4C Movie Memories

Hoping to strike while the iron might still be, at least Luke Warm was looking to get this new film shot, edited, and into the theaters as quickly as possible. With that in mind, the wheels began turning rapidly.

By weeks in, Harve Bennett had already begun getting exploratory phone calls asking if he might be interested in producing the new film. He jumped at the chance. At the same time, Nick Meyer was getting similar calls, asking if he'd consider returning to the director's chair.

Still a bit ambivalent about the whole idea of bringing Spock back from the dead, Nick passed. Shortly thereafter Leonard D. Nichelle, George, Walter, Jimmy, and I all found ourselves being courted once more by the Paramount suits in the hope that we would fall into place quickly with a minimum of fuss and delay, with all of us still reveling in cons afterglow that

came to pass almost. With the exception of Leonard D. Moy, we crew members of the Starship Enterprise practically danced back onto the bridge. On the other hand, ultimately decided to boldly go where no Star Trek actor had gone before.

Leonard begins. When I saw two for the first time, it was a very emotional experience. The picture was fun and fast paced. I was really moved by the death scene and what was happening there between Kirk and Spock.

I thought it worked out extremely well. And when I saw that black tube laying there on the Genesis planet, I thought, wow, this could go anyplace. And then when the film came out and did so well, I expected that I'd probably getting a call in regard to a third film, but at the same time they really could have gone off in