Star Trek Movie Memories

by William Shatner

Other authorsChris Kreski

Hardcover, 1994

Status

Available

Call number

791.4375

Publication

Harpercollins (1994), Edition: 1st, Hardcover, 357 pages

Description

"Star Trek Memories, William Shatner's personal "Captain's Log," captivated legions of fans with its abundance of backstage lore from their favorite TV show. Now, in Star Trek Movie Memories, Shatner picks up where he left off and advances at warp speed from 1969 to the present, relating in equally explicit detail what went into the making of all six "classic" Star Trek movies, while including on-the-scene reporting from the set of the brand-new film, Star Trek: Generations."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

User reviews

LibraryThing member wfzimmerman

Who is that incredibly handsome and unwrinkled Canadian on the back cover? It's Captain Photoshop!

Despite the sarcasm, I really enjoyed this book, and greatly respect and enjoy Shatner.

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LibraryThing member jimocracy

I'm not even a Star Trek fan (but I do follow William Shatner on Google and find him intriguing) but I really enjoyed this book. To read about each Star Trek movie from Shatner's perspective was insightful and entertaining. Now, I'm seriously considering watching all movies with the original cast

back-to-back.

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LibraryThing member memccauley6

Although I liked this book, it was not nearly as enjoyable or personal as his previous book “Star Trek Memories”. Mainly, he talked about all the different script ideas, studio politicking and production disasters involved in bringing the various Star Trek movies to the big screen. His rare

spurts of personal reflection involved 1) his description of being unemployed and living out of his truck after the original series was cancelled – which I thought was touching, 2) a page and a half describing George Takei as a “nut” – which really turned me off (I think he was trying to be funny, but it fell flat) and 3) describing how he tried to patch things up with Walter Koenig and James Doohan on the set of Star Trek: Generations.

Still, I found all the discarded story ideas and might-have-beens fascinating. Can you imagine how bad Star Trek IV would have been with Eddie Murphy starring as a nutty professor? It almost happened.

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LibraryThing member jfe16

A behind-the-scenes look at six STAR TREK movies with William Shatner telling all from the set of the seventh film. Here are the stories, the turmoil, the chaos, the production mishaps . . . everything associated with the making of a Hollywood film fills the pages of this fascinating memoir. There

are interviews, remembrances, stories, anecdotes, trivia, and more than one hundred never-before-seen photographs, all certain to intrigue and please STAR TREK’s many fans. Readers who can’t get enough of the USS Enterprise and her intrepid crew will find much to appreciate here.

Highly recommended.

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LibraryThing member Maydacat

Star Trek fans will undoubtedly enjoy Shatner’s reminiscences about the movies that continue the Star Trek saga. Some may think he was a bit biased in his recollections, but it seems to me that he was pretty candid in his statements. He includes some self-deprecating humor, as well as talking

about mistakes and things he would do over if he could. He has nice things to say about his costars, and never lays blame for failures on anyone. It’s a nice look into the problems that occurred on set, and how they dealt with script rewrites and budget and time constraints. All in all, it’s an informative look at the behind scenes on movie sets that most of us will never be privy to. Having the audio read by Shatner just made it all the more enjoyable.

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