Trekkies
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| This article is written from the Real World point of view |
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- For the article on the word, see Trekkie
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| Release Date (US): | 1997 |
| Directed by: | Roger Nygard |
| Production company: | Neo Motion Pictures |
Trekkies is a docu-comedy released in 1997 starring Denise Crosby. It features:
- The story of the first Star Trek convention.
- An interview with Barbara Adams, the selected Whitewater trial juror who received press attention for wearing her Starfleet uniform with plastic phaser and tricorder to the jury selection.
- A profile of "Spiner Femme" Anne Murphy, and reaction from Brent Spiner.
- A visit to Orlando, Florida's Starbase Dental, the Trek-themed office of dentist Denis Bourguignon.
- Denise appears on the CRN talk-radio show "Trek Talk and Beyond", with hosts Joyce Mason and Evelyn DeBiase.
- A visit with Brian Phelps and Mark Thompson, the hosts of "The Mark and Brian Show on KLOS-FM, Los Angeles.
- Interviews with Dr. Marc Okrand, the inventor of the Klingon language, and Glen Proechel, who runs a summer program for people to learn Klingon language and culture called "The Interstellar Language School".
- A visit to Riverside, Iowa, "the future birthplace of James T. Kirk", and Vulcan, Alberta.
- The profile of Richard Kronfeld, who has built the Total Life Support Unit used by Captain Pike and was building the Nomad probe and the Romulan cloaking device from "The Enterprise Incident".
- A Trek auction, and some odd collectibles like a 30th-anniversary Trek Cookie Jar.
- SeaTrek, a Trek-themed cruise featuring Trek actors and staff.
- Brannon Braga talks about some of the mail they receive, including one guy who has sent a package to "Star Trek" every day for the last ten years, and a Klingon sex manual.
- Interviews with fanzine writers like Debbie Warner, writer of "The Secret Logs of Mistress Janeway".
- A comment from Buzz Aldrin.
- Interviews of numerous Trek actors including George Takei, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Walter Koenig, Majel Barrett, Nichelle Nichols, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, Grace Lee Whitney, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell, Jonathan Frakes, Chase Masterson, Kate Mulgrew, Ethan Phillips, Wil Wheaton and others.
- Various stories about how Trek has influenced lives.
[edit] Memorable Quotes
"Peter, this is the worst time you could have called! Go away!"
[edit] Background Information
Patrick Stewart did not like the film because he felt it unfairly portrayed the fan base by focusing on the small minority of fans who dress up in costumes and take Star Trek to an extreme.(citation needed • edit)
[edit] External links
- Trekkies at Wikipedia
- Trekkies at the Internet Movie Database
- SeaTrek - "the original Star Trek cruise"
| First in Series | Trekkies Movies | Next episode: Trekkies 2 |
