The Motion Picture ‘s monster is in the midst of an existential crisis, it turns out. It was a computer, created by man – Voyager 7 6, or “V’GER,” a satellite sent out to the stars.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the Director’s Edition Release: Nov. 6, 2001. Production: A Paramount Home Video release of the 2000 Director's Edition of the 1979 Paramount Pictures presentation.

Note: As Star Trek: The Motion Picture celebrates its 40th anniversary on December 7th, we're revisiting our interview here with the film's visual effects master, Douglas Trumbull.

The Motion Picture was directed by Robert Wise, a footnote in a career that started in 1934 and ran through 2000. Wise got his big break as Orson Welles’ editor on Citizen Kane and, more ...