Yesterday I attended my third cinema screening of J. J. Abrams’ Star Trek. I just can’t help loving that movie. Everything about it is entertaining. Anyway, I’m now starting a new feature for this blog, called “Fun Facts”. And we begin with this great movie. These facts are taken from IMDB.
- J.J. Abrams’ only two choices for Nero were Russell Crowe and Eric Bana.
- Simon Pegg filmed his role in 5 weeks.
- The “Trek” movie with the longest hiatus to date since the last motion picture (7 years).
- Of the now 11 films, this is the most expensive “Star Trek” film by far, at an estimated $150,000,000. Star Trek: The Motion Picture(1979) had a budget of $46,000,000 and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) had a budget of $60,000,000.
- Prior to this film, the most expensive “Star Trek” film ever made was Star Trek: First Contact (1996) with a worldwide gross of $146,000,000. This film exceeded that gross by its second weekend of US release alone.
- To prepare for his role as Captain James Kirk, Chris Pine watched classic episodes and read encyclopedias about the Star Trek universe. However, his research was rudimentary, as he wanted his performance to be original and not an imitation of William Shatner. He based his performance on Tom Cruise’s Maverick and Harrison Ford’s Han Solo and Indiana Jones, heroes who Pine felt possessed the archetypal hero qualities Kirk has (humour, arrogance, decisiveness).
- Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto, who play the odd couple Kirk and Spock, were previously acquainted with each other as they work out at the same gym.
- Winona Ryder who plays Spock’s mother is only 6 years older than Zachary Quinto who plays Spock, and is 24 years younger than the actor who plays her husband.
- Kirk, the “black sheep” of the Enterprise crew, wears only his black undershirt up until he is formally given command; everyone else wears a colored overshirt reflecting their area of responsibility.
- The Romulan Narada is five miles wide and 15 miles long.
- The Kobayashi Maru simulator is the same set as the Kelvin bridge.
- The first Star Trek film to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects since Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979).
- First Star Trek film ever to win an Oscar.
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