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Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the fifteenth most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in the nation from 2000 to 2006. Austin has a population of 786,382 (2009 U.S. Census estimate). The city is the cultural and economic center of the metropolitan area, with a population of 1,750,224 (2009 U.S. Census estimate), making it the 35th-largest metropolitan area in the United States.
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Bali
Bali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east. It is one of the country's 33 provinces with the provincial capital at Denpasar towards the south of the island.
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Calgary
Calgary () is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies. The city is located in the Grassland region of Alberta.
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Cuba
The Republic of Cuba (; , ) is an island country in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos.
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Glasgow
Glasgow ( (); (pronounced )) is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands. A person from Glasgow is known as a Glaswegian, which is also the name of the local dialect.
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Intel Corporation
Intel Corporation (; ; ) is an American technology company and the world's largest semiconductor chip maker, based on revenue. It is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most personal computers. Intel was founded on July 18, 1968, as Integrated Electronics Corporation (though a common misconception is that "Intel" is from the word intelligence) and is based in Santa Clara, California, USA. Intel also makes motherboard chipsets, network interface controllers and integrated circuits, flash memory, graphic chips, embedded processors and other devices related to communications and computing. Founded by semiconductor pioneers Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore and widely associated with the executive leadership and vision of Andrew Grove, Intel combines advanced chip design capability with a leading-edge manufacturing capability. Originally known primarily to engineers and technologists, Intel's "Intel Inside" advertising campaign of the 1990s made it and its Pentium processor household names.
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Iowa
Iowa () is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland." It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New France. After the Louisiana Purchase, settlers laid the foundation for an agriculture-based economy in the heart of the Corn Belt. Iowa is often known as the "Food Capital of the World", however Iowa's economy, culture, and landscape are diverse. In the mid and late 20th century, Iowa's agricultural economy transitioned to a diversified economy of advanced manufacturing, processing, financial services, biotechnology, and green energy production. Iowa has been listed as one of the safest states in which to live. Des Moines is Iowa's capital and largest city.
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Linlithgow
Linlithgow () (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Iucha, Scots Lithgae) is a Royal Burgh in West Lothian, Scotland. The town's coat of arms shows a black dog, chained to an oak tree, which grows on an island. Linlithgow's patron saint is Saint Michael and its motto is St. Michael is kinde to strangers.
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NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA, ) is an Executive Branch agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's civilian space program and aeronautics and aerospace research. Since February 2006, NASA's self-described mission statement is to "pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research."
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Sydney, Australia
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Vulcan, Alberta
Vulcan is a town located midway between the cities of Calgary and Lethbridge, in the prairies of southern Alberta, Canada. The population of the town was 1,940 in 2006, and the population of the county, which is also named Vulcan, was 3,718. The town's economy is mainly agriculture-based. Wheat, canola and barley are the main crops grown in the Vulcan area.
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Adrien Brody
Adrien Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an American actor. He received widespread recognition and subsequent acclaim after starring in Roman Polanski's The Pianist (2002). He is the youngest actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, at 29 years old.
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Alan Dean Foster
Alan Dean Foster (born November 18, 1946) is an American author of fantasy and science fiction. He currently resides in Prescott, Arizona, with his wife, and is also known for his novelizations of film scripts. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science and a MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Alex Kurtzman
Alex Kurtzman (born September 7, 1973) is an American film and television screenwriter and producer.
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Alexander Courage
Alexander "Sandy" Mair Courage Jr. (December 10, 1919 –May 15, 2008) was an American orchestrator, arranger, and composer of music, primarily for television and film.
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Alice Eve
Alice Sophia Eve (born 6 February 1982) is an English actress. She is known for her lead in ''She's Out of My League and also appeared in Sex and the City 2. She will also star in the up-coming The Decoy Bride''.
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Anton Yelchin
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Antoni Gaudí
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B'Elanna Torres
'''B'Elanna Torres Paris () is a main character in ' played by Roxann Dawson. She is portrayed as a half-human half-Klingon born in 2349 on the Federation colony Kessik IV. Torres joined the Maquis at age 21 in 2370 and was serving on the Val Jean when brought to the Delta Quadrant. Later, when she joined the USS Voyager, she was given provisional rank of Lieutenant, junior grade and posted in engineering. After some time she was promoted to the provisional rank of Lieutenant and made the Chief Engineer. In 2377, she married Tom Paris and gave birth to their daughter Miral the next year as Voyager was returning to the Alpha Quadrant.
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Ben Burtt
Benjamin "Ben" Burtt, Jr. (born July 12, 1948) is an American sound designer for the films (1977), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and WALL-E (2008). He is also a film editor and director; screenwriter; and voice actor.
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Ben Cross
Ben Cross (born 16 December 1947) is an English actor of the stage and screen, best known for his portrayal of the British Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams in the 1981 movie Chariots of Fire.
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Ben Stiller
Benjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller (born November 30, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, writer, film director, and producer. He is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara.
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Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (born 19 July 1976) is an English film, television, and theatre actor. His most acclaimed roles include: Stephen Hawking in the BBC drama Hawking (2004); William Pitt in the inspirational historical film Amazing Grace (2006); the protagonist Stephen Ezard in the miniseries thriller The Last Enemy (2008); Paul Marshall in Atonement (2007); Bernard in Small Island (2009); and Sherlock Holmes in the modern BBC adaptation series Sherlock (2010).
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Benicio del Toro
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Benjamin Sisko
Benjamin Lafayette Sisko, played by Avery Brooks, is the main character of the television series .
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Bill Todman, Jr.
Bill Todman, Jr. is a motion-picture producer, founder of Level 1 Entertainment and the son of television producer Bill Todman. He has produced several films including Strange Wilderness, The In-Laws, and X-Men, and Hard to Kill. He was to have been an executive producer of the 2009 Star Trek film (and was credited as such in the film's teaser trailer), but this is no longer the case since Level 1 was replaced on the film by Spyglass Entertainment.
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Bruce Greenwood
Bruce Greenwood (born August 12, 1956) is a Canadian actor. He is generally known for his roles as the President of the United States in Thirteen Days and and for his role as Captain Christopher Pike in the 2009 Star Trek film.
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Bryan Burk
Bryan Burk (born 30 December 1968) is an American television producer.
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Caesar (Xena)
Caesar is a fictional character from the television series loosely based on Julius Caesar. He is portrayed by New Zealand actor Karl Urban. Caesar is a recurring antagonist in seasons two and three, with a guest appearance in season six as well as being the main antagonist of season four.
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Carolyn Porco
Carolyn C. Porco (born March 6, 1953) is an American planetary scientist known for her work in the exploration of the outer solar system, beginning with her imaging work on the Voyager missions to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in the 1980s. She leads the imaging science team on the Cassini mission currently in orbit around Saturn. She is also an imaging scientist on the New Horizons mission launched to Pluto on January 19, 2006. She is an expert on planetary rings and the Saturnian moon, Enceladus.
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Chakotay
Chakotay (), played by Robert Beltran, is a character in . He is the First Officer of the USS Voyager.
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Chris Hemsworth
Chris Hemsworth (born 11 August 1983) is an Australian actor best known for playing the roles of Kim Hyde in the Australian soap opera Home and Away and George Kirk in the 2009 film Star Trek. Hemsworth will portray Marvel Comics character Thor in the upcoming films Thor and The Avengers.
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Chris Pine
Christopher Whitelaw "Chris" Pine (born August 26, 1980) is an American actor. He has appeared in the romantic comedies (2004) and Just My Luck (2006), as well as the action film ''Smokin' Aces (2007) as well as portraying James T. Kirk in the 2009 film Star Trek''.
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Chroma key
Chroma key compositing (or chroma keying) is a technique for compositing two images or frames together in which a color (or a small color range) from one image is removed (or made transparent), revealing another image behind it. This technique is also referred to as color keying, colour-separation overlay (CSO; primarily by the BBC), greenscreen, and bluescreen. It is commonly used for weather forecast broadcasts, wherein the presenter appears to be standing in front of a large map, but in the studio it is actually a large blue or green background. The meteorologist stands in front of a bluescreen, and then different weather maps are added on those parts in the image where the color is blue. If the meteorologist wears blue clothes, their clothes will become replaced with the background video. This also works for greenscreens, since blue and green are considered the colors least like skin tone. This technique is also used in the entertainment industry, the iconic theatre shots in Mystery Science Theater 3000, for example.
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Clifton Collins, Jr.
Clifton Craig Collins, Jr. (born June 16, 1970) is an American actor.
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Dan Mindel
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Daniel Mindel
Daniel Mindel A.S.C. is a South African-American cinematographer. He is known for his frequent work with film directors Ridley and Tony Scott.
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Deep Roy
Gurdeep Roy (born 1957), sometimes credited as Roy Deep, Gordeep Roy, or just Deep Roy, is a Kenyan-born Indian actor, stuntman and puppeteer.
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DeForest Kelley
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Erik Jendresen
Erik Jendresen is an author as well as a writer and producer for plays, television, and film.
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Faran Tahir
Faran Tahir (born February 16, 1963) is a Pakistani-American film and television actor.
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Gene Roddenberry
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Geordi La Forge
:Geordi redirects here; for a similarly named regional culture in England, see Geordie.
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George Takei
George Hosato Takei Altman (born April 20, 1937) is an American actor of Japanese descent, best known for his role in the television series , in which he played Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the . He is an outspoken proponent of gay rights and active in state and local politics as well as continuing his acting career. He has won several awards and accolades in his work on human rights and Japanese-American relations, including his work with the Japanese American National Museum.
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Greg Ellis (actor)
Greg Ellis (born 21 March 1968) is an English actor. He has worked on films such as Star Trek as Chief Engineer Olsen the original engineer of the Enterprise, , Titanic, ' and ', "Beowulf", To End All Wars, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith and has appeared in television shows such as "Trust Me", "X-Files", "Valentine", "Nip-Tuck", "Knight Rider", (in its final episode, "What You Leave Behind") and in the third season of 24 as the biological weapons dealer, Michael Amador.
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Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American film actor and producer. Ford is best known for his performances as Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy and as the title character of the Indiana Jones film series. He is also known for his roles as Rick Deckard in Blade Runner, John Book in Witness and Jack Ryan in Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger. His four-decade career also includes roles in several other Hollywood blockbusters, including Presumed Innocent, The Fugitive, Air Force One, and What Lies Beneath. At one point, four of the top five box-office hits of all time included one of his roles. Five of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry.
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Harve Bennett
Harve Bennett (born Harve Bennett Fischman on August 17, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American television and film producer and screenwriter.
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Hikaru Sulu
Hikaru Sulu is a character in the Star Trek media franchise. First portrayed by George Takei in the , Sulu also appears in the , the first six Star Trek movies, one episode of , and in numerous books, comics, and video games. John Cho assumed the role of the character in the 2009 film Star Trek.
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Hoshi Sato
Hoshi Sato (), played by Korean American actress Linda Park, is a fictional character in the science fiction television series .
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Indiana Jones
Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr. Ph.D. is a fictional American adventurer, OSS operative, professor of archaeology, and the central protagonist of the Indiana Jones franchise. George Lucas created the character in homage to the action heroes of 1930s film serials. The character first appeared in the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark, to be followed by Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in 1984, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles from 1992 to 1996, and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in 2008. Alongside the more widely known films and television programs, novels, comics, video games, and other media also feature the character, Jones is also featured in the theme park attraction Indiana Jones Adventure, which exists in similar forms at Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea.
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J. J. Abrams
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Jacob Kogan
Jacob Kogan (born May 28, 1995) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the title role in the 2007 psychological thriller Joshua and Spock as a child in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek.
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Jake Sisko
Jacob "Jake" Sisko, played by Cirroc Lofton, is a character on . He is the son of Deep Space Nine's commanding officer, Benjamin Sisko.
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James Cawley
James Cawley (born June 23, 1967) is an American executive film producer and actor, known for his assumption of the role Captain James T. Kirk in the fan film series .
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James Doohan
James Montgomery "Jimmy" Doohan (March 3, 1920 – July 20, 2005) was an Irish-Canadian character and voice actor best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film series Star Trek. Doohan's characterization of the Scottish Chief Engineer of the Starship Enterprise was one of the most recognizable elements in the Star Trek franchise, for which he also made several contributions . Many of the characterizations, mannerisms, and expressions that he established for Scotty and other Star Trek characters have become entrenched in popular culture.
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James Kyson Lee
James Kyson Lee (born December 13, 1975) is a Korean-born American actor best known for his role of Ando Masahashi on the NBC television series Heroes.
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Jean-Luc Picard
Captain Jean-Luc Picard () is a fictional Star Trek character portrayed by Sir Patrick Stewart. He appears in the television series and the feature films Star Trek Generations, ', ', and Star Trek Nemesis. He also made an appearance in the pilot episode of .
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John Cho
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John F. Kennedy
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John Lennon
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John Logie Baird
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Jonathan Archer
Jonathan Archer is a fictional character in the Star Trek franchise. He is the protagonist of the television series , where he is played by Scott Bakula. Archer also plays a major role in the formation of the United Federation of Planets.
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Jonathan Frakes
Jonathan Scott Frakes (born August 19, 1952) is an American actor, author and director, best known for his portrayal of Commander William T. Riker in the television series and as David Xanatos in the animated television series Gargoyles.
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Julian Bashir
Lieutenant Julian Subatoi Bashir, M.D., played by Alexander Siddig, is a main character in . Bashir is the chief medical officer of space station Deep Space Nine and the USS Defiant.
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Karl Urban
Karl-Heinz Urban (born June 7, 1972) is an actor from New Zealand.
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Katherine Pulaski
Commander Katherine Pulaski, MD; played by Diana Muldaur, is the replacement chief medical officer for Dr. Beverly Crusher during the second season of the television series .
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Khan Noonien Singh
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Leonard Nimoy
Leonard Simon Nimoy (, ; born March 26, 1931) is an American actor, film director, poet, musician, and photographer. Nimoy's fame rests on his playing the role of Spock in 1966-1969, as well as reprising the role in multiple film, television and video game sequels.
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Leslie Moonves
Leslie Moonves (born October 6, 1949) is President and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corporation.
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Lucia Rijker
Lucia Rijker (born December 6, 1967) is a Dutch professional female boxer, kickboxer, and actress.
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M'Ress
Lieutenant '''M'Ress, voiced by Majel Barrett, is a recurring character on ' which aired on NBC from 1973 to 1974.
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Majel Barrett
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Malcolm Reed
Malcolm Reed, played by Dominic Keating, is a fictional character on the television series .
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Mary Jo Markey
Mary Jo Markey is an American film and television editor, who has also worked as an actress. Markey has edited several mainstream films including Medicine Man, Bad Boy, and . She has also worked as an editor on several television shows, such as three episodes of Felicity, Breaking News, Skin, fourteen episodes of Alias, and is also chief editor on Lost. She is a member of the American Cinema Editors and is a frequent collaborator with J.J. Abrams, having worked with him on three of his television shows (Felicity, Alias, and Lost) as well as editing his debut feature film (Mission: Impossible III) and the 2009 Star Trek film.
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Maryann Brandon
Maryann Brandon is an American film editor. She is represented by United Talent Agency.
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Michael Giacchino
Michael Giacchino (; born October 10, 1967) is an American composer who has composed scores for movies, television series and video games. Some of his most notable works include the scores to television series such as Lost, Alias and Fringe, games such as the Medal of Honor and Call of Duty series, and films such as , The Incredibles, Star Trek, Ratatouille, and Up. Giacchino has received numerous awards for his work, including an Emmy, multiple Grammys, and an Academy Award.
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Montgomery Scott
Montgomery "Scotty" Scott is a fictional Scottish engineer in the Star Trek media franchise. First portrayed by James Doohan in the , Scotty also appears in the , seven Star Trek movies, the episode "Relics", and in numerous books, comics, and video games. Simon Pegg assumed the character for the 2009 film Star Trek.
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Nerd
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Nichelle Nichols
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Paul McCartney
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Paul McGillion
Paul McGillion (born January 5, 1969) is a Vancouver-based actor who has worked in television, film and theatre since 1990. He is best known for his role on the television series Stargate Atlantis as Dr. Carson Beckett.
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Pavel Lychnikoff
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Pierre Cardin
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Quark (Star Trek)
Quark is a fictional character in the American television series . The character, which was played by Armin Shimerman, was depicted as a member of an extraterrestrial race known as the Ferengi, who are stereotypically ultra-capitalist and only motivated by profit.
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Randy Pausch
Randolph Frederick "Randy" Pausch (October 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008) was an American professor of computer science and human-computer interaction and design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pausch learned that he had pancreatic cancer in September 2006, and in August 2007 he was given a terminal diagnosis: "3 to 6 months of good health left". He gave an upbeat lecture entitled "The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" on September 18, 2007 at Carnegie Mellon, which became a popular YouTube video and led to other media appearances. He then co-authored a book called The Last Lecture on the same theme, which became a New York Times best-seller. Pausch died of complications from pancreatic cancer on July 25, 2008.
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Rick Berman
Richard Keith Berman (born December 25, 1945 in New York, New York, United States) is an American television producer. He is most famous for his work as the executive producer of several Star Trek series and movies, and succeeding Gene Roddenberry as head of the franchise until the cancellation of in 2005.
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Roberto Orci
Roberto Gaston Orci (born July 20, 1973) is a Mexican-American film producer, television producer and screenwriter.
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Rod Roddenberry
Eugene Wesley "Rod" Roddenberry Jr. (b. February 5, 1974 in Los Angeles, California) is an American television producer and the only son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and actress Majel Barrett. He is known for his work in science fiction, astronomy and space exploration. In 2009, Roddenberry along with Greg Martin created the Roddenberry Dive Team dedicated to the exploration, education and preservation of the Earth's oceans.
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Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert (; born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and screenwriter. Forbes has described him as "the most powerful pundit in America".
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Ronald D. Moore
Ronald Dowl Moore (born July 5, 1964) is an American screenwriter and television producer best known for his work on Star Trek and the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica miniseries and television series, for which he won a Peabody Award for creative excellence in 2005.
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Shakespearian
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Simon Pegg
Simon Pegg (born Simon John Beckingham; 14 February 1970) is an English actor, comedian, writer, film producer and director. He is best known for his starring roles in Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Run Fatboy Run, the comedy series Spaced and his portrayal of Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the revamped Star Trek. Much of his major work has been in collaboration with some combination of Nick Frost, Jessica Hynes, Dylan Moran and Edgar Wright.
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Spencer Daniels
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Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg, (born December 18, 1946) is an American film director, screenwriter, film producer and video game designer. In a career spanning six decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an archetype of modern Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking. In later years, his films began addressing such issues as the Holocaust, slavery, war and terrorism. He is considered one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. He is also one of the founders of DreamWorks.
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T'Pol
Commander '''T'Pol () is a fictional character played by Jolene Blalock in '. She is a Vulcan who serves as the science officer aboard the starship Enterprise.
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Tom Cruise
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (; born July 3, 1962), better known by his screen name of Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and won three Golden Globe Awards. His first leading role was the 1983 film Risky Business, which has been described as "A Generation X classic, and a career-maker" for the actor. After playing the role of a heroic naval pilot in the popular and financially successful 1986 film Top Gun, Cruise continued in this vein, playing a secret agent in a series of action films in the 1990s and 2000s. In addition to these heroic roles, he has starred in many other successful films such as Jerry Maguire (1996), Magnolia (1999), Vanilla Sky (2001), Minority Report (2002), The Last Samurai (2003), Collateral (2004) and War of the Worlds (2005).
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Tom Paris
Thomas Eugene "Tom" Paris, played by Robert Duncan McNeill, is a character in the television series . (The character's middle name "Eugene" is a tribute to Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry.) Paris serves as the chief helmsman and an auxiliary medic aboard the USS Voyager.
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Travis Mayweather
Travis Mayweather is a fictional character, played by Anthony Montgomery, in the television series , serving as a navigator and helm officer aboard the starship Enterprise. He holds the rank of Ensign, and is in the command division.
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Trip Tucker
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Uhura
Nyota Uhura (), originally played by Nichelle Nichols, is a character in ', ', the first six Star Trek films, and the 2009 film Star Trek. In the 2009 film, a younger Uhura is portrayed by actress Zoe Saldana.
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Victor Garber
Victor Joseph Garber (born March 16, 1949) is a Canadian film, stage and television actor and singer. Garber is perhaps best known for playing Jesus in Godspell, Jack Bristow in the television series Alias and Thomas Andrews in James Cameron's Titanic.
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W. Morgan Sheppard
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Walter Koenig
Walter Marvin Koenig (; born September 14, 1936) is an American actor, writer, teacher and director, known for his roles as Pavel Chekov in and Alfred Bester in Babylon 5. Most recently, he wrote the script for the 2008 sci-fi thriller / legal drama InAlienable.
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Wil Wheaton
Richard William "Wil" Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American actor and writer. As an actor, he is best known for his portrayals of Wesley Crusher on the television series and Gordie LaChance in the film Stand by Me. As a writer, he is best known as a voice for the geek community and for his weblog, Wil Wheaton Dot Net.
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William Riker
William Thomas Riker, played by Jonathan Frakes, is a fictional character in the Star Trek universe primarily appearing as a main character in .
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William Shatner
William Alan Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor, recording artist, and author. He gained worldwide fame and became a cultural icon for his portrayal of James T. Kirk, captain of the USS Enterprise, in the science fiction television series ' from 1966 to 1969, ' from 1973 to 1974, and in seven of the subsequent Star Trek feature films from 1979 to 1994. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing Captain Kirk and being a part of Star Trek as well as several co-written novels set in the Star Trek universe. He has also authored a series of science fiction novels called TekWar that were adapted for television.
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Winona Ryder
Winona Laura Horowitz (born October 29, 1971), better known under her professional name Winona Ryder, is an American actress. She made her film debut in the 1986 film Lucas. Ryder's first significant role came in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice (1988) as a goth teenager, which won her critical and commercial recognition. After making various appearances in film and television, Ryder continued her career with the cult film Heathers (1989), a controversial satire of teenage suicide and high school life, which drew Ryder further critical and commercial attention.
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Worf
Worf, played by Michael Dorn, is a main character in ' and in seasons four to seven of '. He also appears in the films based on The Next Generation. Worf is the first Klingon main character to appear in Star Trek, and has appeared in more Star Trek episodes than any other character. Worf was the only character to be a regular in more than one live-action Star Trek series (While Miles O'Brien was featured in both in The Next Generation and Deep Space 9, he was not a regular cast member in the former series).
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Zachary Quinto
Zachary John Quinto (born June 2, 1977) is an American actor known for playing Sylar on Heroes and Spock in the 2009 film Star Trek.
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Zoe Saldana
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Star Trek 2009 Gag Reel
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- Duration: 6:23
- Published: 20 Oct 2009
- Updated: 23 Jun 2012
Funny moments and outtakes from JJ Abrams "Star Trek" movie.
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Star Trek Movie (2009) - Trailer 1 / Trailer 2 / Trailer 3 / Tv spot
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- Duration: 6:20
- Published: 06 Apr 2009
- Updated: 23 Jun 2012
Star Trek Blu-ray: www.amazon.com Star Trek DVD: www.amazon.com The new Star Trek movie. Four trailers in sequence. The 2009 motion picture directed by JJ Abrams.
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Star Trek Movie Trailer
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- Duration: 3:03
- Published: 20 Mar 2009
- Updated: 23 Jun 2012
Star Trek Movie Trailer 3 Hey all you Trekkies, the new Star Trek trailer is here and with each new trailer we see a little bit more and from what we see, this movie is going to rock. This new trailer, I think, is the best one yet. The movie doesnt come out until May 8 and I cant wait. Talk about action and special effects, I think this Star Trek is gonna blow all the other Summer movies away. What do you think? Leave us a quick comment below. Give us your thumbs up or thumbs down. Thanks for watching, see you next time.
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Star Trek(2009) Trailer #2 HD
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- Duration: 2:12
- Published: 18 Nov 2008
- Updated: 13 Jun 2012
Star Trek is a science fiction film directed by JJ Abrams, written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, and produced by Damon Lindelof and Bryan Burk. It is the eleventh Star Trek film and features the main characters of the original Star Trek series, who are portrayed by a new cast. It follows James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) enrolling at Starfleet Academy, his first meeting with Spock (Zachary Quinto), and their battles with Romulans from the future, who are interfering with history.[1] The film is scheduled to be released on May 8, 2009 in North America and the United Kingdom. Development of the film began in 2005 when Paramount Pictures contacted Abrams, Orci and Kurtzman for ideas to revive the franchise. The creative team contrasted Orci and Lindelof, who consider themselves "Trekkies", with casual fans like Abrams, who all aimed to create a film that would interest a general audience. They wanted to be faithful to Star Trek canon, but also introduced elements of their favorite novels, modified continuity with the time travel storyline, and modernized the production design of the original show. Filming took place from November 2007 to April 2008 under intense secrecy. Midway through the shoot, Paramount chose to delay the release date from December 25, 2008 to May 2009, arguing the film would perform better in the summer. Release Date List: May 7, 2009: Australia New Zealand May 8, 2009: United Kingdom North America
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Star Trek Trailer 3 HD 720p
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- Duration: 2:16
- Published: 06 Mar 2009
- Updated: 21 Jun 2012
The new trailer of Star Trek in HD
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Star Trek 2009 Original Theme 720p
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- Duration: 2:41
- Published: 06 Mar 2011
- Updated: 23 Jun 2012
Title of the song: Enterprising Young Men, by Michael Giacchino.
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Star Trek Soundtrack-Main Themes
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- Duration: 9:46
- Published: 06 May 2009
- Updated: 20 Jun 2012
Here are some of the highlight tracks on the soundtrack to the highly anticipated new 2009 Star Trek movie. Score is composed by Michael Giacchino. To Boldly Go-Track 14 Star Trek- Track 1 Enterprising Young Men- Track 5 Nero Sighted- Track 6 End Credits- Track 15 (only put up the beginning but best part of it)
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Star Trek 2009 - "The Best Star Trek Ever???"
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- Duration: 2:09
- Published: 16 Mar 2009
- Updated: 17 Jun 2012
Best 'Star Trek' ever? 05:49 PM PT, Mar 11 2009 I ran into Zachary Quinto up in San Francisco at WonderCon and he was all smiles. "I just saw the movie for the first time last night," said the "Heroes" actor who wears the pointy ears of Mr. Spock in the new "Star Trek" film. "It's pretty amazing. You have to see it..." I want to. After interviewing "Trek" director JJ Abrams and seeing several extended chunks of the movie over at the Paramount lot, I've ramped up my expectations pretty high. I fully expect this to join "Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan" as the very best of the "Trek" films. It may even surpass "Khan." Why? I love the humor and the action I've seen and I think Abrams has the right attitude going in. And I think the "Trek" films, as a whole, are a pretty flawed bunch. I'm ready for a "Trek" film that is engaging, energized and stylish. I think this might be it. I'm not the only eager Enterprise watcher: The new trailer for the movie was downloaded 1.8 million times in its first 24 hours as an iTunes offering and 5 million times since it hit the merchant site on March 6. That's quite a bit of pent-up interest. Check out the action in this thing: Here's a random prediction: "Trek" will finish as the fourth-highest grossing film of the 2009, behind the new "Harry Potter" film, Pixar's "Up" and the "Night at the Museum" sequel. -- Geoff Boucher www.blacktree.tv
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STAR TREK (2009) Teaser - official
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- Duration: 1:27
- Published: 21 Jan 2008
- Updated: 06 Jun 2012
The official teaser trailer for the new STAR TREK! Coming May, 8th, 2009! rate & comments please! =)
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Star Trek (2009) - The New Enterprise
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- Duration: 2:37
- Published: 09 Dec 2009
- Updated: 21 Jun 2012
My collage of the scenes where appears the new USS Enterprise. Star Trek is property of Paramount Pictures and CBS, this video is made by myself just for fun.
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Labor Of Love ~ Star Trek (2009) Soundtrack~Michael Giacchino
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- Duration: 2:52
- Published: 10 Jul 2009
- Updated: 18 Jun 2012
I've gotten the whole Star Trek (2009) album and This is possibly the most amazing song on the album! No copyright intended. Enjoy!
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The little capitan Kirk star trek 2009 Sabotage by Beasty Boys
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- Duration: 3:53
- Published: 22 Oct 2010
- Updated: 21 Jun 2012
Star Trek (2009) Extended Trailer HD 1080p
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- Duration: 2:15
- Published: 13 Dec 2008
- Updated: 10 Jun 2012
A chronicle of the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members.
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Star Trek 2009 trailer - The Original Series version
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- Duration: 2:21
- Published: 30 Dec 2008
- Updated: 05 Jun 2012
The latest Star Trek trailer, just a bit more authentic. If only, if only... QT version www.rhodesinternational.com
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Star Trek 2009 Trailer HD 1080p
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- Duration: 2:16
- Published: 29 Apr 2011
- Updated: 18 Jun 2012
My favorite trailer
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Star Trek 2009 trailer
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- Duration: 2:12
- Published: 17 Nov 2008
- Updated: 21 Jun 2012
www.startrekmovie.com
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Star Trek 2009 Trailer music
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- Duration: 2:34
- Published: 18 May 2009
- Updated: 20 Jun 2012
This is the Star Trek 2009 official Trailer music. Original song is called: Freedom Fighters : Two steps from hell. Enjoy this wonderful song and go check out the movie! PM me if you want the mp3 file. Send your email adress to me and ill send it over right away! Greetz Rabbitto!
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Star Trek 2009 Theme: Enterprising Young Guitarist (Enterprising Young Men)
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- Duration: 2:32
- Published: 09 Dec 2009
- Updated: 18 Jun 2012
This is my version of Michael Giacchino's 'Enterprising Young Men' from the Star Trek 2009 movie. One of my favourite pieces of music from a movie ever. I had to mime along to my own recording of it. There are some visual errors, but as I'm miming, it's not that important. If you like the recording, you can download it here soundcloud.com follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/thematblair PS: I got an email from Michael Giacchino's assistant telling me that he "really digs" my arrangement of the track. I'm over the moon with that news. Thank you all for enjoying the arrangement. Matt Blair, March 2012
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Star Trek 2009 scene: Erotic Asphyxiation IN SPACE
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- Duration: 1:39
- Published: 24 Jun 2009
- Updated: 15 Jun 2012
Best Blooper Ever - Star Trek 2009
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- Duration: 1:09
- Published: 26 May 2010
- Updated: 21 Jun 2012
Gag Reel from JJ Abram's Star Trek. Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine shooting a scene in different accents. "Tell lieutenant Uhura that I looove herrrrrrrr"
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Star Trek (2009) Closing Credits Theme - TMP Edit
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- Duration: 9:21
- Published: 27 Apr 2009
- Updated: 21 Jun 2012
The closing credits to the new Star Trek movie are good, but the lack the TMP theme at the end, which 5 of the movies had. This version fixes that, using the TMP theme from the end of Star Trek First Contact. UPDATE: It was brought to my attention that only 5 of the 10 movies had the TMP theme at the end, those being the ones Jerry Goldsmith did the score for. Oh well, I still like my edit. UPDATE 2: A lot of people don't seem to understand that while the first 8 minutes are the official soundtrack version of the ending theme, just after that, when it switches to the TMP theme, is in no way official. it's a fan edit made by me. The official, unedited version can be heard at the official site for the movie. UPDATE 3: I'm noticing comments from people who have somehow come to the conclusion that I didn't like the new movie because I did this edit or whatever. I did this edit before the movie was even released. I had not seen anything beyond the trailers when I made this edit. I just felt the TMP theme gave a stronger close to the credits theme. For all of you who keep spouting the rhetoric of "Forget the old Star Trek, this is all new!!!!111one1!", you seem to ignore the fact that this movie is full of nods to the past 40+ years of Trek. You don't have to like this edit, but remember, it's nothing but a fan edit and does not and will not have any association with the official production.
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Womanizer-Star Trek(2009)
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- Duration: 3:44
- Published: 09 May 2009
- Updated: 24 May 2012
So I like the rest of the world saw Star Trek on Thursday and totally fell in love with it. One of the best films I've seen in years. Anyway, I took my little brother and I turned to him during the scene where Kirk meets Uhura and said "this totally should of been in the video for Womanizer" He of course, being a teen boy, had no idea what I was talking about. Anyway, I just wanted to make something from Star Trek- so it's not my best work but... Star Trek belongs to Paramount Womanizer belongs to Britney Spears Chris Pine belongs to me ( just kidding! ) I hope to make a Spock/Uhura video next, just looking for the right song
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Star Trek 2009 trailer 3 - The Original Series version
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- Duration: 1:56
- Published: 07 Mar 2009
- Updated: 23 Jun 2012
That was another life. CGI Tour of the Enterprise here: www.youtube.com
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This article is about the 2009 film. For the 1979 film, see Star Trek: The Motion Picture. For other Star Trek films, see Star Trek (film series).
| Star Trek | |
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| File:Startrekposter.jpg International poster |
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| Directed by | J. J. Abrams |
| Produced by | J. J. Abrams Damon Lindelof |
| Written by | Roberto Orci Alex Kurtzman |
| Based on | Star Trek by Gene Roddenberry |
| Starring | See Cast |
| Music by | Michael Giacchino Alexander Courage (Themes) |
| Cinematography | Daniel Mindel |
| Editing by | Mary Jo Markey Maryann Brandon |
| Studio | Spyglass Entertainment Bad Robot Productions |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) |
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| Running time | 127 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $150 million[1] |
| Box office | $385,680,446[1] |
Star Trek is a 2009 American science fiction film directed by J. J. Abrams, written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the eleventh film based on the Star Trek franchise and features the main characters of the original Star Trek television series, portrayed by a new cast. The film follows James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) aboard the USS Enterprise as they combat Nero (Eric Bana), a Romulan from their future who threatens the United Federation of Planets. The story takes place in an alternate reality[2][3] due to time travel by both Nero and the original Spock (Leonard Nimoy). The alternate timeline was created in an effort to free the film and the franchise from established continuity constraints while simultaneously preserving original story elements.
Development for Star Trek originated in 1968, when creator Gene Roddenberry announced plans to produce a prequel modeled after the television series. The concept resurfaced temporarily in the late 1980s, when it was postulated by Harve Bennett as a possible plotline for the movie that would become Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, but was rejected in lieu of other projects by Roddenberry. Following the critical and commercial failure of Star Trek Nemesis and the cancellation of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise, franchise executive producer Rick Berman and screenwriter Erik Jendresen wrote an unproduced film, titled Star Trek: The Beginning, which would take place after Enterprise. However, after the split between Viacom and CBS Corporation, former Paramount president Gail Berman convinced CBS to produce a feature film. Orci and Kurtzman, both fans of the Star Trek series, were approached to write the film and Abrams was approached to direct it. Kurtzman and Orci used inspiration from novels, graduate school dissertations, as well as the series itself.
Principal photography commenced on November 7, 2007 and ended on March 27, 2008. The film was shot in various locations around California and Utah. Abrams wanted to avoid using bluescreen and greenscreen, opting to use sets and locations instead. Heavy secrecy surrounded the film's production and was under the fake working title Corporate Headquarters. Industrial Light & Magic used digital ships for the film, as opposed to the previous films in the franchise. Production for the film concluded by the end of 2008.
Star Trek was heavily promoted the months preceding its release; prerelease screenings for the film premiered in select cities around the world including Austin, Texas, Sydney, Australia, and Calgary, Alberta. It was released in the United States and Canada on May 8, 2009, to very positive reviews. Critics praised the character development as well as the storyline in the film. Similarly, Star Trek became a box office success, grossing over $385.7 million worldwide. It was nominated for several awards, including four Academy Awards at the 82nd Academy Awards, ultimately winning in the category for Best Makeup, making it the first Star Trek film to win an Academy Award. The DVD and Blu-ray for the film were released on November 17, 2009. Following the success of the film, its cast members signed on for two sequels, making Star Trek the first of a planned trilogy.
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Plot[link]
In 2233, the Federation starship USS Kelvin is investigating a "lightning storm" in space. A Romulan ship, the Narada, emerges from the storm, and attacks the Kelvin. Narada's first officer, Ayel, demands that the Kelvin's Captain Robau come aboard to discuss a cease fire. Once aboard, Narada's commander Nero kills Robau when he mentions the stardate, and resumes the assault on the Kelvin. The Kelvin's first officer, Lieutenant Commander George Kirk, orders the ship's personnel evacuated via shuttlecraft, including his pregnant wife, Winona. With the autopilot damaged in the attack, Kirk sacrifices himself by steering the Kelvin on a collision course, while Winona gives birth to their son, James Tiberius Kirk, aboard a shuttlecraft.
On Vulcan, Spock, despite being discriminated against for being half-human, is invited to join the prestigious Vulcan Science Academy. However, upon learning that the Academy views his human mother Amanda Grayson as a "disadvantage," he decides to join Starfleet. On Earth, Kirk has become a reckless but intelligent young man. After a bar fight involving friends of Uhura, a Starfleet cadet, Kirk meets Captain Christopher Pike, who encourages him to enlist in Starfleet Academy, where he meets and befriends the cynical doctor Leonard McCoy.
Three years later at the Academy, Commander Spock accuses Cadet Kirk of cheating during his Kobayashi Maru simulation. The disciplinary hearing is interrupted when Starfleet receives a distress signal from Vulcan. With the primary fleet out of range, cadets are mobilized to crew ships waiting in orbit. McCoy and Kirk board Pike's ship, the Enterprise. Realizing that the "lightning storm" observed by Vulcan is similar to the one when he was born, Kirk convinces Pike to raise the shields and thus be ready for the waiting trap.
The Enterprise arrives at Vulcan to find the rest of the fleet destroyed and the Narada drilling into Vulcan's core. After the Enterprise is attacked by the Narada, Pike surrenders, gives Spock command of the ship and promotes Kirk to first officer. Kirk, Hikaru Sulu, and Chief Engineer Olson perform a space jump[4][5] onto the drilling platform and disable it. However, Nero launches "red matter" into the core and creates an artificial black hole, destroying the planet and killing most of its inhabitants. Spock manages to rescue the Vulcan high council and his father Sarek, though his mother falls to her death.
As Nero tortures Pike to gain access to Earth's perimeter defenses, Kirk is stranded on Delta Vega after attempting to stage a mutiny. Kirk encounters Spock Prime, who explains that he and Nero are from 129 years into the future, when Romulus is threatened by a volatile supernova. Spock intended to use "red matter" to create a black hole to stop the supernova, but failed, and the blast destroyed the planet, killing Nero's wife and family. The Narada attacked Spock's vessel, and both were caught in the new black hole, sending them back in time. Nero captured Spock and stranded him on Delta Vega to watch Vulcan's destruction.
Reaching a nearby Starfleet outpost, Kirk and Spock Prime meet Montgomery Scott. With Spock Prime's help, Kirk and Scott beam onto the Enterprise while it is at warp speed. Following the elder Spock's advice, Kirk mocks Spock's lack of emotion to provoke an emotional response. Spock attacks Kirk, then realizes that the destruction of his planet and death of his mother have compromised him emotionally, and relinquishes command to Kirk. After talking with Sarek, Spock decides to help Kirk carry out a sneak attack on the Narada. While the Enterprise hides itself under the gas clouds of Titan, Kirk and Spock beam aboard the Narada; Kirk rescues Pike while Spock uses the elder Spock's ship to destroy the drill. Spock leads the Narada away from Earth and then programs his ship to collide with the Narada. Just before impact, the Enterprise arrives and beams Kirk, Pike, and Spock away. Spock Prime's ship and the Narada collide, igniting the "red matter" and creating a black hole. The Enterprise escapes, but the Narada and its crew are destroyed.
On Earth, Kirk is promoted to the rank of Captain and given command of the Enterprise, while a wheelchair-bound Captain Pike is promoted to Rear Admiral. Spock encounters his older self in a Starfleet hangar; Spock Prime has selected a planet for the surviving Vulcans to colonize. He persuades his younger self to continue serving Starfleet, encouraging him to do what feels right, instead of what is logical. Spock remains in Starfleet and becomes first officer under Kirk's command. The Enterprise goes to warp as the elder Spock narrates the "where no man has gone before" monologue.
Cast[link]
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From top to bottom: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, and Zoe Saldana.
- Pine described his first audition as awful, because he could not take himself seriously as a leader.[6] Abrams did not see Pine's first audition, and it was only after Pine's agent met Abrams' wife that the director decided to give him another audition opposite Quinto. Quinto was supportive of Pine's casting because they knew each other as they worked out at the same gym.[7] After getting the part, Pine sent William Shatner a letter and received a reply containing Shatner's approval. Pine watched classic episodes and read encyclopedias about the Star Trek universe, but stopped as he felt weighed down by the feeling he had to copy Shatner. Pine felt he had to show Kirk's "humor, arrogance and decisiveness," but not Shatner's speech pattern, which would have bordered on imitation.[7] Pine said when watching the original series, he was also struck by how Shatner's performance was characterized by humor.[8] Instead, Pine chose to incorporate elements of Tom Cruise from Top Gun and Harrison Ford's portrayals of Indiana Jones and Han Solo.[9]
- Jimmy Bennett portrays a younger Kirk.
- Zachary Quinto as Spock:
- The younger alternate timeline Spock. Quinto expressed interest in the role because of the duality of Spock's half-human, half Vulcan heritage,[6] and how "he is constantly exploring that notion of how to evolve in a responsible way and how to evolve in a respectful way. I think those are all things that we as a society, and certainly the world, could implement."[10] He mentioned he heard about the new film and revealed his interest in the role in a December 2006 interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: the article was widely circulated and he attracted Abrams' interest.[11] For the audition, Quinto wore a blue shirt and flattened his hair down to feel more like Spock.[7] He bound his fingers to practice the Vulcan salute, shaved his eyebrows and grew and dyed his hair for the role.[6] He conveyed many of Spock's attributes, such as his stillness and the way Nimoy would hold his hands behind his back.[7] Quinto commented the physical transformation aided in portraying an alien,[6] joking "I just felt like a nerd. I felt like I was 12 again. You look back at those pictures and you see the bowl cut. There's no question I was born to play the Spock role. I was sporting that look for a good four or five years."[7] Adrien Brody had discussed playing the role with the director before Quinto was cast.[12]
- Jacob Kogan portrays a younger Spock.
- Leonard Nimoy as Spock Prime.
- Nimoy reprises the role of the older Spock from the original Star Trek timeline, credited as "Spock Prime". He is a longtime friend of Quinto's parents,[13] but became better acquainted with Quinto during filming. Although Quinto watched some episodes of the show during breaks in filming, Nimoy was his main resource in playing Spock.[8] Abrams and the writers met Nimoy at his house; writer Roberto Orci recalled the actor gave a "'Who are you guys and what are you up to?' vibe" before being told how important he was to them. He was silent, and Nimoy's wife Susan Bay told the creative team he had remained in his chair after their conversation, emotionally overwhelmed by his decision after turning down many opportunities to revisit the role.[14] Had Nimoy disliked the script, production would have been delayed for it to be rewritten.[15] He was "genuinely excited" by the script's scope and its detailing of the characters' backstories,[10] saying, "We have dealt with [Spock being half-human, half-Vulcan], but never with quite the overview that this script has of the entire history of the character, the growth of the character, the beginnings of the character and the arrival of the character into the Enterprise crew."[16] Abrams said "it was surreal to direct him as Spock, because what the hell am I doing there? This guy has been doing it for forty years. It's like 'I think Spock would...'"[17]
- Like Pine, Urban said of taking on the role that "it is a case of not doing some sort of facsimile or carbon copy, but really taking the very essence of what DeForest Kelley has done and honoring that and bringing something new to the table". Urban has been a fan of the show since he was seven years old and actively pursued the role after rediscovering the series on DVD with his son.[18] Urban was cast at his first audition, which was two months after his initial meeting with Abrams. He said he was happy to play a role with lots of comedy, something he had not done since The Price of Milk, because he was tired of action-oriented roles. When asked why McCoy is so cantankerous, Urban joked the character might be a "little bipolar actually!".[19] Orci and Kurtzman had collaborated with Urban on Xena: Warrior Princess, in which he played Cupid and Caesar.[20]
- Abrams had liked her work and requested that she play the role. Saldana never saw the original series, though she had played a Trekkie in The Terminal (2004), but agreed to play the role after Abrams had complimented her. "For an actor, that's all you need, that's all you want. To get the acknowledgment and respect from your peers," she said. She met with Nichelle Nichols, who explained to her how she had created Uhura's background, and also named the character.[21] Saldana's mother was a Star Trek fan and sent her voice mails during filming, giving advice on the part.[22] Sydney Tamiia Poitier also auditioned for the part.[23] The film officially establishes the character's first name, which had never been previously uttered on TV or in film.
- Abrams contacted Pegg by e-mail, offering him the part.[24] To perform Scotty's accent, Pegg was assisted by his wife Maureen, who is from Glasgow, although Pegg said Scotty was from Linlithgow and wanted to bring a more East Coast sound to his accent, so his resulting performance is a mix of both accents that leans towards the West sound.[24] He was also aided by James Doohan's son, Chris, and Tommy Gormley, the film's Glaswegian first assistant director.[25] Pegg described Scotty as a positive Scottish stereotype, noting "Scots are the first people to laugh at the fact that they drink and fight a bit", and that Scotty comes from a long line of Scots with technical expertise, such as John Logie Baird and Alexander Graham Bell. Years before, Pegg's character in Spaced joked that every odd-numbered Star Trek film being "shit" was a fact of life. Pegg noted, "Fate put me in the movie to show me I was talking out of my ass."[26]
- John Cho as Hikaru Sulu:
- Abrams was concerned about casting a Korean-American as a Japanese character, but George Takei explained to the director that Sulu was meant to represent all of Asia on the Enterprise, so Abrams went ahead with Cho.[27] Cho acknowledged that being an Asian-American, "there are certain acting roles that you are never going to get, and one of them is playing a cowboy. [Playing Sulu] is a realization of that dream – going into space." He cited the masculinity of the character as being important to him, and spent two weeks fight training.[28] Cho suffered an injury to his wrist during filming, although a representative assured it was "no big deal".[29] James Kyson Lee was interested in the part, but because Quinto was cast as Spock, the producers of the TV show Heroes did not want to lose another cast member for three months.[30]
- As with the rest of the cast, Yelchin was allowed to choose what elements there were from their predecessor's performances. Yelchin decided to carry on Walter Koenig's speech patterns of replacing "v"s with "w"s, although he and Abrams felt this was a trait more common of Polish accents than Russian ones.[31] He described Chekov as an odd character, being a Russian who was brought on to the show "in the middle of the Cold War." He recalled a "scene where they're talking to Apollo [who says], 'I am Apollo.' And Chekov is like, 'And I am the czar of all the Russias.' [...] They gave him these lines. I mean he really is the weirdest, weirdest character."[32]
- The film's time-traveling Romulan villain. Bana shot his scenes toward the end of filming. He was "a huge Trekkie when [he] was a kid",[33] but had not seen the films.[34] Even if he were "crazy about the original series", he would not have accepted the role unless he liked the script, which he deemed "awesome" once he read it.[35] Bana knew Abrams because they coincidentally shared the same agent.[36] Bana improvised the character's speech patterns.[37]
Bruce Greenwood plays Christopher Pike, the captain of the Enterprise.[6] Ben Cross and Winona Ryder portray Spock's parents, Sarek and Amanda Grayson. Nero's first officer Ayel is played by Clifton Collins, Jr. Chris Hemsworth plays George Samuel Kirk, Sr., Kirk's father, who dies aboard the USS Kelvin while battling Nero, while Faran Tahir plays Kelvin captain Richard Robau. Winona Kirk, Kirk's mother, is played by Jennifer Morrison. Greg Ellis plays Chief Engineer Olson, the redshirt who is killed during the space jump.[38]
Additional minor roles include Rachel Nichols as Gaila, an Orion Starfleet cadet; Deep Roy as Scotty's assistant Keenser; and Paul McGillion as a Starfleet barracks leader.[39] Chris Doohan, the son of the original Scotty, James Doohan, makes a cameo appearance in the transporter room as Lt. Kyle.[40] Some characters had their scenes substantially or entirely cut from the film, including Brad William Henke as Kirk's stepfather (the character's lines in the film were spoken by Greg Grunberg).[39][41] Spencer Daniels originally played Kirk's older brother, George Samuel "Sam" Kirk, Jr., but the majority of his scenes were cut and the opening car chase scene where James Kirk can be heard calling out to him was overdubbed.[42] Victor Garber plays a Klingon interrogator who tortures Nero during his time on Rura Penthe.
Tyler Perry appears as the head of Starfleet Academy, Admiral Richard Barnett. James Cawley, producer and star of the webseries Star Trek: New Voyages, appears as a Starfleet officer, while Pavel Lychnikoff and Lucia Rijker play Romulans, Lychnikoff a Commander and Rijker a Communications Officer. W. Morgan Sheppard, who played a Klingon in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, appears in this film as the head of the Vulcan Science Council. Wil Wheaton, known for portraying Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation, was brought in, through urging by Greg Grunberg, to voice several of the other Romulans in the film.[43] Star Trek fan and Carnegie Mellon University professor Randy Pausch cameoed as a Kelvin crew member, and has a line of dialogue.[44] Majel Barrett, the widow of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, reprised her role as the voice of the Enterprise's computer, which she completed two weeks before her death on December 18, 2008.[45]
Orci and Kurtzman wrote a scene for William Shatner, where old Spock gives his younger self a recorded message by Kirk from the previous timeline. "It was basically a Happy Birthday wish knowing that Spock was going to go off to Romulus, and Kirk would probably be dead by the time," and it would have transitioned into Shatner reciting "Where no man has gone before".[46] But Shatner wanted to share Nimoy's major role, and did not want a cameo,[47] despite his character's death in Star Trek Generations. He suggested the film canonize his novels where Kirk is resurrected, but Abrams decided if his character was accompanying Nimoy's, it would have become a film about the resurrection of Kirk, and not about introducing the new versions of the characters.[48] Nimoy disliked the character's death in Generations, but also felt resurrecting Kirk would be detrimental to this film.[15]
Production[link]
Development[link]
At the 1968 World Science Fiction Convention, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry declared he would make a film prequel to the television series.[49] This idea eventually turned into the TV series Star Trek: Phase II which itself was later turned into first motion picture. The prequel concept resurfaced in the late 1980s with Ralph Winter and Harve Bennett during development of the fourth film. Roddenberry opposed Harve Bennett's prequel proposal in 1991 after the completion of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.[50] For the latter, David Loughery wrote a script entitled The Academy Years, but it was shelved in light of objections from Roddenberry and the fan base. The film that was commissioned instead ended up being the sixth Trek film. In February 2005, following the financial failure of the tenth film, Star Trek Nemesis (2002), and the cancellation of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise, the franchise's executive producer Rick Berman and screenwriter Erik Jendresen were developing a new film entitled Star Trek: The Beginning. It was to revolve around a new set of characters, led by Kirk's ancestor Tiberius Chase. It would take place after Enterprise but before the original series, during the Earth-Romulan War.[51]
In 2005, Viacom, which owned Paramount Pictures, split from CBS Corporation, which retained Paramount's television properties, including ownership of the Star Trek brand. Gail Berman, then president of Paramount, convinced CBS' chief executive, Leslie Moonves, to allow them eighteen months to develop a new Star Trek film before CBS would re-earn the rights to develop a new television series (in return, CBS would keep merchandising rights). Berman approached Mission: Impossible III writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman for ideas on the new film, and after the film had completed shooting she asked their director, J. J. Abrams, to produce it.[52] Abrams, Orci and Kurtzman, plus producers Damon Lindelof and Bryan Burk, felt the franchise had explored enough of what took place after the series,[53] Orci and Lindelof consider themselves trekkies,[54] and feel some of the Star Trek novels have canonical value, although Gene Roddenberry never considered the novels to be canon.[55] Kurtzman is a casual fan, while Burk was not.[6] Abrams' company, Bad Robot Productions produced the film with Paramount, marking the first time another company had financed a Star Trek film.[56] Bill Todman, Jr.'s Level 1 Entertainment also co-produced the film, but, during 2008, Spyglass Entertainment replaced them as financial partner.[57]
Abrams had not seen Star Trek Nemesis because the franchise had "disconnected" for him,[58] explaining that for him, Star Trek was about Kirk and Spock, and the other series were like "separate space adventure[s] with the name Star Trek". Abrams also preferred Star Wars as a child.[59] He noted his general knowledge of Star Trek made him suitable to making a film to introduce the franchise to newcomers,[60] and being an optimistic person, he felt the optimistic nature of Star Trek would be a refreshing contrast to the likes of The Dark Knight.[6] He continued that he loved the focus on exploration in Star Trek and the idea of the Prime Directive, which forbids Starfleet to interfere in the development of primitive worlds. However, Abrams disliked that the budgetary limitations of the original show meant they "never had the resources to actually show the adventure".[61] He noted he only became involved with the project as producer initially because he wanted to help Orci, Kurtzman and Lindelof.[52]
On February 23, 2007, Abrams accepted Paramount's offer to direct the film, having been only attached as producer.[62] After reading the script, he had decided "I would be so agonizingly envious of whoever stepped in and directed the movie."[63] Orci and Kurtzman felt their aim had been to impress a casual fan like Abrams with their story.[64] Even when filming, Abrams was nervous "with all these tattooed faces and pointy ears, bizarre weaponry and Romulan linguists, with dialogue about 'Neutral Zones' and 'Starfleet' [but] I knew this would work, because the script Alex and Bob wrote was so emotional and so relatable. I didn't love Kirk and Spock when I began this journey – but I love them now."[6]
Writing[link]
"We're from different worlds, Alex [Kurtzman] was born here, and I was born in Mexico City and lived there until I was nine. Kirk and Spock are opposites from two worlds. That's us in a nutshell. We're drawn to each by what each of us lacks. The story of this film is about two guys who are such opposites that they might end up strangling each other but instead they bond and thrive together. That's us. We can go warp speed together."
Roberto Orci on the film's emotional context.[14]
Orci said creating a clean reboot would have been disrespectful,[65] and getting Leonard Nimoy in the film was very important. "Having him sitting around a camp fire sharing his memories was never gonna cut it" though, and time travel was going to be included in the film from the beginning.[66] Kurtzman added the time travel creates jeopardy, unlike other prequels where viewers "know how they all died".[67] The writers acknowledged time travel had been overused in the other series, but it served a good purpose in creating a new set of adventures for the original characters before they could completely do away with it in other films.[68] Abrams selected the Romulans as the villains because they had been featured less than the Klingons in the show, and thought it was "fun" to have them meet Kirk before he does in the show.[69] Orci and Kurtzman noted it would feel backward to demonize the Klingons again after they had become heroes in later Star Trek series, and the Romulan presence continues Spock's story from his last chronological appearance in "Unification", an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation set in 2368.[68] The episode of the original continuity in which Kirk becomes the first human to ever see a Romulan, "Balance of Terror", served as one of the influences for the film.[54] Orci said it was difficult giving a good explanation for the time travel without being gimmicky, like having Nero specifically seeking to assassinate Kirk.[70]
Orci noted while the time travel story allowed them to alter some backstory elements such as Kirk's first encounter with the Romulans, they could not use it as a crutch to change everything and they tried to approach the film as a prequel as much as possible. Kirk's service on the Farragut, a major backstory point to the original episode "Obsession", was left out because it was deemed irrelevant to the story of Kirk meeting Spock, although Orci felt nothing in his script precluded it from the new film's backstory.[66] There was a scene involving Kirk meeting Carol Marcus, who becomes the mother of his son in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, as a child, but it was dropped because the film needed more time to introduce the core characters.[46][71] Figuring out ways to get the crew together required some contrivances, which Orci and Kurtzman wanted to explain from old Spock as a way of the timeline mending itself, highlighting the theme of destiny. The line was very difficult to write and was ultimately cut out.[68][72]
The filmmakers sought inspiration from novels such as Prime Directive, Spock's World, and Best Destiny to fill in gaps unexplained by canon; Best Destiny particularly explores Kirk's childhood and names his parents.[54][66][73] One idea that was justified through information from the novels was having the Enterprise built on Earth, which was inspired by a piece of fan art of the Enterprise being built in a ship yard. Orci had sent the fan art to Abrams to show how realistic the film could be.[74] Orci explained parts of the ship would have to be constructed on Earth because of the artificial gravity employed on the ship and its requirement for sustaining warp speed, and therefore the calibration of the ship's machinery would be best done in the exact gravity well which is to be simulated.[75] They felt free to have the ship built in Iowa because canon is ambiguous as to whether it was built in San Francisco, but this is a result of the time travel rather than something intended to overlap with the original timeline.[67] Abrams noted the continuity of the original show itself was inconsistent at times.[8]
Orci and Kurtzman said they wanted the general audience to like the film as much as the fans, by stripping away "Treknobabble", making it action-packed and giving it the simple title of Star Trek (to indicate to newcomers they would not need to watch any of the other films).[76] Abrams saw humor and sex appeal as two integral and popular elements of the show that needed to be maintained.[60] Orci stated being realistic and being serious were not the same thing.[74] Abrams, Burk, Lindelof, Orci and Kurtzman were fans of The Wrath of Khan, and also cited The Next Generation episode "Yesterday's Enterprise" as an influence.[54] Abrams's wife Katie was regularly consulted on the script, as were Orci, Kurtzman and Lindelof's wives, to make the female characters as strong as possible.[65] Katie Abrams's approval of the strong female characters was partly why Abrams signed on to direct.[77]
Orci and Kurtzman read graduate school dissertations on the series for inspiration;[53] they noted comparisons of Kirk, Spock and McCoy to Shakespearian archetypes, and Kirk and Spock's friendship echoing that of John Lennon and Paul McCartney.[54] They also noted that, in the creation of this film, they were influenced by Star Wars, particularly in terms of pacing. "I want to feel the space, I want to feel speed and I want to feel all the things that can become a little bit lost when Star Trek becomes very stately" said Orci.[64] Star Wars permeated in the way they wrote the action sequences,[67] while Burk noted Kirk and Spock's initially cold relationship mirrors how "Han Solo wasn't friends with anyone when they started on their journey."[78] Spock and Uhura were put in an actual relationship as a nod to early episodes highlighting her interest in him.[72] Orci wanted to introduce strong Starfleet captains, concurring with an interviewer that most captains in other films were "patsies" included to make Kirk look greater by comparison.[65]
The USS Kelvin, the ship Kirk's father serves on, is named after J. J. Abrams' grandfather, as well as the physicist and engineer Lord Kelvin (William Thomson). The Kelvin's captain, Richard Robau (Faran Tahir), is named after Orci's Cuban uncle: Orci theorized the fictional character was born in Cuba and grew up in the Middle East.[74] Another reference to Abrams' previous works is Slusho, which Uhura orders at the bar where she meets Kirk. Abrams created the fictitious drink for Alias and it reappeared in viral marketing for Cloverfield. Its owners, Tagruato, is also from Cloverfield and appears on a building in San Francisco.[39] The red matter in the film is in the shape of a red ball, an Abrams motif dating back to the pilot of Alias.[79]
Design[link]
The film's production designer was Scott Chambliss, a longtime collaborator with Abrams. Chambliss worked with a large group of concept illustrators, including James Clyne, Ryan Church, creature designer Neville Page, and Star Trek veteran John Eaves.[80] Abrams stated the difficulty of depicting the future was that much of modern technology was inspired by the original show, and made it seem outdated. Thus the production design had to be consistent with the television series but also feel more advanced than the real world technology developed after it.[53] "We all have the iPhone that does more than the communicator," said Abrams. "I feel like there's a certain thing that you can't really hold onto, which is kind of the kitschy quality. That must go if it's going to be something that you believe is real."[81] Prop master Russell Bobbitt collaborated with Nokia on recreating the original communicator, creating a $50,000 prototype. Another prop recreated for the film was the tricorder. Bobbitt brought the original prop to the set, but the actors found it too large to carry when filming action scenes, so technical advisor Doug Brody redesigned it to be smaller.[82] The phaser props were designed as spring-triggered barrels that revolve and glow as the setting switches from "stun" to "kill".[6] An Aptera Typ-1 prototype car was used on location.[83]
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Panorama of the Enterprise's redesigned bridge
Production designer Scott Chambliss maintained the layout of the original bridge, but aesthetically altered it with brighter colors to reflect the optimism of Star Trek. The viewscreen was made into a window that could have images projected on it to make the space environment palpable. Abrams compared the redesign to the sleek modernist work of Pierre Cardin and the sets from 2001: A Space Odyssey, which were from the 1960s.[84] He joked the redesigned bridge made the Apple Store look "uncool". At the director's behest, more railings were added to the bridge to make it look safer,[6] and the set was built on gimbals so its rocking motions when the ship accelerates and is attacked was more realistic.[84] To emphasize the size of the ship, Abrams chose to give the engine room a highly industrial appearance: he explained to Simon Pegg that he was inspired by RMS Titanic, a sleek ship in which there was an "incredible gut".[85]
Abrams selected Michael Kaplan to design the costumes because he had not seen any of the films, meaning he would approach the costumes with a new angle. For the Starfleet uniforms, Kaplan followed the show's original color coding, with dark gray (almost black) undershirts and pants and colored overshirts showing each crew member's position. Command officers wear gold shirts, science and medical officers wear blue, and operations (technicians, engineers, and security personnel) wear red. Kaplan wanted the shirts to be more sophisticated than the originals and selected to have the Starfleet symbol patterned on them.[84] Kirk wears only the undershirt because he is a cadet.[6] Kaplan modelled the uniforms on the Kelvin on science fiction films of the 1940s and 1950s, to contrast with the Enterprise-era uniforms based on the ones created in the 1960s.[84] For Abrams, "The costumes were a microcosm of the entire project, which was how to take something that's kind of silly and make it feel real. But how do you make legitimate those near-primary color costumes?"[86]
Lindelof compared the film's Romulan faction to pirates with their bald, tattooed heads and disorganized costuming. Their ship, the Narada, is purely practical with visible mechanics as it is a "working ship", unlike the Enterprise crew who give a respectable presentation on behalf of the Federation.[87] Chambliss was heavily influenced by the architecture of Antoni Gaudí for the Narada, who created buildings that appeared to be inside out: by making the ship's exposed wires appear like bones or ligaments, it would create a foreboding atmosphere. The ship's interior was made of six pieces that could be rearranged to create a different room.[84] The Romulan actors had three prosthetics applied to their ears and foreheads, while Bana had a fourth prosthetic for the bitemark on his ear that extends to the back of his character's head.[88] The film's Romulans lacked the 'V'-shaped ridges on the foreheads, which had been present in all of their depictions outside the original series. Neville Page wanted to honor that by having Nero's crew ritually scar themselves too, forming keloids reminiscent of the 'V'-ridges. It was abandoned as they did not pursue the idea enough.[89] Kaplan wanted aged, worn and rugged clothes for the Romulans because of their mining backgrounds, and found some greasy looking fabrics at a flea market. Kaplan tracked down the makers of those clothes, who were discovered to be based in Bali, and commissioned them to create his designs.[6]
Barney Burman supervised the makeup for the other aliens: his team had to rush the creation of many of the aliens, because originally the majority of them were to feature in one scene towards the end of filming. Abrams deemed the scene too similar to the cantina sequence in Star Wars, and decided to dot the designs around the film.[88] A tribble was placed in the background of Scotty's introduction.[39] Both digital and physical makeup was used for aliens.[90]
Filming[link]
Principal photography for the film began on November 7, 2007 and culminated on March 27, 2008;[91] however second unit filming occurred in Bakersfield, California in April 2008, which stood in for Kirk's childhood home in Iowa.[92] Filming was also done at the City Hall of Long Beach, California;[93] the San Rafael Swell in Utah;[94] and the California State University, Northridge in Los Angeles (which was used for establishing shots of students at Starfleet Academy).[95] A parking lot outside Dodger Stadium was used for the ice planet of Delta Vega and the Romulan drilling rig on Vulcan. The filmmakers expressed an interest in Iceland for scenes on Delta Vega, but decided against it: Chambliss enjoyed the challenge of filming scenes with snow in southern California. Other Vulcan exteriors were shot at Vasquez Rocks, a location that was used in various episodes of the original show. A Budweiser plant in Van Nuys was used for the Enterprise's engine room, while a Long Beach power plant was used for the Kelvin's engine room.[84]
Following the initiation of the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike on November 5, 2007, Abrams, himself a WGA member, told Variety that while he would not render writing services for the film and intended to walk the picket line, he did not expect the strike to impact his directing of the production.[96] In the final few weeks before the strike and start of production, Abrams and Lindelof polished the script for a final time.[97] Abrams was frustrated that he was unable to alter lines during the strike, whereas normally they would have been able to improvise new ideas during rehearsal, although Lindelof acknowledged they could dub some lines in post-production.[98] Orci and Kurtzman were able to stay on set without strikebreaking because they were also executive producers on the film; they could "make funny eyes and faces at the actors whenever they had a problem with the line and sort of nod when they had something better".[99] Abrams was able to alter a scene where Spock combats six Romulans from a fistfight to a gunfight, having decided there were too many physical brawls in the film.[11]
The production team maintained heavily enforced security around the film. Karl Urban revealed, "[There is a] level of security and secrecy that we have all been forced to adopt. I mean, it's really kind of paranoid crazy, but sort of justified. We're not allowed to walk around in public in our costumes and we have to be herded around everywhere in these golf carts that are completely concealed and covered in black canvas. The security of it is immense. You feel your freedom is a big challenge."[100] Actors like Jennifer Morrison were only given the scripts of their scenes.[101] The film's shooting script was fiercely protected even with the main cast. Simon Pegg said, "I read [the script] with a security guard near me – it's that secretive."[102] The film used the fake working title of Corporate Headquarters.[103] Some of the few outside of the production allowed to visit the set included Rod Roddenberry,[104] Ronald D. Moore,[105] Jonathan Frakes, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Ben Stiller, Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg (who had partially convinced Abrams to direct because he liked the script, and he even advised the action scenes during his visit).[77]
Abrams chose to shoot the film in the anamorphic format on 35 mm film after discussions about whether the film should be shot in high-definition digital video. Cinematographer Dan Mindel and Abrams agreed the choice gave the film a big-screen feel and the realistic, organic look they wanted for the film setting.[106] Abrams and Mindel used lens flares throughout filming to create an optimistic atmosphere and a feeling activity was taking place off-camera, making the Star Trek universe feel more real. "There's something about those flares, especially in a movie that potentially could be incredibly sterile and CG and overly controlled. There’s just something incredibly unpredictable and gorgeous about them." Mindel would create more flares by shining a flashlight or pointing a mirror at the camera lens, or using two cameras simultaneously and therefore two lighting set-ups.[106]
When the shoot ended, Abrams gave the cast small boxes containing little telescopes, which allowed them to read the name of each constellation it was pointed at. "I think he just wanted each of us to look at the stars a little differently," said John Cho.[61] After the shoot, Abrams cut out some scenes of Kirk and Spock as children, including seeing the latter as a baby, as well as a subplot involving Nero being imprisoned by the Klingons and his escape: this explanation for his absence during Kirk's life confused many to whom Abrams screened the film.[61] Other scenes cut out explained the teenage Kirk stole his stepfather's antique car because he had forced him to clean it before an auction; and that the Orion he seduced at the Academy worked in the operations division. Afterwards, she agrees to open the e-mail containing his patch that allows him to pass the Kobayashi Maru test.[72]
Effects[link]
Industrial Light & Magic and Digital Domain were among several companies that created over 1,000 special effect shots.[107] The visual effects supervisors were Roger Guyett, who collaborated with Abrams on Mission: Impossible III and also served as second unit director, and Russell Earl. Abrams avoided shooting only against bluescreen and greenscreen, because it "makes me insane", using them instead to extend the scale of sets and locations.[53] The Delta Vega sequence required the mixing of digital snow with real snow.[108]
Star Trek was the first film ILM worked on using entirely digital ships.[108] The Enterprise was intended by Abrams to be a merging of its design in the show and the refitted version from the original film. Abrams had fond memories of the reveal of the Enterprise's refit in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, because it was the first time the ship felt tangible and real to him.[109] The iridescent pattern on the ship from The Motion Picture was maintained to give the ship depth, while model maker Roger Goodson also applied the "Aztec" pattern from The Next Generation. Goodson recalled Abrams also wanted to bring a "hot rod" aesthetic to the ship. Effects supervisor Roger Guyett wanted the ship to have more moving parts, which stemmed from his childhood dissatisfaction with the ship's design: The new Enterprise's dish can expand and move, while the fins on its engines split slightly when they begin warping.[110] The Enterprise was originally redesigned by Ryan Church using features of the original, at 1,200 feet (370 m) long,[111] but was later scaled up by a factor of two to 2,357 feet (718 m) long to make it seem "grander",[111] while the Romulan Narada is five miles long and several miles wide.[84] The filmmakers had to simulate lens flares on the ships in keeping with the film's cinematography.[108]
Carolyn Porco of NASA was consulted on the planetary science and imagery.[112] The animators realistically recreated what an explosion would look like in space: short blasts, which suck inward and leave debris from a ship floating. For shots of an imploding planet, the same explosion program was used to simulate it breaking up, while the animators could manually composite multiple layers of rocks and wind sucking into the planet.[108] Unlike other Star Trek films and shows, the transporter beam effects swirl rather than speckle.[31] Abrams conceived the redesign to emphasize the notion of transporters as beams that can pick up and move people, rather than a signal composed of scrambled atoms.[107]
Lola Visual Effects worked on 48 shots, including some animation to Eric Bana and Leonard Nimoy. Bana required extensive damage to his teeth, which was significant enough to completely replace his mouth in some shots. Nimoy's mouth was reanimated in his first scene with Kirk following a rerecording session. The filmmakers had filmed Nimoy when he rerecorded his lines so they could rotoscope his mouth into the film, even recreating the lighting conditions, but they realized they had to digitally recreate his lips because of the bouncing light created by the camp fire.[107]
Audio[link]
Music[link]
Main article: Star Trek: Music from the Motion Picture
Michael Giacchino, Abrams' most frequent collaborator, composed the music for Star Trek. He kept the original theme by Alexander Courage for the end credits, which Abrams said symbolized the momentum of the crew coming together.[113] Giacchino admitted personal pressure in scoring the film, as "I grew up listening to all of that great [Trek] music, and that's part of what inspired me to do what I'm doing [...] You just go in scared. You just hope you do your best. It's one of those things where the film will tell me what to do."[114] Scoring took place at the Sony Scoring Stage with a 107-piece orchestra and 40-person choir. An erhu, performed by Karen Han, was used for the Vulcan themes. A distorted recording was used for the Romulans.[113] Varèse Sarabande, the record label responsible for releasing albums of Giacchino's previous scores for Alias, Lost, Mission: Impossible III, and Speed Racer, released the soundtrack for the film on May 5.[115] The music for the theatrical trailers were composed by Two Steps From Hell.[116]
Sound effects[link]
The sound effects were designed by Star Wars veteran Ben Burtt. Whereas the phaser blast noises from the television series were derived from The War of the Worlds (1953), Burtt made his phaser sounds more like his blasters from Star Wars, because Abrams' depiction of phasers were closer to the blasters' bullet-like fire, rather than the steady beams of energy in previous Star Trek films. Burtt reproduced the classic photon torpedo and warp drive sounds: he tapped a long spring against a contact microphone, and combined that with cannon fire. Burtt used a 1960s oscillator to create a musical and emotional hum to the warping and transporting sounds.[117]
Release[link]
In February 2008, Paramount announced they would move Star Trek from its December 25, 2008 release date to May 8, 2009, as the studio felt more people would see the film during summer than winter. The film was practically finished by the end of 2008.[118] Paramount's decision came about after visiting the set and watching dailies, as they realized the film could appeal to a much broader audience. Even though the filmmakers liked the Christmas release date, Damon Lindelof acknowledged it would allow more time to perfect the visual effects.[98] The months-long gap between the completion of the production and release meant Alan Dean Foster was allowed to watch the whole film before writing the novelization, although the novel would contain scenes absent from the final edit.[119] Quinto narrated the audiobook.[120]
A surprise public screening was held on April 6, 2009, at the Alamo Drafthouse theater in Austin, Texas, hosted by writers Robert Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and producer Damon Lindelof. The showing was publicized as a screening of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, followed by a ten-minute preview of the new Star Trek film. A few minutes into Khan, the film appeared to melt and Leonard Nimoy appeared on stage with Orci, Kurtzman and Lindelof, asking the audience, "wouldn't you rather see the new movie?"[121] Following the surprise screening in Texas, the first of many premieres across the world was held at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney on April 7, 2009.[122] For almost two years, the town of Vulcan, Alberta had campaigned to have the film premiere there, but because it had no theater, Paramount arranged instead a lottery where 300 winning residents would be taken to a prerelease screening in Calgary.[123]
Marketing[link]
See also: Star Trek: Countdown and Star Trek DAC
The first teaser trailer debuted in theaters with Cloverfield on January 18, 2008, which showed the Enterprise under construction. Abrams himself directed the first part of the trailer, where a welder removes his goggles. Professional welders were hired for the teaser.[124] The voices of the 1960s played over the trailer were intended to link the film to the present day; John F. Kennedy in particular was chosen because of similarities with the character of James T. Kirk and because he is seen to have "kicked off" the Space Race. Orci explained that: "If we do indeed have a Federation, I think Kennedy’s words will be inscribed in there someplace."[75] Star Trek's later trailers would win four awards, including Best in Show, in the tenth annual Golden Trailer Awards.[125]
Paramount faced two obstacles in promoting the film: the unfamiliarity of the "MySpace generation" with the franchise and the relatively weak international performance of the films. Six months before the film's release, Abrams toured Europe and North America with 25 minutes of footage. Abrams noted the large-scale campaign started unusually early, but this was because the release delay allowed him to show more completed scenes than normal. The director preferred promoting his projects quietly, but concurred Paramount needed to remove Star Trek's stigma.[126] Abrams would exaggerate his preference for other shows to Star Trek as a child to the press, with statements like "I'm not a Star Trek fan" and "this movie is not made for Star Trek fans necessarily". Orci compared Abrams' approach to The Next Generation episode "A Matter of Honor", where William Riker is stationed aboard a Klingon vessel. "On that ship when someone talks back to you, you would have to beat them down or you lose the respect of your crew, which is protocol, whereas on a Federation ship that would be a crime. So we have to give [J. J. Abrams] a little bit of leeway, when he is traveling the 'galaxy' over there where they don't know Trek, to say the things that need to be said in order to get people onto our side."[74]
Promotional partners on the film include Nokia, Verizon Wireless, Esurance, Kellogg's, Burger King and Intel Corporation, as well as various companies specializing in home decorating, apparel, jewelry, gift items and "Tiberius", "Pon Farr" and "Red Shirt" fragrances.[127][128] Playmates Toys, who owned the Star Trek toy license until 2000, also held the merchandise rights for the new film.[129] The first wave was released in March and April 2009. Playmates hope to continue their toy line into 2010.[130] The first wave consists of 3.75", 6" and 12" action figures, an Enterprise replica, prop toys and play sets. In order to recreate the whole bridge, one would have to buy more 3.75" figures, which come with chairs and consoles to add to the main set consisting of Kirk's chair, the floor, the main console and the viewscreen.[131] Master Replicas,[132] Mattel, Hasbro and Fundex Games will promote the film via playing cards, Monopoly, UNO, Scrabble, Magic 8-Ball, Hot Wheels, Tyco R/C, 20Q, Scene It? and Barbie lines. Some of these are based on previous Star Trek iterations rather than the film.[128][133] CBS also created a merchandising line based around Star Trek caricatures named "Quogs".[134]
Box office[link]
Official screenings in the United States started at 7 pm on May 7, 2009,[135] grossing $4 million on its opening day. By the end of the weekend, Star Trek had opened with $79,204,300, as well as $35,500,000 from other countries. Adjusted and unadjusted for inflation, it beat Star Trek: First Contact for the largest American opening for a Star Trek film. The film made US$8.5 million from its IMAX screenings, breaking The Dark Knight's $6.3 million IMAX opening record.[136] The film is the highest-grossing in the United States and Canada from the entire Star Trek film franchise, eclipsing The Voyage Home and Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Its opening weekend numbers alone outgross the entire individual runs of The Undiscovered Country, The Final Frontier, Insurrection and Nemesis.[137] Star Trek ended its United States theatrical run on October 1, 2009, with a box office total of $257,730,019, which currently places it as the seventh highest-grossing film for 2009 behind The Hangover.[1] The film grossed $127,764,536 in international markets,[138] for a total worldwide gross of $385,494,555.[139] While foreign grosses represent only 31% of the total box office receipts, executives of Paramount were happy with the international sales, as Star Trek historically was a movie franchise that never has been a big draw overseas.[140]
Reception[link]
Star Trek received very positive reviews from film critics. The film has a 95% approval rating on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 292 reviews with an average rating of 8.1/10, with the consensus: "Star Trek reignites a classic franchise with action, humor, a strong story, and brilliant visuals, and will please traditional Trekkies and new fans alike."[141] Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score, gave the film a 83 out of 100 based on 37 reviews from critics.[142][143]
The editing, cinematography, and special effects work are state-of-the-art, as you'd expect – extra praise goes to an astonishingly detailed sound mix – but so are the same aspects of Wolverine, and that film's a joyless bore by comparison. What lifts the Abrams film into the ether is the rightness of its casting and playing, from Saldana's Uhuru, finally a major character after all these years, to Urban's loyal, dyspeptic McCoy, to Simon Pegg's grandly comic Scotty, the movie's most radical reimagining of a Star Trek regular.
—Ty Burr of the Boston Globe[144]
Ty Burr of the Boston Globe gave the film a perfect four star rating, describing it as "ridiculously satisfying", and the "best prequel ever".[144] Burr praised the character development in the film, opining that "emotionally, Star Trek hits every one of its marks, functioning as a family reunion that extends across decades, entertainment mediums, even blurring the line between audience and show."[144] He continued: "Trading on affections sustained over 40 years of popular culture, Star Trek does what a franchise reboot rarely does. It reminds us why we loved these characters in the first place."[144] Owen Gleiberman from Entertainment Weekly gave the film an 'A-' grade, commenting that director Abrams "crafts an origin story that avoids any hint of the origin doldrums."[145] Similar sentiments were expressed by Rolling Stone journalist Peter Travers, who gave the film a 3.5 out of 4 stars. He felt that the acting from the cast was the highlight of the filming, asserting that the performance of Chris Pine radiated star quality.[146] Likewise, Travers called Zachary Quinto's performance "sharp" and "intuitive", and felt that Quinto "gave the film a soul".[146] Manohla Dargis of the New York Times wrote, "Star Trek [...] isn’t just a pleasurable rethink of your geek uncle's favorite science-fiction series. It's also a testament to television's power as mythmaker, as a source for some of the fundamental stories we tell about ourselves, who we are and where we came from.[147] Slate's Dana Stevens felt that the film was "a gift to those of us who loved the original series, that brainy, wonky, idealistic body of work that aired to almost no commercial success between 1966–69 and has since become a science fiction archetype and object of cult adoration."[148] Time Out London's Tom Huddleston praised the aesthetic qualities of the film, such as the design of the Enterprise, and praised the performances of the cast.[149] He wrote, "The cast are equally strong: Quinto brings wry charm to an otherwise calculating character, while Pine powers through his performance in bullish, if not quite Shatner-esque fashion."[149]
The chemistry between Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto was well-received by critics. Gleiberman felt that as the film progressed to the conclusion, Pine and Quinto emulated the same connection as Kirk and Spock.[145] Tim Robey of The Telegraph echoed similar attitudes; "The movie charts their relationship [...] in a nicely oblique way." Robey resumed: "It's the main event, dramatically speaking, but there's always something more thumpingly urgent to command their attention, whether it's a Vulcan distress signal or the continuing rampages of those pesky Romulans."[150] Burr opined that Abrams had an accurate understanding of the relationship between Kirk and Spock, and wrote, "Pine makes a fine, brash boy Kirk, but Quinto's Spock is something special – an eerily calm figure freighted with a heavier sadness than Roddenberry's original. The two ground each other and point toward all the stories yet to come."[144] Similarly, The Guardian writer Peter Bradshaw expressed: "The story of Kirk and Spock is brought thrillingly back to life by a new first generation: Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto, who give inspired, utterly unselfconscious and lovable performances, with power, passion and some cracking comic timing."[151]
Some film critics were polarized with Star Trek. Keith Phipps of The A.V. Club gave the film a 'B+' grade, and asserted that it was "a reconsideration of what constitutes Star Trek, one that deemphasizes heady concepts and plainly stated humanist virtues in favor of breathless action punctuated by bursts of emotion. It might not even be immediately recognizable to veteran fans."[152] In concurrence, Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times stated that "the Gene Roddenberry years, when stories might play with questions of science, ideals or philosophy, have been replaced by stories reduced to loud and colorful action." Ebert ultimately gave it a 2.5 out of 4 stars.[153] Similarly, Marc Bain of Newsweek opined: "The latest film version of Star Trek [...] is more brawn than brain, and it largely jettisons complicated ethical conundrums in favor of action sequences and special effects.[154] Slate journalist Juliet Lapidos argued that the new film, with its "standard Hollywood torture scene", failed to live up to the intellectual standard set by the 1992 Next Generation episode "Chain of Command", whose treatment of the issue she found both more sophisticated and pertinent to the ongoing debate over the United States' use of enhanced interrogation techniques.[155]
Accolades[link]
The film garnered numerous accolades after its release. In 2010, it was nominated for four Academy Awards at the 82nd Academy Awards, for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Visual Effects, and Best Makeup. Star Trek won in the category for Best Makeup, making it the first Star Trek film to receive an Academy Award.[156] The film was nominated for three Empire Awards, to which it won for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy.[157] In October 2009, Star Trek won the Hollywood Award for Best Movie,[158] and attained six Scream Awards and the 2009 Scream Awards Ceremony.[159] The film attained a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture at the 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards.[160]
Star Trek received several nominations. The film was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, but was beaten out by Up.[161][162] At the 36th People's Choice Awards, the film received four nominations – cast member Zoe Saldana was a contender for Favorite Breakout Movie Actress, while Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto were nominated for Favorite Breakout Movie Actor.[163] On June 15, 2009, the film was nominated for five Teen Choice Awards.[164] In addition, Star Trek was nominated for five Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards and was named one of the top-ten films of 2009 by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.[165][166]
Home release[link]
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 17, 2009 in North America,[167] November 16 in the UK[168] and October 26 in Australia and New Zealand. In Sweden and Germany, it was released on November 4.[169] First week sales stood at 5.7 million DVDs along with 1.1 million Blu-ray Discs,[170] giving Paramount Pictures their third chart topping release in five weeks following Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.[171]
Sequel[link]
Main article: Untitled Star Trek sequel
The film's major cast members have signed on for two sequels.[172] J. J. Abrams and Bryan Burk will produce, and Abrams will direct.[173][174] When speaking on the alternate reality[2] established in the 2009 film, Abrams commented that it would be "ridiculous to not be open" to ideas like resurrecting William Shatner's James T. Kirk or recasting Khan Noonien Singh.[3] Orci and Kurtzman explained the dilemma for the sequel was whether to pit the crew against another villain, or to have an "exploration sci-fi plot where the unknown and nature itself is somehow an adversary".[175][176] On October 2, 2011 it was confirmed by screenwriter Roberto Orci that location scouting was underway.[177] Zachary Quinto, while in an interview for his film Margin Call, stated "Star Trek 2 is on the imminent horizon, I go back to L.A. after this trip to start to prep for it" – "everyone is gearing up". In the interview, he also confirmed that he had yet to read the script.[178] Benicio del Toro was reportedly being considered as Khan, the villain of the film, but ultimately passed on the role.[179]
The sequel, originally scheduled for a release date of June 29, 2012, had to be pushed back 11 months by Paramount for undisclosed reasons. The film is currently scheduled for release on May 17, 2013.[180]
It was reported in January 2012 that British actor Benedict Cumberbatch is to play the villain in the next Star Trek movie. According to sources "The casting of Benedict is definitely a curve ball. We can't wait to see him at work in the Star trek universe." Details of the role and plot are still as yet unknown. The new movie will also star fellow Brits Alice Eve and Noel Clarke.[181]
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 Giacchino, with his sister Maria,[1] at the 2010 Academy Awards |
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| Born | Michael Giacchino (1967-10-10) October 10, 1967 (age 44) Riverside Township, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film, television, and video game score composer |
| Years active | 1995 – present |
Michael Giacchino (Italian pronunciation: [dʒakˈkiːno]; born October 10, 1967)[2] is an Italian American composer who has composed scores for movies, television series and video games. Some of his most notable works include the scores to television series such as Lost, Alias and Fringe, games such as the Medal of Honor and Call of Duty series, and films such as Mission: Impossible III, The Incredibles, Star Trek, Cloverfield, Ratatouille, Up, Super 8, Cars 2,50/50, and John Carter. Giacchino has received numerous awards for his work, including an Emmy, multiple Grammys, an Golden Globe Award, and an Academy Award.
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Early life[link]
Michael Giacchino, an Italian American (with dual citizenship),[3] was born in Riverside Township, New Jersey. Giacchino grew up in Edgewater Park Township, New Jersey and graduated from Holy Cross High School in Delran, New Jersey.[citation needed]
Giacchino began combining images and music at age 10, when he began creating stop-motion animation with homemade soundtracks in his basement. While in high school, an art teacher who mentored Giacchino recommended to his parents that attend the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Giacchino describes visiting the school with his parents thus:[4]
I thought, wow, this is fantastic. They actually have colleges like this? Where I can do the things that I am really interested in doing? That was amazing to me. I loved SVA. I loved the kind of freedom that it provided. It was kind of like this great experiment-okay, you're here because you like something. So let's see how much you like it. We're not going to regulate you too much. We're going to see how passionate and driven you are, and how much you want this thing.[4]
Giacchino enrolled at SVA, majoring in film production and minoring in history. During his final year at SVA, his instructor in film publicity announced an unpaid internship was available at Universal Pictures. Giacchino, who was the only one interested, obtained the six-month position, which he filled at night while attending school during the day and working at Macy's to pay his rent. He graduated from SVA in 1990 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, after which he took music classes at the Juilliard School.[4][5][6]
Career[link]
Video games[link]
When Giacchino's internship ended, Universal hired him, giving him a job right out of college. He later moved to Disney, and when Disney relocated to Los Angeles, Giacchino moved with them, working in publicity, while taking night classes in instrumentation and orchestration at UCLA. His work for Disney had him interacting with the various personnel who worked in films, such as the producers who hired composers, so when a job at Disney Interactive opened for a producer, Giacchino obtained the job, thinking he could hire himself to write music for the games he produced.[4][5][6]
Giacchino's composition work for Disney Interactive during the 16-bit era included the Sega Genesis game Gargoyles, the SNES game Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow and the various console versions of The Lion King.[7] However his first major composition was for the DreamWorks video game adaptation of the 1997 movie, The Lost World: Jurassic Park.[8] The video game was the first PlayStation- (also on Sega Saturn) console title to be recorded with an original live orchestral score. Giacchino has since continued his relationship with DreamWorks, providing full orchestral scores for many of their popular videogames. He also worked with Pandemic studios to create the theme for Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. Giacchino's award-winning compositions covers the first three Medal of Honor series, (Underground, Allied Assault and Frontline, along with the original Medal of Honor and Heroes: 2), and also the scores for several other World War II-related video games like Secret Weapons Over Normandy, Call of Duty and Call of Duty: Finest Hour.[9] Additionally, Giacchino composed themes for The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer, and co-wrote the theme of Black with composer Chris Tilton.[10] He also composed the score for Alias, which was based on the television series of the same name. In 2008 Giacchino wrote music for Turning Point: Fall of Liberty.[11] Electronic Arts has announced that he has returned to the Medal of Honor franchise as he has composed the music for Medal of Honor: Airborne.[12]
Film and television[link]
Giacchino's work on various video games led to his entrance into television.
In 2001, J. J. Abrams, producer of the television series Alias, discovered Giacchino through his video game work and asked him to provide the new show's soundtrack. The soundtrack featured a mix of full orchestral pieces frequently intermingled with upbeat electronic music, a departure from much of his previous work. Giacchino would go on to provide the score for J.J. Abrams's 2004 television series Lost,[13] creating an acclaimed score which employed a unique process of using spare pieces of a plane fuselage for percussion parts. The score for Lost is also notable for a signature thematic motif: a brass fall-off at the end of certain themes.[14] Just like his counterpart Stu Phillips, he worked with the television show creator Abrams on his shows with his music scores while Abrams supplied the show's main themes on his certain shows such as Alias.
In 2004, Giacchino received his first big feature film commission. Brad Bird, director of Pixar's The Incredibles, asked Giacchino to provide the soundtrack for the film after having heard his work on Alias.[15] The upbeat jazz orchestral sound was a departure in style not only for Giacchino but for Pixar, which had previously relied on Randy and Thomas Newman for all of its films. Director Brad Bird had originally sought out John Barry – perhaps best known for his work on the early James Bond films—but Barry was reportedly unwilling to repeat the styles of his earlier works.[16]
Giacchino was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 2005 for The Incredibles: Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media and Best Instrumental Composition.[17]
Like his other counterparts Joel McNeely, J. A. C. Redford and Frank DeVol, Giacchino mostly associated with Disney from early in his career up to most recently, ranging from video games such as Mickey Mania and Gargoyles to films such as The Incredibles and eventually collaborated with Walt Disney Imagineering in creating two new soundtracks for the updated versions of Space Mountain at Disneyland, Space Mountain: Mission 2 at Disneyland Paris, and Space Mountain at Hong Kong Disneyland.[18]
Giacchino also composed scores for the 2005 films Sky High and The Family Stone, and the television movie The Muppets' Wizard of Oz. Additionally, he wrote the music for Joseph Barbera's final theatrical Tom and Jerry cartoon The Karate Guard, and scored the Abrams-directed 2006 film Mission: Impossible III.[19] Giacchino's next musical achievement was his Paris-inspired score for the Disney-Pixar film Ratatouille, which includes the theme song "Le Festin", performed by French artist Camille. He received his first Academy Award nomination for this score. He also created the score for Abrams' 2009 Star Trek film.
As of 2010, Giacchino's latest score was for the Pixar film Up (and its accompanying animated short Partly Cloudy) for which he collaborated with director Pete Docter. This marked the first time Giacchino worked with a Pixar director other than Brad Bird. This work gained Giacchino his first Academy Award, for Best Score—the first-ever win for Pixar in that category. Giacchino notes that he won on the same night as his SVA classmate Joel Harlow won for Best Makeup Oscar for Star Trek.[4]
Giacchino has continued his collaboration with J. J. Abrams. For the Abrams-produced monster film Cloverfield, Giacchino wrote an homage to Japanese monster scores in an overture entitled "ROAR!", which played over the credits (and which constituted the only original music for the film). He composed for the pilot of the new Abrams series Fringe, after which Giacchino gave scoring duties to his assistant Chad Seiter (who scored the first half of season one), and then Chris Tilton (who scored the latter half of season one and everything after that).
Giacchino has frequently referenced previous work when naming his pieces. For example, the score for The Incredibles contains a piece named "100 Mile Dash", and the album with the score from Ratatouille has a track entitled "100 Rat Dash". Another series of examples: "World's Worst Beach Party" from the first Lost album, "World's Worst Last 4 Minutes To Live" from the Mission: Impossible III soundtrack, "Galaxy's Worst Sushi Bar" from Star Trek (2010 deluxe release), "World's Worst Landscaping" from the second Lost album, "World's Worst Car Wash" from the soundtrack album Lost: The Final Season, and "World's Worst Field Trip" from the soundtrack of Super 8. The soundtrack for Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol also has a track titled "World's Worst Parking Valet". Inversely, the score for Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction has a track entitled "World's Best Carpool Lane"; the Speed Racer score has tracks entitled "World's Best Autopia" and "World's Worst Road Rage."
Additional compositions[link]
In addition to his long list of soundtracks, in 2005 Giacchino collaborated with Walt Disney Imagineering in creating two new soundtracks for the updated versions of Space Mountain at Disneyland, Space Mountain: Mission 2 at Disneyland Paris, and Space Mountain at Hong Kong Disneyland.[18] Giacchino was also contracted by Sarah Vowell, who played character Violet in The Incredibles, to compose the score to the audio version of her book Assassination Vacation. Michael Giacchino's music can also be heard in "Star Tours: The Adventure Continues" during the "travel log videos" shown in the cue line for both the Disneyland and Walt Disney World versions of the attraction.
In 2009 he was asked to conduct the Academy Awards orchestra for the 81st Academy Awards. For this project he rearranged many famous movie themes in different styles, including a 1930's Big Band treatment of Lawrence of Arabia and a bossa nova of Moon River.
Awards, nominations and recognition[link]
Awards[link]
- 2001 Interactive Achievement Awards for Original Music Composition – Medal of Honor: Underground
- 2003 Game Developers Choice Awards for Excellence in Audio – Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
- 2003 Interactive Achievement Awards for Original Music Composition – Medal of Honor: Frontline
- 2004 IFMCA Award for Score of the Year – The Incredibles
- 2004 IFMCA Award for Composer of the Year
- 2004 Game Developers Choice Awards for Excellence in Audio – Call of Duty
- 2005 Emmy Award for Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) – Lost
- 2007 Film & TV Music Award for Best Score for a Short Film – Lifted
- 2007 StreamingSoundtracks.com Award for Composer of the Year
- 2008 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album – Ratatouille
- 2010 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards for Best Score[20] – Up
- 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score – Up
- 2010 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album – Up
- 2010 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition – "Married Life (from Up)"
- 2010 BAFTA Award for Best Music – "Up"
- 2010 Academy Award for Best Original Score – Up
Nominations[link]
- 2005 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album – The Incredibles
- 2005 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition – "The Incredits" (from The Incredibles)
- 2008 Academy Award for Best Original Score – Ratatouille
- 2008 Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series – Lost
- 2010 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album – Star Trek
- 2010 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement – "Up With End Credits (from Up)"
- 2010 Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series – Lost
Recognition[link]
- The score for Season 1 of Lost was cited by New Yorker music critic Alex Ross as "some of the most compelling film music of the past year."[21]
Discography[link]
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Sample of Mission: Impossible theme in Mission: Impossible III (based on the original theme by Lalo Schifrin)
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Films[link]
| Title | Year | Notes |
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| Legal Deceit | 1997 | |
| My Brother the Pig | 1999 | |
| The Trouble With Lou | 2001 | |
| Sin | 2003 | |
| The Incredibles | 2004 | Pixar Production |
| Sky High | 2005 | |
| The Muppets' Wizard of Oz | 2005 | Television movie |
| The Family Stone | 2005 | |
| Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World | 2006 | |
| Mission: Impossible III | 2006 | Bad Robot Production |
| Ratatouille | 2007 | Pixar Production |
| Cloverfield | 2008 | Bad Robot Production Uncredited Only composed "Roar!" for ending credits |
| Speed Racer | 2008 | |
| Star Trek | 2009 | Bad Robot Production |
| Up | 2009 | Pixar Production, Oscar Winner |
| Land of the Lost | 2009 | |
| Earth Days | 2009 | |
| Let Me In | 2010 | |
| Cars 2[22] | 2011 | Pixar Production |
| Super 8 | 2011 | Bad Robot Production |
| Monte Carlo | 2011 | |
| 50/50 | 2011 | |
| Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | 2011 | Bad Robot Production |
| John Carter[23] | 2012 | |
| Untitled Star Trek sequel[24] | 2013 | Bad Robot Production |
Video games[link]
| Title | Year | Notes |
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| Mickey Mania | 1994 | |
| Gargoyles | 1995 | |
| Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow | 1995 | |
| The Lost World: Jurassic Park | 1997 | Dreamworks Interactive Production |
| Chaos Island | 1997 | Dreamworks Interactive Production |
| Small Soldiers | 1998 | Dreamworks Interactive Production |
| T'ai Fu: Wrath of the Tiger | 1999 | Dreamworks Interactive Production |
| Warpath: Jurassic Park | 1999 | Dreamworks Interactive Production |
| Medal of Honor | 1999 | Dreamworks Interactive Production |
| Muppet Monster Adventure | 2000 | |
| Medal of Honor: Underground | 2000 | Dreamworks Interactive Production |
| Medal of Honor: Allied Assault | 2002 | 2015, Inc./EA Los Angeles Production |
| Medal of Honor: Frontline | 2002 | EA Los Angeles Production |
| Call of Duty | 2003 | Infinity Ward Production |
| Secret Weapons Over Normandy | 2003 | |
| Call of Duty: Finest Hour | 2004 | |
| Alias | 2004 | |
| The Incredibles | 2004 | |
| Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction | 2005 | |
| Black | 2006 | |
| Medal of Honor: Vanguard | 2007 | EA Los Angeles Production |
| Medal of Honor: Airborne | 2007 | EA Los Angeles Production |
| Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 | 2007 | EA Canada Production |
| Lost: Via Domus | 2008 | Bad Robot Production |
| Turning Point: Fall of Liberty | 2008 | |
| Fracture | 2008 | With Chris Tilton and Chad Seiter |
Television[link]
| Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Alias | 2001–2006 | Bad Robot Productions |
| Lost | 2004–2010 | Bad Robot Productions |
| Six Degrees | 2006–2007 | Bad Robot Productions |
| Fringe | 2008–2011 | Bad Robot Productions |
| Undercovers | 2010 | Bad Robot Productions |
| Alcatraz | 2012 (Pilot only) | Bad Robot Productions |
Short films and other works[link]
| Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| No Salida | 1998 | Short film |
| String Of The Kite | 2003 | Short film |
| Space Mountain at Disneyland | 2005 | Theme park attraction |
| Space Mountain at Hong Kong Disneyland | 2005 | Theme park attraction |
| Space Mountain: Mission 2 at Disneyland Paris | 2005 | Theme Park attraction |
| The Karate Guard | 2005 | Short film |
| One Man Band | 2005 | Short film |
| Jack-Jack Attack | 2005 | Short film |
| Lifted | 2006 | Short film |
| How to Hook Up Your Home Theater | 2007 | Short film |
| Presto | 2008 | Short film |
| 81st Academy Awards | 2009 | Awards ceremony, conductor |
| Partly Cloudy | 2009 | Short film |
| Dug's Special Mission | 2009 | Short film (edited from Up) |
| Prep & Landing | 2009 | TV Christmas Special |
| Day & Night | 2010 | Short film |
| Space Mountain at Magic Kingdom | 2010 | Theme park attraction |
| Prep & Landing: Operation: Secret Santa | 2010 | Short film |
| Star Tours: The Adventures Continue at Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios | 2011 | Theme park attraction |
| The Ballad of Nessie | 2011 | Short film |
| Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice | 2011 | TV Christmas special |
References[link]
- ^ ''The Hollywood Reporter THR id'd this incorrectly originally, this is his sister!. Secure.hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved on August 21, 2011.
- ^ Jon Burlingame, "Tunes for Toons," Daily Variety, Dec. 8, 2004
- ^ "Oscar winners thank Italy – News in English". ANSA.it. Retrieved on August 21, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Lincourt, Carrie. "Q + A". Visual Arts Journal. Volume 19, Number 1. Spring 2011. School of Visual Arts. Pages 46 - 49.
- ^ a b Burlingame, Jon (May 7, 2006). "Michael Giacchino's Mission: Make the Old Music New". The New York Times. Accessed November 27, 2007. "The backyard for Mr. Giacchino, 38, was in Edgewater Park, N.J., where he grew up watching – and listening to – Hanna-Barbera cartoons, "The A-Team" and reruns of "The Dick Van Dyke Show." He graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York, but, as music became his main interest, he took classes at Juilliard and, later, film-music extension courses at UCLA"
- ^ a b "Michael Giacchino - Scoring for Primetime: ABC's Alias". Mackie.com. Retrieved on April 14, 2011.
- ^ "Michael Giacchino". MobyGames. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
- ^ Michael Giacchino.com -Biography
- ^ Michael Giacchino.com – Works
- ^ Chris Tilton.com – Black[dead link]
- ^ Michael Giacchino to Score Turning Point: Fall of Liberty. News.teamxbox.com (June 26, 2007). Retrieved on August 21, 2011.
- ^ Goldwasser, Dan (July 10, 2007). "Michael Giacchino scores Medal of Honor: Airborne". http://www.scoringsessions.com/news/107/. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
- ^ Lost Soundtrack. Amazon. Retrieved on August 21, 2011.
- ^ The Log Book – Lost[dead link]
- ^ Cinemusic – The Incredibles
- ^ Message Boards: The Incredibles!. Moviemusic.com. Retrieved on August 21, 2011.
- ^ Grammy Nominations 2005 – PDF[dead link]
- ^ a b Space Mountain. Allearsnet.com (May 27, 1977). Retrieved on August 21, 2011.
- ^ M:I – Iii. CDUniverse (May 9, 2006). Retrieved on August 21, 2011.
- ^ Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Highlights, Winners, Show Video and Photos. VH1.com. Retrieved on August 21, 2011.
- ^ NewYorker.com – SOUND AND VISION[dead link]
- ^ Burlingame, Jon (October 12, 2010). "Michael Giacchino: Driven by stories". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118025204.html?categoryid=16&cs=1.
- ^ "2010 Oscar, Best Score Nominee – Michael Giacchino (Up) | KUSC Podcasts". Kusc.podbean.com. http://kusc.podbean.com/2010/02/25/2010-oscar-best-score-nominee-michael-giacchino-up/.
- ^ http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=84605
External links[link]
- Music By Michael Giacchino Website
- Michael Giacchino at the Internet Movie Database
- Michael Giacchino on Twitter
- Michael Giacchino's score for 'Secret Weapons Over Normandy'
- Composer profile, focusing on his Video Game Soundtracks work (Call Of Duty, etc.)
- Michael Giacchino discography at MusicBrainz
- SoundtrackNet Interview with Michael Giacchino
- SoundtrackNet's Mission: Impossible 3 Scoring Session Exclusive
- Alex Ross column in The New Yorker
- Alan Sepinwall interview with Michael Giacchino on composing for LOST
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| Name | Giacchino, Michael |
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| Date of birth | October 10, 1967 |
| Place of birth | Riverside Township, New Jersey, United States |
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Star Trek 2009 Trailer music
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Star Trek 2009 Trailer music
This is the Star Trek 2009 official Trailer music. Original song is called: Freedom Fighters : Two steps from hell. Enjoy this wonderful song and go check out the movie! PM me if you want the mp3 file. Send your email adress to me and ill send it over right away! Greetz Rabbitto!
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Star Trek 2009 Theme: Enterprising Young Guitarist (Enterprising Young Men)
DeadBelushi
Star Trek 2009 Theme: Enterprising Young Guitarist (Enterprising Young Men)
This is my version of Michael Giacchino's 'Enterprising Young Men' from the Star Trek 2009 movie. One of my favourite pieces of music from a movie ever. I had to mime along to my own recording of it. There are some visual errors, but as I'm miming, it's not that important. If you like the recording, you can download it here soundcloud.com follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/thematblair PS: I got an email from Michael Giacchino's assistant telling me that he "really digs" my arrangement of the track. I'm over the moon with that news. Thank you all for enjoying the arrangement. Matt Blair, March 2012
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