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William Shatner Captain Kirk Handwritten & Signed Essay Re 1st Star Trek Movie

William Shatner handwritten signed recollection on what he learned after making the first''Star Trek'' movie in 1979 and how the franchise survived. Composed on Shatner's personal stationery, it reads in full,''Star Trek the movie, directed by Robert Wise, was not the success we all wished for. The script had some flaws - the special effects were a little long - there had been no time to properly edit them and so eventually it was not the big hit everybody expected. Paramount got really negative about it and said they wouldn't be making any more movies - Damn what a shame. Single page ...