Fathom Events Releasing TMP for 40th

[Vger23]

I missed TWOK a couple of years ago.

I do NOT plan on missing this one. This is the only Star Trek film I didn't see in the theater.


https://mobile.fandango.com/star-trek-the-motion-picture-1979-40th-anniversary-219643/movie-overview

 

[Lord Garth]

Sold! I knew they'd do something. This will leave TSFS as the only Star Trek movie I haven't seen in a theater.

 

[Kor]

I am looking forward to this.
The TWOK Fathom event was quite nice.

Kor

 

[GNDN18]

Perhaps I’ll go. Maybe this time I won’t run out to the lobby during the transporter accident scene. (Thanks, Star Trek Calendar 1980. I’m looking at you, March.)

 

[Kaelef]

Weird that it doesn't show up on the main fathomevents.com site.

 

[MakeshiftPython]

Interesting that it's a September date. Would have thought they'd shoot for December.

 

[David cgc]

Interesting that it's a September date. Would have thought they'd shoot for December.

I see three possibilities: They don't want to put anything sci-fi anywhere near Episode IX's release date (doubtful, since it's a one-night-only event and the anniversary is a couple weeks before that); they've done customer analytics and such and found that September is likely to be the best time for this in terms of sales (or, alternatively, September was the cheapest slot available for Paramount to book, I don't know how the business side of Fathom Events works); or, they've got another event booked for the real anniversary, and this was what was available (and, checking their website, they've got two Met Opera performances slated for the week of the TMP anniversary, as well two other old movie revivals, so that's probably the one).

I expect it'll be the theatrical cut, since the SLV hasn't been released in ages, and the DE is only in SD resolution (unless literally everyone involved in making it has been yanking our chains for a year or more which, you know, is a thing that happens). I suppose it's at least possible it might be the SLV, which would be fun to see again (and I think some of the scenes in the theatrical cut were edited down to incoherence, like the Chekov-burns-his-hand, Spock-cracks-the-code bit).

 

[Vger23]

I would suspect very strongly that it will be the theatrical version.

 

[Firebird]

Anyone else notice the runtime of the movie is listed as 2 hours and 25 minutes? Either they're showing the SLV, or they're showing some sort of 14-15 minute special feature as part of the package.

 

[MakeshiftPython]

Even if the DE is being restored in 4K, a September date is way too early at this point. It’s very likely the theatrical cut, which makes more sense given the 40th anniversary.

 

[Khan 2.0]

I would suspect very strongly that it will be the theatrical version.

The best version

 

[Tallguy]

The best version

Only until I get HD elements of both and I can mix my own! (Well, I can dream.)

 

[Therin of Andor]

The best version

Robert Wise's work print?

 

[Peach Wookiee]

I may go see this. I still have a nagging suspicion that my biological mother went to see this in the theater.

 

[Indysolo]

Tickets are on sale now: https://www.fathomevents.com/events/star-trek

 

[Vger23]

How do they determine the theaters it plays in? Dear lord, it's only playing in EBF theaters anywhere near me, nowhere near good population centers or premier theaters.

 

[Indysolo]

Fathom is a partnership between AMC, Cinemark, and Regal Theaters.

 

[Joe_Atari]

Tickets are on sale now: https://www.fathomevents.com/events/star-trek

Any word on the source for the TMP screenings? Fathom's TWOK screening was (in my theater anyway) a very nice DCP but the What We Left Behind screening was their typical Dish Network DVR broadcast.

I don't want to diminish people's experiences with Fathom Events, but I find the Dish-based screenings less than satisfying (and they're not cheap) -- dim, soft, overcompressed images (1080i?), low audio levels with little (if any) multichannel activity, and frequent technical glitches. The now 10-year old TMP Blu-ray would almost certainly look better. IMHO Fathom really needs to regularly list the format for its screenings (ala Arclight Cinemas and the American Cinematheque).

TMP is my favorite Trek film, but I'm on the fence on this screening. Paramount apparently hates this movie. Personally I'm pessimistic on any home video remaster -- 4K "Director's Cut" or otherwise. They seem perfectly happy to repackage the same old discs forever (and in fairness to Paramount, people must keep buying them) and the 35mm prints available for circulation (one 1991 "Sit Long and Prosper" print and one original 1979 theatrical version print) are both ancient and in horrid condition.

TMP deserves high-quality treatment; I'm hoping for the best but fearing mediocrity.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Any word on the source for the TMP screenings? Fathom's TWOK screening was (in my theater anyway) a very nice DCP but the What We Left Behind screening was their typical Dish Network DVR broadcast.

Eddie Egan, former Paramount Publicist of several Trek movies, confirmed for us from his contacts that it will be a DCP (Digital Cinema Package) of the theatrical version, not a satellite/dish broadcast.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/StarTrekTMPappreciationsociety/permalink/2729835923713211/

 

[Tallguy]

Paramount apparently hates this movie.

Really? Compare the "super deluxe" DVD that TMP got vs. all the other TOS films. TMP felt like an event. All the other films felt like The Last Starfighter, without the warmth.

Of course since the blu-ray era the only Trek film that has gotten a serious release was TWOK.