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Release year: 1984

Storyline

Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned U.S.S. Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis Planet to recover Spock's body.

Top credits

Directors

Leonard Nimoy

Writers

Cast

William Shatner — Kirk
Leonard Nimoy — Spock, Elevator Voice
DeForest Kelley — McCoy
James Doohan — Scotty

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Did you know

• When the Enterprise enters Spacedock at the film's beginning, just before Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) comments on the Excelsior's appearance ("Would you look at that!"), another docked ship can be seen, in shadow, at the upper left corner of the screen. This ship is one of the alternative models that was considered for use as the Excelsior. This alternate model also made several appearances on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), usually as a wrecked ship or piece of space junk.

• In the opening credits, there is a six-second-long pause between William Shatner and DeForest Kelley's names, where Leonard Nimoy's name would normally be. It's only one second between each of the other names.

• George Takei initially expressed reservations regarding the scene where the security guard called Sulu "Tiny". While Takei liked the scene overall, he felt that Sulu being called "Tiny" didn't make much sense, even when writer and producer Harve Bennett explained it was due more to the large size of the security guard. When Takei first saw this movie with an audience of fans, he came to recognize the scene (and Sulu's line "Don't call me 'Tiny'") as a real crowd pleaser, which changed his outlook to a positive reaction.