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Info: Star Trek movies - alternate versions...
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21-Jul-2017, 11:23 AM

First of all sorry that I’m starting a new thread for this, but the “All Things Star Trek” thread is slowly turning into a personal argument. I have a question (and hopefully it was not answered here before) - what are all the different versions of all Trek flicks?

Star Trek The Motion Picture

  • theatrical version - released on Blu-ray
  • ABC cut a.k.a. “Special Longer Version” - released on LD
  • Director’s cut DVD a.k.a. “Director’s Edition” - released on DVD
  • I heard rumours about a ~60min Super8 or 8mm version, something similar to the Star Wars releases - anybody has any info on this?

Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan

  • theatrical version - released on Blu-ray
  • ABC cut - unreleased?
  • Director’s cut DVD version - DVD
  • Director’s cut 2016 Blu-ray version - 2016 BD - the same as the DVD version with the dialogue about Kirk’s son is muted
  • I heard rumours about a different theatrical version (maybe 70mm?) without the “II”, called simply Star Trek - The Wrath of Khan - any more info?

Star Trek III - The Search for Spock

  • theatrical version - released on Blu-ray
  • I heard about a different ABC cut - any more info?

Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home

  • USA theatrical version - released on Blu-ray
  • UK theatrical version called “The Voyage Home : Star Trek” - apparently released on VHS?
  • PAL DVD version - DVD - features a new beginning containing a montage of scenes from Star Trek II and III
  • are there any more versions?

Star Trek V - The Final Frontier

  • theatrical version - released on Blu-ray
    I guess this doesn’t have any different cuts released, or does it?

Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country

  • theatrical version - released on Blu-ray
  • VHS/Laserdisc version - released on LD/VHS
  • DVD version - released on DVD
    Are there any more versions? 3 different cuts doesn’t seem like enough, since Nick Meyer is a bit of a George Lucas and he tries to re-do his films constantly. I also heard that the REAL theatrical version had different closing credits, but I never managed to find any evidence of its existence.

Did they ever do different cuts to all the other movies? I know that Star Trek (2009) was released with some subtitle in some other countries but I can’t find it anywhere right now.

And a related question regarding the first Trek pilot The Cage. There were 6 versions produced (7 if you count the menagerie)

  • 35mm version shown to the network - unreleased
  • 16mm version - black and white, unknown if it’s the same cut as the 35mm version, the only thing I managed to get is an audio recording of a public showing, and it proofs that a LOT of footage is missing from all of the restorations
  • 1986 restoration - combination of the colour scenes from the Menagerie and the black and white scenes from GR’s private 16mm copy, misses a bunch of scenes which were in the 16mm version for “some” reason - released on DVD and Blu-ray featuring GR’s introduction
  • 1988 restoration - after Bob Furmanek found the missing colour trims they took the 1986 restoration and replaced the black and white footage with the trims, in many places slowed down or repeated from other scenes - released on LD (I think) as a part of the “From One Generation to the Next” 1988 TV special and on several VHS tapes
  • 2001 restoration - many scenes are trimmed so it’s shorter than the 1988 restoration, and it misses more dialog, they replaced some audio which was replaced for The Menagerie to the correct audio, but other parts were still taken from The Menagerie - released on DVD
  • 2009 restoration with original effects - even shorter than the DVD version with more audio changes - released on Blu-ray
  • 2009 restoration with CGI effect - same cut as previous version, but all effects replaced with CGI effects - released on Blu-ray

The audio recording of the 16mm version clearly shows all the audio changes done to The Menagerie (most notable the Keeper’s voice being pitch-shifted but there are also tons of small music changes), and that a lot of scenes were trimmed, I know that the chance is very very very slim, but I’ve seen some 16mm print on eBay a few years ago, so … Is there a chance that somebody from this forum actually has it?