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    Star Trek: The Original Motion Picture 6-Movie Collection 4K Ultra HD

    Featured In Issue 263, September/October 2022

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    (Studio/Distributor):
    Paramount Home Entertainment
    (Catalog Number):
    3000092209
    (MPAA Rating):
    PG-13
    (Rating Reason):
    se sequences of sc-fi action and violence
    (Retail Price):
    $125.99
    (Disc Type):
    Single Side, Dual Layer (BD-66)
    (Widescreen Edition):
    Yes
    (Full Screen Edition):
    (Running Time In Minutes):
    Various
    (Color Type):
    Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access):
    Yes
    (Closed Captioned):
    Yes
    (Regional Coding):
    ABC
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    Yes
    (Direct-To-Video Release):
    No
    (Disc Release Date):
    9/6/2022
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    Dolby Atmos, Dolby TrueHD 7.1
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    "Star Trek: The Original Motion Picture 6-Movie Collection" contains all six big-screen adventures featuring the original series and spanning 1979 t 1991 on 4K Ultra HD. The collection includes the newly restored "Star Trek: The Motion Picture––The Director's Edition." The film successfully launched the Star Trek franchise beyond the original television series, despite having been rushed to theaters with incomplete special effects and forced editing choices.

    In 2001, director Robert Wise revisited the film to refine the edit and enhance the visual effects. His updated vision was released on DVD in standard definition and embraced by fans but has never been available in higher definition until now. Meticulously assembled and restored by producer David C. Fein with post-production supervisor Mike Matessino, both of whom originally collaborated with Wise, the film has been prepared for presentation in 4K Ultra HD with Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) and a new powerful and immersive Dolby Atmos soundtrack. Fein and Matessino assembled a team of visual effects experts, led by returning visual effects supervisor Daren R. Dochterman, and utilized the extensive resources in the Paramount Archives to recreate the effects not just in HD, but in Ultra HD. After more than six months of painstaking work, the updated movie looks and sounds better than ever while staying true to Wise’s original intention.

    This comprehensive 15-disc collection includes the first six big-screen adventures featuring the original series crew in 4K Ultra HD with Dolby Vision and HDR-10. ("Star Trek: The Motion Picture—The Director’s Edition" also includes Dolby Atmos). Both "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" and "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" are making their 4K Ultra HD debuts.

    The collection is comprised of:

    Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Director’s Edition – Ultra HD & Blu-ray
    Additional Blu-ray with bonus content
    Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Theatrical Cut) – Ultra HD & Blu-ray
    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan – Ultra HD & Blu-ray
    Includes Director’s Cut
    Star Trek III: The Search for Spock – Ultra HD & Blu-ray
    Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – Ultra HD & Blu-ray
    Star Trek V: The Final Frontier – Ultra HD & Blu-ray
    Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country – Ultra HD & Blu-ray
    Includes Director’s Cut

    All six of the feature films listed above will also be available individually on 4K Ultra HD or Blu-ray.

    Special features include a bonus Blu-ray Disc filled with new and legacy special features. Included is new commentary with David C. Fein, Mike Matessino, and Daren R. Dochterman, commentary by Robert Wise, Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, Jerry Goldsmith, and Stephen Collins?, text commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda?, "The Human Adventure"—An all-new eight-part documentary detailing how the Director’s Edition came to life, new deleted scenes, new effects tests, new costume tests, new computer display graphics, additional legacy bonus content and a digital copy.

    The 2:39.1 2160p HEVC/H.265 Ultra HD Dolby Vision/HDR10 pictures, reviewed on a Sony Bravia Z9D 4K Ultra HD HDR display, were photographed on Eastman film stock using Panavision camera systems and sourced from 4K master Digital Intermediates. The six film enjoy their finest reproduction and presentation with state-of-the-art 4K Ultra HD color fidelity and resolution. (Gary Reber)

    The Dolby Atmos/Dolby TrueHD 7.1-channel soundtracks are repurposed from the original elements for a terrific holosonic® presentation. (Gary Reber)

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