Star Trek III: In Search of Mr. Spock
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| German title | Star Trek III: In Search of Mr. Spock | ||
| Original title | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | ||
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| Country of production | United States | ||
| original language | English | ||
| Publishing year | 1984 | ||
| length | 105 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 12 | ||
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| Director | Leonard Nimoy | ||
| script | Harve Bennett | ||
| production | Harve Bennett | ||
| music | James Horner | ||
| camera | Charles Correll | ||
| cut | Robert F. Shugrue | ||
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Star Trek III: In Search of Mr. Spock (Original title: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock ) is an American science fiction film from 1984. It is the third Star Trek movie to be based on based on the television series Spaceship Enterprise . For the first time, Leonard Nimoy , one of the main characters in the series, was also directing - an innovation that was continued in subsequent films. The film opened in German cinemas on November 16, 1984.
action
The film begins with a repetition of the final scenes from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , in which Spock dies and is buried on the planet newly created by the explosion of the Genesis projectile. Then Spock speaks from the off : “Space: In its infinity, our last great challenge. Again and again the spaceship Enterprise ventures into previously unknown areas of the universe in order to track down new forms of life and new civilizations and to explore strange worlds. Worlds that no one has ever seen. "
The damaged, but partially repaired Enterprise is on its way back to Earth. Upon arrival at the orbital base, Dr. McCoy enters Spock's former quarters on the Enterprise , where Kirk finds him disoriented. A little later, McCoy tries to illegally get to the quarantined Genesis planet, but is caught and taken to a Starfleet psychiatric institution. During a visit to Spock's father, Sarek , Kirk meets the Vulcan ambassador and learns that Spock transferred his katra (spirit) to McCoy before his death and only his body died. Sarek makes it clear to Kirk that Spock can only be saved if McCoy and Spock's body are brought to Mount Seleya in Vulkan to reunite the body with his katra. Kirk asks Starfleet to allow the Enterprise and McCoy to fly to Genesis, but is refused. Together with Uhura, Sulu, Chekov and Scott he kidnaps McCoy and hijacks the makeshift repaired Enterprise with which they fly to the Genesis planet. Scott was able to sabotage the warp drive of the spaceship USS Excelsior used to pursue the Enterprise .
Meanwhile, Saavik and David have returned to Genesis aboard the USS Grissom to investigate the newly formed planet. They not only discover two life forms, but also that Spock's coffin is empty. A little later they find a volcano boy who is aging rapidly. Saavik identifies the child as Spock. David explains Spock's condition with the Genesis phenomenon, which led to the regeneration of Spock's body. David must also recognize that the planet Genesis is not only aging rapidly and unstable, it is in danger of breaking up as a result.
When the Klingon commander Kruge learns about the Genesis project, he decides to get what he sees as the "ultimate weapon" and therefore fly to Genesis. There he meets the research ship USS Grissom , which one of its officers destroys due to a misunderstanding. Since Saavik and David are still on the planet, he has them captured by his men in order to obtain the secret of Genesis from them.
When the Enterprise arrives in the Genesis Sector, the Klingon ship takes it by surprise and shoots it inoperative. Kruge underscores his request for the Genesis records by killing David, Kirk's son. Shocked by the news and the state of the Enterprise , Kirk decides to lure Kruge into an ambush. To this end, he offers Kruge the surrender, who then sends troops to board the Enterprise . However, Kirk and his crew beamed themselves to the planet and activated self-destruct beforehand. Shortly afterwards, the Enterprise explodes and kills the occupants.
On the Genesis planet, which is now on the verge of destruction, Kirk can persuade Kruge to beam his crew and Saavik onto the Klingon spaceship. However, Kruge refuses to have Spock beamed up as this is only Kirk's wish. So it comes between the two of a fight in the course of which the Klingon falls into the abyss with a lava flow and has previously tried to pull Kirk with him to his death. After being beamed onto the Klingon ship with Spock's body at the last moment, Kirk and his crew go to Vulkan to perform the ceremony to unite Spock's mind and body. Once there, the high priestess T'Lar removes Spock's katra from McCoy and transfers it to Spock's body. The experiment succeeds: Spock recognizes his friends.
Before the credits, the announcement "... and the adventure continues ..." is displayed.
Background and miscellaneous
The assumption of direction by Leonard Nimoy already fueled speculation that the character he portrayed, Captain Spock, would return to life in this Star Trek film. While this was popular with fans, the film was not as positively received by fans and critics as its predecessor Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , which contributed to the popular belief that Star Trek films with odd numbering were worse are than those with even numbering.
The destruction of the Enterprise had to be re-filmed as it was felt that the original version of the scene had little emotional impact and was too similar to the ending of George Lucas ' Star Wars film Return of the Jedi . Producer and screenwriter Harve Bennett's plan to keep the destruction of the Enterprise a secret before the premiere of the film was dashed by a revelation in the film's trailer. However, the trailer set the wrong track when it suggested that a Klingon Bird of Prey had destroyed the Enterprise .
Originally the Bird of Prey was planned as a Romulan ship. Kruge was supposed to steal it from the Romulans and use it to fly into Federation territory. The script was later changed, but the models were already made. So it simply became a Klingon ship that was later used again and again in the series. This confusion between the Romulan and the Klingon people was later continued, so that the Romulan principle of honor was finally devoted to the Klingons and the Klingons adopted the Romulan cloaking device for their ships. The amalgamation of the two peoples was already explained as the result of an alliance between Klingons and Romulans in the episode The Invisible Trap of the original series .
The second appearance of the Klingon language (and the first time that it is based on the language structure devised by Marc Okrand) is lost in the German dubbed version of the film, as the film's Klingon dialogues were completely translated into German. In later TV broadcasts, however, they were partially present again.
For the occupation of Lt. Saavik should sign again to Kirstie Alley . However, since the fee demands on the part of Alley were unrealistically high, no further commitment was made. However, the character could not be deleted as Saavik's role took up a large plot of the film. So the part was cast with Robin Curtis.
synchronization
The German dubbing was done by Berliner Synchron GmbH based on a dialogue book and directed by Martin Großmann . As in the predecessor, William Shatner was not dubbed by Gert Günther Hoffmann as usual , but by Klaus Sonnenschein. Hoffmann only took over from the fourth part of the series.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
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| Admiral James T. Kirk | William Shatner | Klaus Sunshine |
| Mr. Spock | Leonard Nimoy | Herbert Weicker |
| Dr. Leonard "pill" McCoy | DeForest Kelley | Christian Rode |
| Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery "Scotty" Scott | James Doohan | KE Ludwig |
| Lt. Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu | George Takei | Helmut Gauss |
| Lt. Pavel Chekov | Walter Koenig | Frank Glaubrecht |
| Lt. Cmdr. Uhura | Nichelle Nichols | Joseline Gassen |
| Dr. David Marcus | Merritt Butrick | Michael Tanneberger |
| Sarek | Mark Lenard | Friedrich W. Building School |
| T'Lar | Judith Anderson | Elisabeth Ried |
| Lt. Saavik | Robin Curtis | Susanna Bonaséwicz |
| Cmdr. Pitcher | Christopher Lloyd | Hermann Ebeling |
| Mr. Adventure | Scott McGinnis | Torsten Sense |
| Admiral Morrow | Robert Hooks | Norbert Gescher |
| Excelsior Capt. Styles | James Sikking | Eric Vaessen |
Reviews
"Elaborate space spectacle with a lot of ideology and improved trick technology compared to the first films in the series."
“With the death of Mr. Spock, Leonard Nimoy had a lot of space as a director. George Lucas' trick company ' Industrial Light & Magic ' delivered much better visual special effects this time than with the two predecessors. So the whole thing is quite entertaining despite some lengths. "
Awards
- In 1985 there were nominations for the " Saturn Award " in the categories of "Best Actor" ( William Shatner ), "Best Costumes" ( Robert Fletcher ), "Best Director" ( Leonard Nimoy ), "Best Science Fiction Film", "Best Special Effects "( Ralph Winter ) and" Best Supporting Actress "( Judith Anderson )
- Also in 1985 the film was nominated for the "Best Dramatic Presentation" for the Hugo Awards .
Web links
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock atRotten Tomatoes(English)
- Star Trek III: In Search of Mr. Spock in the Star Trek Wiki Memory Alpha
Individual evidence
- ↑ Star Trek III: In Search of Mr. Spock. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on February 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Star Trek III: In Search of Mr. Spock. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Criticism at Prisma Online
