Monday, May 05, 2014

Television and Cinema Verities: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)


I think Leonard put it best, actually. He said, “On Star Trek III, Harve had training wheels on me and on Star Trek IV, the training wheels came off.” Leonard didn’t have a lot of experience directing, so I spent a lot more time on the set than I would normally have, and certainly more than I had with Nick Meyer. But I think Leonard handled it very well."

- Producer Harve Bennett discusses the making of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) at Star Trek.com, in 2010.

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