Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a 1979 American science fiction film directed by Robert Wise. It is based on and stars the cast of the 1966–1969 television series Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberr
Ray Bradbury was one of the several science fiction writers who pitched a concept for the Star Trek feature film.
Roddenberry and the Star Trek cast on hand for the space shuttle Enterprise's rollout on September 17, 1976.
Barry Diller planned on anchoring a new Paramount television network with a new Star Trek series.
Replica of the Enterprise NCC-1701 redesign
Persis Khambatta
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Persis Khambatta was an Indian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder best remembered for playing Lieutenant Ilia in the feature film Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
…the film's shooting schedule as "astonishingly luxurious", but noted that frequent script rewrites during production "usually favored Bill" [Shatner]. Persis Khambatta as Ilia, the Deltan navigator of the Enterprise. Khambatta was originally cast in the role when The Motion Picture was a television pilot. She took the…
Persis Khambatta in 1978