765874 - Unification (2024)

Original title

765874: Unification

Directed by

Carlos Baena

Genre

science fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

11 min

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In this digital short, the characters James T. Kirk and Spock meet again after the events of a previous Star Trek film. There is no spoken dialogue, and it is left unclear whether the reunion is real, imagined, or happening in an afterlife.

contemplativepoignantnostalgicquietdreamlikeambiguousintimateemotionally resonant

What happens

"765874 – Unification" is the fourth in a series of short concept videos that use digital technology to visualize past actors and previously unfilmed imagery from the Star Trek franchise. Created by the Roddenberry Archive, a collaboration between the estate of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and computer graphics company OTOY, the video features a reunion between the characters James T. Kirk and Spock after the events of the film Star Trek Generations (1994). It was directed by Carlos Baena from a story by Jules Urbach. Urbach conceived of the short by mid-2023. It has no dialogue and is open to interpretation regarding whether the events are actually happening to Kirk, are in Spock's mind, or are taking place in a version of the afterlife. Location filming took place at Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, in 2024. Sam Witwer was cast as Kirk while Lawrence Selleck returned from the previous videos in the series as Spock; practical and digital prosthetics were used to recreate the likenesses of original actors William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, respectively. Shatner was an executive producer on the video alongside Nimoy's widow, Susan Bay Nimoy. Robin Curtis and Gary Lockwood reprised their respective Star Trek roles as Saavik and Gary Mitchell. Several crew members returned from previous Star Trek projects, including production designer Dave Blass and composer Michael Giacchino. The video was released on YouTube and the Apple Vision Pro app The Archive on November 18, 2024, the 30th anniversary of Generations. It has received more than 20 million views and was praised by fans and commentators. The latter discussed the digital recreation technology and whether the video is part of official Star Trek canon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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