Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Star Trek legend Leonard Nimoy is to receive a special gong at this year's Saturn Awards.
The 78-year-old actor will be presented with a lifetime achievement award in recognition of his work as an actor and director.
The Saturns are given out by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.
Nimoy became a sci-fi icon after playing Spock, the half-Vulcan half-human crew member, in Gene Roddenberry's original Star Trek series from 1966 to 1969.
He earned three Emmy nominations and later reprised the role in movie sequels and the spin-off series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Nimoy also directed two of the films: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986).
Nimoy appears as an older version of Spock in the new Star Trek movie released on May 8. The younger version is played by Heroes actor Zachary Quinto.
The nominations for this year's Saturn Awards,
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Chicago – It’s a cliched line, but the Blu-Ray release of “Star Trek: Motion Picture Trilogy” has something for everyone. It’s a release that will satisfy a generation that grew up in the prime theatrical era of this franchise and give young viewers who fall in love wiht J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek” more of their new favorite series of films.

Blu-Ray Rating: 5.0/5.0 Buyers unfamiliar with the history of the franchise would naturally assume that “Star Trek: Motion Picture Trilogy” consists of the first three films in the now-eleven film series. Nope. Paramount cuts out the first film, the mediocre “Star Trek: The Motion Picture,” and focuses on what is easily the most beloved sub-series in the entire theatrical run of the Enterprise - “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,” “Star Trek III: The Search For Spock,” and “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home”.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture
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In a story I've told so many times that it better be true, my earliest memories of television watching were sitting with my dad in his big reclining chair watching reruns of the original "Star Trek." Amazingly, however, I really don't have any memories of watching Star Trek films, until one day when I couldn't have been older than 8, I watched "Star Trek III: The Search For Spock" at my friend Aaron's house. It was airing on HBO, like all movies did, and I was just completely fascinated by it. I mean, we had HBO at home, but I didn't watch it much because they had a tendency to show breasts, and my mom wasn't exactly fond of that idea. And going to the movies where I grew up was always a special, but rare treat. I remember going to the drive-in to see some re-release of "Bambi" ...

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