The Klingon battle cruiser is still 43 years later a truly fantastic design. The detailing, paintwork, everything is just exquisite.

The best the Enterprise has ever looked. I'm still in awe of her in drydock. Its breathtaking.

That. Was. Amazing. This is one of my favourite films purely because of the amazing model work and visual effects. I still can’t quite picture how the V’ger sphincter opens and closes! ;)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture was always my favorite Star Trek movie; it was the first movie I ever saw in a movie theater so it will always occupy a special place to me. After years of scouring book stores, DVDs and the internet I really thought I'd seen everything there was to see regarding this movie. It's amazing to see so much new material so long after the film's release. Great stuff. Looking forward to part 2.

My all time favorite Star Trek movie. Saw it in the theatre in late '79. Saw it again at the Drive-In in the spring of '80. V'ger lit up the entire Drive-In at the end. My favorite part to this day.

In this time period the Gods of the film were the VFX motion control operators. Often an elite club of people who's giant machines would end up being dinosaurs once motion tracking could be done without the needs for motion control and the restrictions that system carries with it.

That V'Ger stuff is amazing, you don't even think of how big it had to be until you see it. Also the famous dental mirrors used to light the Enterprise in space dock that make it so bloody difficult for us CGI guys to replicate in software!

I met a bunch of these guys including Mark Stetson plus Robert Wise with whom I had a nice convo for the better part of an hour.🥰 Indelibly memorable experience.

Man, the more I can find out about the construction and filming of V'Ger as a practical model, the more I like it. Ships built by humans is one thing, since they have recognizable forms and shapes ( windows, doors, handholds, operational info ), but building a vessel so gigantic and so utterly alien...that's my bread and butter.

The more I read and hear about behind the scenes ST:TMP, the more fascinating the project becomes! And while things like the original Cinefex coverage and the recent Art & Visual FX Of ST:TMP book are great and really informative, there's just something so special about hearing the stories directly from the men and women involved in the actual work! Thankyou Piercefilm Productions for all these vids!

Love this! I miss the way things used to be done. Expert artists. Still looks more real than modern computer imaging

This is fantastic. The film had such a convoluted production history - particularly involving the visual effects - so getting to hear their stories is tremendous.

Bloody hell, after all those released videos you already did, you can still pull out a big one like this! I said it before, but now I'm no longer joking: I'm convinced that this channel will be dripfeeding me these goodies until the day I die; it will never end. Great stuff as usual; thanks!

This is gold. I’ve always wanted to see more of the V’ger miniature (as well as Syd Mead’s concept art) and there’s tons here I’ve never seen before. Can’t wait for part 2!

What was great about the model work was that with nearly every ship, a human figure was added to the frame to give a sense of scale ( shuttle pod, space dock, Epsilon 9, V’ger)

What one learns thanks to all your movies is that the same people worked over and over on many different productions. Incredible!

That was incredible. I hope Michael Okuda sees this.

Thank you so much for uploading this! I wish I could like this video twice. Star Trek: The Motion Picture is probably my favorite sci-fi film, and getting to see these behind-the-scenes pictures and interviews is just wonderful.

Really great video thank you for capturing the history of the production of Star Trek the motion picture directly from all the incredibly talented people who worked on it. Can’t wait for part two! Loved seeing all of the amazing behind-the-scenes photographs 90% of which I have never seen before can’t wait to see what will be in part two again thank you for this amazing video!

Fantastic! I can never get enough about TMP! Like many of the folks commenting, I always feel like I’d seen everything, and then something new pops up! Love all of these videos!!

These artists are so BRILLIANT ! Brought many decades of happiness to me. Star trek The motion Picture is still the grandest looking of all the films.

Love the unseen photos of the large V'ger model. Wonder if any chunks survive (besides the engine).

I remember at 9 years old being blown away by the detail of the Klingon ship, the front piece in particular. 45 year later, I watch an interview of the guy who did it. Awesome.

Thanks for the nice treat for christmas.

Was just Going through Syd Meads Amazing book with his gorgeous designs for Vger! loved this 2 parter! thanks.

Brings back many memories. Mark Stetson "is the best!!"; I knew Russ Simpson, and met Ron Gress. Excellent work!! The Enterprise was flawless!!

10:54 The Shape of Things to Come 1979 Starstreak Amazing. Interesting to see how one thing leads to another. Thank you for making this model crafting history available.

_TMP_ came out three years before I was born, and for a long time in my youth I was terrified of the movie (literally nightmares and looking over my shoulder for over a decade). But now, I have a tremendous amount of awe and respect not only for the movie itself but the _insane_ amount of work that went into getting it done! While the _Enterprise_ is the unquestioned jewel of _Star Trek_ and it's always a thrill to see the movie version of her, what impresses me the most about this specific video (I'm looking forward to part two!) is the significant amount of pictures of V'ger you have featured here- I've _never_ seen most of them!

The ship designs these guys cranked out are god like. Still untouchable to this day.

I love this more than words can express. These people made the stuff of my dreams as a kid.

Star Trek TMP is my favorite ST movie. Watching the Enterprise in dry dock on the big screen was an unforgettable experience. It looked so real. Thanks for the video it's great

The redesigning of The USS Enterprise and Klingon vessels was great. Kept in respect to the original series without going overboard.

stunning

What an absolutely superb video, huge thanks to you and the very talented model makers who were interviewed. I can't wait for part 2. :-)

Spectacular stuff! Despite the generously long post i still found myself wanting more ;)

FANTASTIC ! I have no words for these last videos about Star Trek The Motion Picture. INCREDIBLE.

I'm not a big Trekkie, but I absolutely love the first Star Trek film. Give me deadly serious sci-fi over the sillier sequels any day of the week! Nice BTS video.

This is great channel! Please keep them coming. I really like seeing and hearing how the people did the design, effects and builds on some of my favorite movies growing up.

This is the doco I've wanted made for decades! So informative. Wonderful photos and stories. Such a great team of people making something truly special! Wow!

Great to hear from this small community that worked hard to bring fans their artwork during the heyday of SciFi.

I have always loved the minuatures on the motion picture. First class work for sure.

I had the honor of working for Mark Stetson and his crew on The Hudsucker Proxy. Wonderful people.

God Bless Douglas Trumbull, he will be missed.

Thank you! The best Christmas present ever! Some BTS pictures I've never seen, and I've seen everything. :) Can't wait for part 2....

It is so interesting to listen to you guys. Wow. I loved the first Star Trek, saw two times when it was showed in cinema. The models make a big part of success of sci-fi movies. Really awesome. Thenk you for your story telling, some kind of oral history.

Cool to see some big name movies in your videos. I'm glad you put in the effort to make these videos, they are appreciated.

Wow. I thought V'ger was a matte painting. No idea that it was a model. The ship models are gorgeous.

Superb content!

1:52 I always loved the look of the Klingon Battle Cruiser, This view of it makes it look like it rolled over to do a hard turn with afterburners.

I thought I'd seen all the bts for this movie, I'm amazed at these great images and details of the production. Thanks for sharing. Subbed.

Can't wait for Part II!!

Ace vid, Love TMP.

This is one of the most visually stunning sci-fi movies of all time, and all the incredible work on display here underscores why. Star Trek TMP is immensely underrated in my opinion. It takes its time, sure, but everything it takes its time on is immaculate. Thanks so much for sharing this. Looking forward to part 2!

Just found this channel, love it!

I just saw Star Trek The Motion Picture and I wasn't bored at all. The falsehood that it's boring has persisted for years and it's just not true. The plot is character driven and requires a slightly slower pace. It dosen't mean it's boring. Give the film a try. You won't regret it.

isn't this the only movie that had Dykstra and Trumbull working on it?

Amazing. Say what you will about TMP. The effects were just incredible.

My 4K Director's Cut arrives today. One of my all time favorite movies. Looking forward to watching it in ultra high definition!

Love this one I remember going to the moves and seen this back in 1979 and the model company Round2 issued a new model of the Enterprise refit in 1/350 scale it's 36 inch model it's is nice kit you can look up on KZfaq the build ups of these kits love this I have 4 of these Enterprise kits in 1/350 scale

Love it!

Chuck Norris's influence on facial hair and hairdoo's of the late 70's is not to be underestimated!

Thank 's all of you.

@10:24 glad I'm not the only FX guy that lived on the set during production; I slept in the back of my truck and played security guard at night during a Tim Disney shoot and built a mini of L.A. during the day for one of his films, a no budget b&w art film called "The Giving". Still have the vhs of it somewhere around here.

terrific, thanks

Very awesome. 13:51 inspiration for the snow speeders from empire? Love the refit enterprise

How much did these incredible people get paid? Without them all of these movies would have been nothing.

What talent... Wow

Great Video. Hearing this, I understand, how this movie went soo fare over butget.

Good video Pierce Unit.

9:11 that is a fantastic shot of the K’tinga. I still wonder why they didn’t look green in the final movie. 12:33 now I want to read her *Alien* sequel script.

Fantastic documentary. Great rare FX shots of V'ger. Always wished the Klingon ship had been used more in the film. Feel the pain on those "belt" buckles. To this day I still can't stand those uniforms.

How much more of hours do you have of all this incredible documentaries do you have anyway???? I’m so hooked to your channel I keep rewatching the videos!!!

okay piercefilm guys the greatest vvorks congratulations is biurifore reaction video the miniature efects and dedication tanks you very much okay bye bye 👍👍👍♥️♥️♥️👌👌👌😘😷🎅😂😁😀🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Epsilon ix was a beautiful model.

very cool. just subbed

I notice the Starstreak model from the Shape of things to come. I am guessing that Brick Price built it for Project UFO and later sold it for TSOTTC.

I'm pretty sure one of these mustachioed marvels is who shows up in the porthole as the space pod is docking with the Enterprise during Kirk's tour / arrival in TMP.

All these Star Trek ship models should be in the Smithsonian next to the original one!!

Star Trek the Movie was the best for me. The Enterprise is just glorious.

@piercefilm >>> (1) Great video...👍 (2) I may have posted this question under a previous video, but I have never quite understood why the *_"MAGICAM"_* video synchronization effects process -- patented by Doug Trumbull[?] -- never got much use outside of Carl Sagan's *COMOS* and the TV movie *THE INTERRUPTED JOURNEY* {if I am remembering the name correctly} starring James Earl Jones.

6:00 How could anyone in sci-fi films not know who Douglas Trumbull was in 1978??😮

At the 3:42 mark there's a desktop pic of the enterprise. Does anyone have a link to that? it looks amazing and I can't find it. I can't tell if it's a CGI recreation or a genuine pic of the miniature.

"Stellar model makers." Lol... I see what you did there.

I would be interested in reading the synopsis of this lady's Alien sequel script.

I wonder how many seconds of footage some of those Vejur models translated into.

I wish that the Starship Enterprise was "Real"

I've always, I mean always, felt that ST TMP had superior modelbuilding and much more sophisticated and realistic miniature photography and optics than Alien did. You had the finest SPFX men in the business Trumbull and Dykstra !!! OHHH please! It's so much better than Alien's very mediocre and clearly fake miniature photography. Then the Academy gives the SPFX Oscar to Alien!!! FOR WHAT???? Alien should have won an Oscar for Art Direction, because of the Alien design and the Alien spaceship. Alien has Space 1999 caliber miniature photography not very impressive!!! The Academy was and still is in many ways dumb. They gave the SPFX Oscar for both King Kong and Logan's Run. So I shouldn't be surprised. It's all B.S. politics!!!!

I ish she told us what was her Alien sequel about

Leslie Ekker imdb amongst many things mentions an uncredited model making role for Bladerunner just thought I'd say

At about 12:20 in this video: *_BUGGLESTAR GALACTICA_* 🤭🤭🤭

The original Enterprise (TOS) ended up in the Smithsonian, but what about the refit filming model used here (my favorite btw). Does anyone know its whereabouts?

Ok. At 12:10 we are shown a picture of the Battlestar Galactica. Was the model repurposed into something in TMP or just a random shot in the documentary? If it was used in TMP does anyone know where it can be seen. This would be quite the easter egg hunt.

Great documentary!! Where did you find it?

What model is that at the 6:20 mark?

I wish there was a BluRay available. Heck, I'd spend upwards of $60. for the disc.

What about Paul Olsen ? It was he who painted the Enterprise. such a marvelous job ILM destroyed for Star Trek II.

are you ever gonna update your original dvd or release a new version of it

The effects hold up all these years later. Script not so much (yawn). The detail on the model work was stunning. We would not have Galaxy Quest if not for the great work on the Enterprise coming out of its space dock ; )

Where are all those models? They should be collected in a museum where everybody can go and enjoy them.

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