Trailer: Star Trek: The Motion Picture Director’s Edition coming to theatres

Starting this weekend, Fathom Events will screen the director’s edition of Star Trek: The Motion Picture in theatres nationwide. In the Los Angeles area, the film will be at over a half dozen theatres, including the AMC Citywalk 18, AMC Burbank 16, AMC Century City, the LOOK Glendale 10, LA Live 14, AMC Promenade, and Cinemark 18.

Screenings will take place at 3pm and 7pm on Sunday, May 22 and at 7pm o Monday, May 23 and Wednesday, May 25. Get tickets here.

The directors cut of Star Trek: The Motion Picture has a long history. The film famously rushed to meet its theatrical release date in 1979, with the result that some key scenes were lost in the editing room. Yeas later, this footage was restored for network television broadcast, but the special effects had not been completed, resulting in soundstage rafters visible in outer space. Since then, the director’s edition was more carefully restored for home video release. Now, over a decade since the death of the film’s director, Robert Wise, the restored director’s version will be seen on the big screen “meticulously restored and remastered with enhanced visual effects.”