Originally posted by: Mitch
God I can't wait for this also!

The widescreen 'Special Longer Version" was something I can't believe you accomplished.

There are some key scenes that are not avaible in widescreen, How did you handle them Fanfiltration - did you get other prints?

lmk! I am very interested.

There is only one small fragment that I have not been able to find in letterbox so far. It's right after Ilia does her Deltan healing on Mr. Chekhov. Just after Dr. Chapel gives Chekhov a spray of Bactine, Chapel gives Ilia a short glance (included) but then looks down (this is where the scene cuts in the bonus section extras on the official dvd) then Chapel looks back up at Ilia with a "Smart Ass" type look for just like 2 seconds (About 60 frames). That "Smart Ass" glance is what I don't have. I'm sure this 2 seconds can be overlooked, but my partner in this project refuses to stop his whining about it's non inclusion. If there was some type of cut away from Chapel back to Ilia then back to Chapel, then we could have attempted to make the Pan and Scan look letterbox for the 2 seconds. But due to the shot of Chapel being uninterrupted, this type of trick would look so bad and very noticeably interrupt the flow of the scene.

"Back in 1991 I went to a one time only theatrical showing in New York City of all 5 Trek films (up to that date). They presented the films back to back. They called it "Sit Long and Prosper". The showing of ST:TMP was in 70mm, and had most of the extra footage that is included on the extended pan & scan VHS, but not all of it. Missing was the scene where Kirk goes after Spock, and the Matt painting of the Enterprise is missing. That for sure was one scene that was not included, as well as other small bits and some scenes had been the versions from the theatrical 1979 cut). My letterbox version will include about 99.7% of what can be found on the extended 17 minute VHS. Making it even more inclusive then the officially released letterbox expended print that Paramount has in it's vaults. I'm hoping that this fact will be taken into account when the die-hard Trekkies bring me before the proverbial guillotine. *wink*"

What key scenes are you thinking of that may be missing? Most of the Klingon battle scene, and the scene with Kirk, Spock, and McCoy in the observation lounge (where you can see the window in the background) is being taken from a High Def T.V. broadcast of the letterbox theatrical cut (provided to me by yet another great fan on this forum). The rest of that scene (without the window in the back) was assembled from the bonus extras from the official dvd, and was a bit tricky to do.

FF

CLICK HERE TO SEE MY EXTENDED"Observation Lounge Scene"