Return to Tomorrow: The Filming of Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a fascinating oral history by our own Preston Neal Jones that has just been announced by Creature Features' book division:
I helped Preston and Creature Features prepare his 1979-1980 manuscript (it was originally intended for Cinefantastique and has become a legendary "lost book") and it's a fascinating read. Jerry Goldsmith is among 60 interviewees including the entire cast and just about all of the creators/crew.
This is all kinds of awesome! Would have probably found out too late if not for the heads up, so thanks for "disclosing the information" Lukas! Picked up the Outer Limits book too, which I wouldn't have discovered either (if I hadn't dropped by the site). Hope they ship it separately - it's a long wait til October!
Can't pass up another PNJ masterpiece! I'm hoping I ordered early enough to get one of the first 100 so I can get the autograph. (I want to compare the handwriting to some bogus checks that were written on my bank account a few years back.) Seriously -- if it's half as good as the NIGHT OF THE HUNTER book I'll be thrilled. A tip of the hat and a bend of the elbow to Dr. Jones! (And thanks for the 111th time to Lukas Kendall for everything, always.)
International shipping is a bit of a "WTF?" moment, but speaking as someone taken back in time by re-reading David Gerrold's "THE WORLD OF STAR TREK"; and speaking as one of those strange souls who adores this grey and ponderous yet magnificent film; I just had to order this book.
...speaking as one of those strange souls who adores this grey and ponderous yet magnificent film...
Stephen, this movie has got a lot of stunning concepts that were wedded too quickly with too many "creative advisors" (Shatner a screenwriter?!), yet I think a top-ten all-time score can spackle a lot of cracks and fissures, can't it?
...speaking as one of those strange souls who adores this grey and ponderous yet magnificent film...
Stephen, this movie has got a lot of stunning concepts that were wedded too quickly with too many "creative advisors" (Shatner a screenwriter?!), yet I think a top-ten all-time score can spackle a lot of cracks and fissures, can't it?
It remains my favorite TREK film, for all its flaws, not only for the magnificent score and FX, but it's the only TREK film that feels like a truly cinematic experience, with a sense of awe and wonder, and its humanist themes echo the TV series much more than the lower budget and far less spectacular films that followed.
BTW, ordered! 
