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Director & Editor Roger Nygard, Host & Co-Executive Producer Denise Crosby ("Tasha Yar" from "STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION"), and Producer W.K. Border explored the "Star Trek" fan phenomenon in TREKKIES.

They talked with the "Star Trek" stars: Majel Barrett Roddenberry, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, George Takei, Grace Lee Whitney, LEVAR Burton, John de Lancie, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Kate Mulgrew, Ethan Phillips, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton...and many others.

They also talked to the creative forces behind "Star Trek": Co-Creator/Executive Producer Jeri Taylor, Writer/Co-Executive producer Brannon Braga, Academy-Award-Winning Make-Up Supervisor Michael Westmore, creator of the Klingon language Dr. Marc Okrand...and many others.

Principal photography on the TREKKIES documentary commenced August 2, 1996, and was completed on May 6, 1997.

The following is an excerpt from DAILY VARIETY

Tuesday August 4, 1998

Paramount beams up 'Trekkies'

....no release date has been set for "Trekkies," the Roger Nygard documentary about fans of the "Star Trek" series and films, but according to Robert Friedman, Paramount Motion Picture Group vice chairman, the film will be distributed theatrically through Paramount Pictures -- not its fledgling specialty division.

The picture, which was directed and edited by Nygard over a 12-month period in 1996-97, interviews stars from the movies and the skein, including Leonard Nimoy, Brent Spiner and Kate Mulgrew. But the most arresting footage comes from the diehard fans who follow the voyages of the Starship Enterprise, including:

- A man who changed his name to James T. Kirk in 1974.

- A woman who created a media frenzy in 1996 when she showed up for jury duty wearing a uniform, phaser and tricorder.

- The founder of the Interstellar Language School in Red Lake Falls, Minn., who teaches people how to speak Klingon.

- A dental-care facility in Orlando. Fla., where all the staffers wear "Star Trek" uniforms.

W K. Border produced the documentary. Michael Leahy and Joel Soisson executive produced along with host and co-executive producer Denise Crosby, Tasha Yar from "Star Trek: The Next Generation."

Friedman said he was not concerned that the film would offend Trekkies, the core fan base of the studio's biggest cash cow. "We've done a lot of homework on that front," he said. "'Star Trek' fans love it. It's not condescending, it's a celebration."

Paramount rarely releases documentaries, but it would not be entirely without precedent. In 1993 the studio distributed "It's All True," a 51-year-old French-backed documentary by Orson Welles.

Nygard and Neo-Motion Pictures recently finished a feature pic about new-car salesmen. "Suckers," which is set up for a distributor screening at the Raleigh Studios tonight.

They are also finishing "Six Days in Roswell" a feature documentary follow-up to "Trekkies." Pic is about UFO enthusiasts who went to a Woodstock-like 50th anniversary celebration of the alleged crash of an alien spaceship in Roswell, N.M....

Check this link to Variety for More information.

Festival Screenings that have been completed:

WORLD PREMIERE:
The Hamptons International Film Festival (October 15-19, 1997)
East Hampton, New York
Festival Information: 516-324-4600
http://www.peconic.net/arts/hamptons/film-festival/
TREKKIES Screenings:
Saturday October 18, 1997, 1:30 PM, Guild Hall Theater
Sunday October 19, 1997, 6:00 PM, Guild Hall Theater

WEST COAST PREMIERE:
The AFI International Film Festival (October 23-November 1, 1997)
Los Angeles, California
Festival Information: 213-856-7707
Ticket Information: 213-464-7799 (Tickets may be purchased in advance ONLY at the AFI Hospitality Suite at the Hollywood Galaxy Theater, or at the theater on the day of the screening)
afifest@afionline.org
http://ptd15.afionline.org/fest/
TREKKIES Screenings:
Friday October 24, 1997, 10:00 PM, Laemmle Monica 4-Plex, Santa Monica (Screen 3)
Sunday October 26, 1997, 3:00 PM, General Cinema Hollywood Galaxy Theater, Hollywood (Screen 2)

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE:
São Paulo International Film Festival (October 18-October 31)
São Paulo, Brazil
Festival Information:
(55 11) 883-5137 or (55 11) 3064-5819 (From the US, preface with 011)
Fax: (55 11) 853-7936
info@mostra.org
http://www.mostra.org/
TREKKIES screenings:
Wednesday, October 29, 1997, 21:20
Thursday, October 30, 1997, 22:20

Cinequest VIII San Jose' International Film Festival
January 29 - February 4, 1998
San Jose', California
408-995-5033
sjfilmfest@aol.com
http://www.cinequest.org/
TREKKIES Screenings:
Thursday, January 29, 7:00PM Opening Night Gala
United Artists Pavilion 8
201 S. Second Street, San Jose
Sunday, February 1, 11:30AM
Camera Three Cinemas
2nd & San Carlos, San Jose