the film to refine the edit and enhance the visual effects. His updated vision was released on DVD in standard definition and embraced by fans but has never been available in higher definition until now. Meticulously assembled and restored by producer David C. Fein with restoration supervisor and assistant to Robert Wise, Mike Matessino, both of whom originally collaborated with Wise, the film has been prepared for presentation in 4K Blu-ray with Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) and a new powerful and immersive Dolby Atmos soundtrack. Fein and Matessino assembled a team of special effects experts, led by returning visual effects supervisor Daren R. Dochterman, and utilized the extensive resources in the Paramount Archives to recreate the effects not just in HD, but in 4K. After more than six months of painstaking work, the updated movie looks and sounds better than ever while staying true to Wise's original intention.
Original Six Big-Screen Adventures Also Arrive on 4K Blu-ray September 5 in Time for Star Trek Day. In addition, Star Trek: The Original Motion Picture Collection will arrive on September 6 with all six big-screen adventures featuring the original series crew on 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray
LIMITED EDITION COLLECTION'S SET Star Trek: The Motion Picture—The Director's Edition—The Complete Adventure 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray
This Limited-Edition Collector's Set includes all of the special features listed below, plus an additional 4K Ultra HD disc with the theatrical cut and a special longer cut of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, which was originally created for broadcast television in 1983. It also includes the previously released theatrical cut on Blu-ray™ The set is presented in deluxe packaging along with exclusive collectibles, including reproductions of original promotional material, a booklet with behind-the-scenes images, stickers, and more.
4K BLU-RAY DISC
- NEWLY RESTORED IN 4K
- DOLBY VISION/HDR 10 PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- DOLBY ATMOS AUDIO TRACK
- NEW Audio Commentary with David C. Fein, Mike Matessino, and Daren R. Dochterman
- Audio Commentary by Robert Wise, Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, Jerry Goldsmith, and Stephen Collins
- Text Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda
- NEW The Human Adventure—An all-new 8-part documentary detailing how the Director's Edition came to life
- Preparing the Future – How the remastering began
- A Wise Choice – The storied history of Robert Wise
- Refitting the Enterprise – How the Enterprise design shaped future federation starships
- Sounding Off – Exploring new dimensions of sound in Dolby Atmos
- V'ger - The conception and restoration of an iconic alien antagonist
- Return to Tomorrow – Reaching an already high bar with new CGI effects
- A Grand Theme – Behind the iconic, influential music score that shaped the franchise's future
- The Grand Vision – The legacy and evolving reputation of this classic movie
- NEW Deleted Scenes
- NEW Effects Tests
- NEW Costume Tests
- NEW Computer Display Graphics
- Additional legacy bonus content
- NEWLY RESTORED IN 4K
- DOLBY VISION/HDR 10 PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- DOLBY ATMOS AUDIO TRACK
- PLUS access to the new and legacy bonus content listed above
- NEWLY RESTORED IN 4K
- DOLBY ATMOS AUDIO TRACK
- PLUS access to the new and legacy bonus content listed above
This comprehensive 15-disc collection includes the first six big-screen adventures featuring the original series crew in 4K Blu-ray with Dolby Vision and HDR-10. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture—The Director's Edition also includes Dolby Atmos). Both Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country are making their 4K Blu-ray debuts. The set also includes access to hours of new and legacy bonus content. Below is a breakdown of disc contents:
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Director's Edition – 4K Blu-ray & Blu-ray
- Additional Blu-ray with bonus content
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Theatrical Cut) – 4K Blu-ray & Blu-ray
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan – 4K Blu-ray & Blu-ray
- Includes Director's Cut
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock – 4K Blu-ray & Blu-ray
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – 4K Blu-ray & Blu-ray
- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier – 4K Blu-ray & Blu-ray
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country – 4K Blu-ray & Blu-ray
- Includes Director's Cut
