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Trekkies

starring: Denise Crosby, Barbara Adams (II), Denis Bourguignon, David Greenstein, Laurel Greenstein
directed by: Roger Nygard

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305582748
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 6305582742
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 09, 1999
Running Time: 87 minutes
Sales Rank: 103165
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: 1997



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In just under 90 minutes, this dynamic documentary manages to boldly go where a lot of Star Trek fans have gone before: into the heart of Star Trek fandom, where humanity blossoms into its most endearingly odd and bracingly positive manifestations. Are 'Trekkies' (or 'Trekkers') just a bunch of geeks, loners, and societal outcasts who've found their niche on the fandom convention circuit? This delightful film proves that the stereotypes are simultaneously valid and woefully myopic, because the people introduced here are only as strange as you make them. We could just as easily embrace them as ideal citizens of the United Federation of Planets, living Gene Roddenberry's fictional future on present-day Earth. Who's to say theirs is not a better world than ours?

Superbly directed by Roger Nygard and hosted by Denise Crosby (who played Tasha Yar on Star Trek: The Next Generation), the film offers splendid interview segments with all of the original Star Trek cast, and many from later Trek series, but the real story here lies with the devoted fans who are profiled with an equal balance of fascination, bemusement, and respect; they're a bit weird, to be sure, but these die-hard Trekkies are never unduly patronized. Instead, Crosby and Nygard respond as all Trek insiders have in the past: with astonished affection.

Filmed in 1996-97 at a variety of locations and conventions, Trekkies visits a vast array of Trekkers, Trekkies, and just plain folks who love the series and its pop-cultural progeny. Uplifting, thoughtful, comprehensive, and frequently hilarious, this good-natured film (sanctioned by Paramount without being subservient) is guaranteed to entertain fans and nonfans alike, and a proposed sequel would be wholeheartedly welcomed. --Jeff Shannon



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Where no fan has gone before...
"Trekkies" is a fun,affectionate documentary about dedicated Trekkies. Denise Crosby (related to Bing,who ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Funny stuff
I like the original Trek series for the camp value, and the occasionally great scripts in the early shows. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Informative and entertaining
This movie is a must for trek fans (from those with little interest to full out trekkers). The DVD includes ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - An entertaining, but so-so documentary
I am not a fan of Star Trek, nor have I watched any of the movies or many episodes of any of the series; I'm ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Some People Just Prefer Living on Other Planets....
And can you blame them?

This documentary is a peek inside the universe of the Star Trek Fan (I believe ... Read More

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