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1 00:00:11 [Interviewer]"I may not be the fastest.
2 00:00:13 "I may not be the tallestor the strongest.
3 00:00:16 "I may not be the bestor the brightest.
4 00:00:18 "But one thing I can dobetter than anyone else,
5 00:00:21 that is to be me,"which is a poem that you wrote.
6 00:00:25 Well, finally that's allyou can do, isn't it?
7 00:00:28 You can do a goodjob of doing that.
8 00:00:30 Do a good job of being me,being yourself.
9 00:00:35 That's really allI ask of myself.
10 00:00:38 Because as I said,I wasn't the fastest,
11 00:00:40 and I wasn't the brightest,and whatever, you know.
12 00:01:38 [television news chatter]
13 00:01:46 This morning we areremembering a beloved actor
14 00:01:49 who became an enduring fixturein pop culture, Leonard Nimoy.
15 00:01:54 - Leonard Nimoy.- Leonard Nimoy.
16 00:01:55 - Leonard Nimoy.- [speaking in foreign language]
17 00:01:57 - Leonard Nimoy.- Leonard Nimoy.
18 00:01:58 Leonard Nimoy has diedat the age of 83.
19 00:02:01 When word came out today thatactor Leonard Nimoy had died,
20 00:02:05 the President said,"I loved Spock."
21 00:02:09 [struggling]I have been and always
22 00:02:20 Live long...
23 00:02:23 and prosper.
24 00:02:40 Listen to this.
25 00:02:41 I just received an emailfrom Wil Wheaton.
26 00:02:43 Leonard Nimoy's son isworking on a documentary
27 00:02:46 that he startedwith his father
28 00:02:49 It's about Mr. Spockand his impact
29 00:02:51 [Man]"For the Love of Spock,"
30 00:02:56 We wanted to dosomething to celebrate
31 00:02:58 the 50th anniversaryof "Star Trek"
32 00:02:59 which was coming upin 2016.
33 00:03:01 And a documentaryabout Spock had never
34 00:03:11 [Adam Nimoy]I thought it was
35 00:03:13 to create a film justfocused on Spock,
36 00:03:15 who he is, how he came about,
37 00:03:17 and why he has continuedto resonate for 50 years,
38 00:03:20 all as a partof the celebration
39 00:03:22 of the anniversaryof "The Original Series."
40 00:03:25 And the minuteI suggested this
41 00:03:45 Although my father hada long and prosperous life
42 00:03:50 he died from chronicobstructive pulmonary disease
43 00:03:53 from over 30 yearsof cigarette smoking.
44 00:04:00 [Adam Nimoy]After Dad died,
45 00:04:02 that the film neededto include his life
46 00:04:03 as well as thelife of Mr. Spock.
47 00:04:06 And that in turn led meon a journey of discovery
48 00:04:08 about my relationshipwith my father.
49 00:04:14 Well, I'm fromBoston originally.
50 00:04:16 I've been in Los Angelesworking in films off and on
51 00:04:20 I started actingwhen I was a little boy,
52 00:04:22 in neighborhoodsettlement houses
53 00:04:24 And kind of grew up into it.
54 00:04:26 I just kept doing itbecause I liked it.
55 00:04:27 And then suddenly just decidedthat I liked it enough
56 00:04:29 to want to makea career of it.
57 00:04:31 So I cameto California in 1949
58 00:04:33 and started actingin films then.
59 00:04:54 [Leonard Nimoy] Now my parentswere extremely diligent,
60 00:04:57 I grew up during the Depression.
61 00:04:59 When I told them at age 17
62 00:05:01 that I was goingto study drama
63 00:05:03 and become an actor,they were grief stricken.
64 00:05:07 They tried to dissuade meby refusing to give me
65 00:05:11 "You'll have to do itwithout any help from us."
66 00:05:14 They were totally against it...
67 00:05:18 because they were certainly--
68 00:05:20 Hoped he would workinto another profession
69 00:05:24 But he wasn't suitedfor all that.
70 00:05:26 He wanted to do whathe wanted to do.
71 00:05:28 [Leonard Nimoy]Being stubborn,
72 00:05:29 I saved some moneyby selling vacuum cleaners.
73 00:05:32 I bought a train ticket,and I headed west to California.
74 00:05:35 So I'm walking downthe streets of Pasadena
75 00:05:37 on a hot September day,sweat pouring.
76 00:05:40 I'm wearing a wool suit,a hand-painted tie,
77 00:05:44 I must have looked likesomebody that just arrived
78 00:05:46 from off the boatfrom Transylvania.
79 00:05:53 [Adam Nimoy] My mom wasan aspiring actress,
80 00:05:57 and she met my dad backstageat a theater in Hollywood.
81 00:06:01 But she gave all that upto become a housewife.
82 00:06:07 My sister was born '55.
83 00:06:09 My dad was in the service then.
84 00:06:13 Then my parents came backto Los Angeles,
85 00:06:15 and I was born in '56.
86 00:06:20 My mother told me thatwhen my sister Julie
87 00:06:23 my father was very involvedin helping her take care of us.
88 00:06:31 ♪ Now and thenwhen we fall in place ♪
89 00:06:35 ♪ It makes me feel all right ♪
90 00:06:37 ♪ Makes me feel all right ♪
91 00:06:39 ♪ Back and forthwe will win this race ♪
92 00:06:42 ♪ To find out what it's like ♪
93 00:06:46 ♪ In time, I'll be just fine ♪
94 00:06:53 ♪ In time, I'll be all right ♪
95 00:07:02 ♪ Now and thenwhen we fall in place ♪
96 00:07:06 ♪ It makes me feel all right ♪
97 00:07:08 One of my favoritememories of my dad was
98 00:07:10 he hustled his assduring the early '60s,
99 00:07:12 doing all kinds of jobs.
100 00:07:13 He was servicing fish tanks.
101 00:07:16 He set them up indoctors' offices.
102 00:07:18 It was like sort ofa fad in the '60s,
103 00:07:20 and Dad had a corneron that market.
104 00:07:22 We knew that dad sold freezers.
105 00:07:24 You know, he workedin a pet store.
106 00:07:25 He drove a cab.
107 00:07:27 He took care of aquariums.
108 00:07:30 He had vending machinesat one point,
109 00:07:33 so he had all these littletrinkets kept in boxes.
110 00:07:36 He worked at Wil Wright'sIce Cream Parlor.
111 00:07:39 He was managingan apartment building.
112 00:07:41 He was not around.
113 00:07:42 And even when Dadwas at home,
114 00:07:44 it was all thesehome improvement projects.
115 00:07:47 My father was trulya renaissance man.
116 00:07:49 He could do justabout anything.
117 00:07:51 Like build that massivebrick wall in our backyard.
118 00:07:55 He was trying so hardto get this career going,
119 00:07:58 to make his life,to do what he wanted to do,
120 00:08:01 which was bein the arts,
121 00:08:04 One of my idols was Lon Chaney,
122 00:08:06 who was calledthe man of a thousand
123 00:08:09 because he'd changecharacters so drastically
124 00:08:11 from one performanceto another.
125 00:08:13 And I consider myselfthat kind of a person.
126 00:08:15 I go to the makeup departmentor the wardrobe department,
127 00:08:17 and get something togetherand find a character.
128 00:08:38 [bell ringing]
129 00:08:39 [crowd cheering]
130 00:08:46 - What you looking at?- Nothing.
131 00:08:49 - What's that for?- For nothing.
132 00:08:51 Next time you wanna look at me,line forms to the right.
133 00:08:54 If they see water in the desertwhere there is no water,
134 00:08:57 it's their eyes that lie,not my mouth.
135 00:08:59 Just having any of thosecoins in your possession
136 00:09:02 is liable to lead youto a lot more trouble
137 00:09:05 Have no fear from me, Marshal.
138 00:09:07 No man kills the bee.
139 00:09:09 He only wantsto follow him
140 00:09:11 He was a fine man.Hasn't had a decent
141 00:09:15 Now he's been builtup a little bit.
142 00:09:16 He's got a little dignity,a little stature.
143 00:09:18 You're not going to denyhe was a good Marine
144 00:09:20 No, no, he was both.
145 00:09:21 Then why crucify him?
146 00:09:23 You don't get it,do you, Sanders?
147 00:09:25 - [telephone ringing]- I don't have any choice.
148 00:09:27 - [Secretary] Hello?- I'm not going
149 00:09:29 [Secretary]It's for you, Lieutenant.
150 00:09:31 [Leonard Nimoy]I did this job in an episode
151 00:09:34 A few weeksafter I finished the job,
152 00:09:36 "Gene Roddenberrysaw the footage,
153 00:09:39 "was interested in you,liked what you did,
154 00:09:42 "and said that he hasin mind for you a role
155 00:09:44 in a pilot that he's developingfor a science fiction series."
156 00:09:48 Period.
157 00:09:50 I really didn't give ita lot of thought.
158 00:09:52 You hear that kind of thing,and you're a long way
159 00:09:55 [Interviewer]What about some of
160 00:09:58 Did you create them withcertain actors in mind?
161 00:10:01 [Gene Roddenberry]Leonard Nimoy
162 00:10:02 I definitely had in mind.
163 00:10:04 And I thought to myself,
164 00:10:05 "If I ever dothis science fiction
165 00:10:09 "he'd make a great alien.
166 00:10:11 And with those cheekbones,some sort of a pointed ear
167 00:10:14 I simply made onephone call to Leonard,
168 00:10:16 and he came in,and that was it.
169 00:10:18 So I went to this meetingexpecting to be auditioned,
170 00:10:22 or to read for him,or... whatever.
171 00:10:26 He was very congenialand said, "Let's take a walk."
172 00:10:29 And he walked me over tothe scenic design department.
173 00:10:33 He showed me the plansof the sets that were
174 00:10:37 introduced me tothe scenic designer.
175 00:10:39 Walked me over tothe prop department.
176 00:10:40 Showed mesome of the props
177 00:10:43 Wardrobe department, same thing.
178 00:10:44 "Here's some sketchesof the clothes."
179 00:10:46 I thought,"This is interesting.
180 00:10:48 "It's like he's telling meI'm doing this job.
181 00:10:51 If I keep my mouth shut,I might have a job here,"
182 00:10:54 Prior to "Star Trek,"I never had a job that
183 00:10:58 in any television showor movie, never. Two weeks.
184 00:11:03 Mr. Spock here.We're intercepting...
185 00:11:05 I didn't have a cool lookin mind at first.
186 00:11:08 I had this jagged haircutand bushy eyebrows,
187 00:11:12 and we went througha struggle with the ears.
188 00:11:16 The studio had contractedwith a company
189 00:11:18 to do special effectsfor the show.
190 00:11:19 Not film special effects,
191 00:11:21 but items likesuits for creatures,
192 00:11:26 creature outfits,and that kind of thing.
193 00:11:28 And includedin the contract
194 00:11:32 They were supposedto do the ears.
195 00:11:33 Now, they were very goodat creating creatures,
196 00:11:35 and we used themthroughout the series,
197 00:11:39 But they were notreally specialists
198 00:11:41 in the very fine, delicatekind of appliance work
199 00:11:44 that's necessaryto add something
200 00:11:46 and make it really look likeit's part of that person.
201 00:11:49 We came right down withinabout three or four days
202 00:11:53 and I said to Gene Roddenberry,
203 00:11:55 "This is not going to work,and maybe we'd just better
204 00:11:58 Well, he insistedhe wanted the ears
205 00:12:01 And he said, "You try it,and let's work it out.
206 00:12:04 "And at the end of 13 showsif you're not satisfied
207 00:12:07 I'll write a scriptwhere Spock gets an ear job."
208 00:12:10 So we went aheadand worked on the problem,
209 00:12:12 and Fred Phillips,who was the actual
210 00:12:15 who was going to do my makeupeach day on the series,
211 00:12:17 knew what the problem was.
212 00:12:19 And a couple of daysbefore we started shooting,
213 00:12:21 he called inan appliance specialist,
214 00:12:23 and we very quickly went to him.
215 00:12:25 Got the ears donein about 24 hours.
216 00:12:27 And they were ready,and they were perfect,
217 00:12:30 [Adam Nimoy]Freddie Phillips always said
218 00:12:32 that Leonard Nimoyreported for work at 6:30 a.m.,
219 00:12:35 and Mr. Spock could alwaysbe counted on to arrive
220 00:13:05 Definitely something out there,Captain, headed this way.
221 00:13:09 Our tests indicatethe planet's surface
222 00:13:11 without considerably morevegetation or some animals,
223 00:13:14 simply too barrento support life.
224 00:13:16 [Gene Roddenberry]The first time,
225 00:13:18 But, uh, NBC...
226 00:13:20 NBC thought itwas too "cerebral"
227 00:13:23 The network foundthe first pilot
228 00:13:27 Not a straightlined story enough.
229 00:13:30 And unusual in thatthey decided to try
230 00:13:34 [Leonard Nimoy]NBC told Gene to fire
231 00:13:37 almost the entire cast,including me.
232 00:13:39 Well, Gene felt very stronglythat the bulk of the character
233 00:13:44 that every time I was on screen
234 00:13:46 you'd be remindedthat we have a mixed crew.
235 00:13:48 So he stuck to his gunsfortunately for me.
236 00:13:51 The original pilot evenhad a different captain,
237 00:13:53 Jeff Hunter.
238 00:13:55 The only actorthat stayed over
239 00:13:58 was Leonard Nimoy.
240 00:14:07 [Leonard Nimoy]And then, I had a shock.
241 00:14:09 I opened up my mail,and here was a,
242 00:14:11 from the NBC Salesand Promotion Department.
243 00:14:15 And it was a pamphletabout "Star Trek,"
244 00:14:17 this new series that wasgoing to be on the air
245 00:14:19 coming in the fall,
246 00:14:20 I saw this photographof myself as Spock,
247 00:14:24 and it didn't look right.
248 00:14:25 Something struck me as strange.
249 00:14:28 And the closer I looked,the more I realized that
250 00:14:30 they had straightenedout my eyebrows,
251 00:14:33 and they had taken offthe tips off the ears.
252 00:14:36 The network said,
253 00:14:38 "We are very dependent onthe numbers in the Bible Belt,
254 00:14:42 "and they will not acceptin their homes a character
255 00:14:44 who looks devilishwith these pointed ears."
256 00:14:46 Are you casting mein the role of Satan?
257 00:14:49 Not at all, Captain.
258 00:14:50 Is there anyone on this ship
259 00:14:52 who even remotely...looks like Satan?
260 00:15:00 I am not aware of anyonewho fits that description,
261 00:15:03 No, Mr. Spock,I didn't think you were.
262 00:15:10 Dr. Dehner feelshe isn't that dangerous.
263 00:15:12 What makes you right,and a trained
264 00:15:14 Because she feels. I don't.
265 00:15:17 All I know is logic.
266 00:15:19 In my opinion, we'd be luckyif we can repair this ship
267 00:15:22 One of the reasons for the shift
268 00:15:24 in the Spock characterwhen you came on-board
269 00:15:26 was becausewhen I was working
270 00:15:28 Jeffrey Hunter wasa very internalized actor.
271 00:15:30 Very fine actor.This was his style of work.
272 00:15:32 There's an old jokeabout two actors
273 00:15:35 And one says to the other,"What are you going
274 00:15:37 And the one says,"I'm playing nothing."
275 00:15:39 The other one says,"No, no, no,
276 00:15:40 - you can't play nothing.I'm playing nothing."
277 00:15:42 So here's Jeffrey Hunterplaying this quiet,
278 00:15:46 [William Shatner]Ah!
279 00:15:48 [Leonard Nimoy] And I feltthe need to help drive
280 00:15:50 [William Shatner] Right, right.
281 00:15:52 - [Leonard Nimoy] Otherwise,we're both playing nothing.
282 00:15:54 [Leonard Nimoy]And when you came on-board
283 00:15:56 and a sense of humor,and a twinkle in the eye,
284 00:15:58 I was able to then becomethe cooler Spock.
285 00:16:02 Has it occurred to youthat there's a certain...
286 00:16:06 in constantly questioning meon things you've already
287 00:16:10 It gives me emotional security.
288 00:16:13 Leonard bouncing off of mecould now dramatically
289 00:16:20 allowing me to be external,
290 00:16:21 and the two forces madean interesting combination.
291 00:16:27 I prefer the concrete,the graspable, the provable.
292 00:16:30 You'd make a splendid computer,Mr. Spock.
293 00:16:34 That is very kindof you, Captain.
294 00:16:36 You know, I don't knowif I had played Kirk
295 00:16:38 that it would havedawned on me to have
296 00:16:42 I don't know that I wouldhave thought of that,
297 00:16:43 but Shatner's take on it was,"I can fuck with Spock."
298 00:16:48 I mean, you know...
299 00:16:49 Without being offensiveto the character.
300 00:16:51 "I can play with him."
301 00:16:56 Certain you don't knowwhat irritation is?
302 00:16:59 The fact one of my ancestorsmarried a human female...
303 00:17:02 Terrible havingbad blood like that.
304 00:17:05 Those two charactersare the yin and yang.
305 00:17:09 They are that in frontof the camera,
306 00:17:11 and it works beautifully,magnificently.
307 00:17:17 There must be some intelligentform of life on Thasus.
308 00:17:20 He could not possiblyhave survived alone.
309 00:17:22 The ship's food concentrateswould have been exhausted
310 00:17:24 By which time he wouldhave been eating fruits,
311 00:17:27 Probes of Thasus indicatevery little edible plant life.
312 00:17:29 And probes have beenknown to be wrong.
313 00:17:31 Doctor, are you speakingscientifically or emotionally?
314 00:17:34 I thought the characterMcCoy played by D. Kelley
315 00:17:39 made that,as the fans call it,
316 00:17:42 because he wasthe common man.
317 00:17:46 Certainly a brilliant doctor,
318 00:17:48 but he had allof the irritations,
319 00:17:52 the reactions thatmost people would have.
320 00:17:55 I for one could use a goodnon-reconstituted meal.
321 00:17:58 Doctor, you are a sensualist.
322 00:18:01 You bet your pointed ears I am.
323 00:18:03 [Simon Pegg] It's actuallyan interesting sort
324 00:18:05 between Spock, Bones, and Kirk.
325 00:18:08 And for Kirk, Spock is his...
326 00:18:11 You know, they're likethe devil and the angel
327 00:18:14 Spock is his intelligence,and his logic, and his sense,
328 00:18:18 and you know, McCoyis more his sort of
329 00:18:20 slightly more, you know,knee-jerk kind of side.
330 00:18:23 The banter between McCoyand Spock was, you know,
331 00:18:28 often some of the mostfun elements in the show
332 00:18:34 and indeed in the movies.
333 00:18:36 What's the matter, Spock?
334 00:18:38 There's something disquietingabout these creatures.
335 00:18:40 I don't know too much aboutthese little Tribbles yet,
336 00:18:42 but there is one thingthat I have discovered.
337 00:18:44 What is that, doctor?
338 00:18:45 I like thembetter than I like you.
339 00:18:48 Doctor, they do indeed haveone redeeming characteristic.
340 00:18:52 What's that?
341 00:18:54 They do not talk too much.
342 00:18:56 When you have the kind ofcynical wit of McCoy,
343 00:18:59 and you have the swaggerand braggadocio of Kirk,
344 00:19:03 and then you have the intellectand cold reason of Spock,
345 00:19:07 he's like the perfect humanbeing all wrapped up in one.
346 00:19:16 [Announcer] The followingprogram is brought to you
347 00:19:27 [Adam Nimoy]That first night
348 00:19:29 we had to actually goto some friends' house,
349 00:19:30 because they had a color TV,a big console color TV.
350 00:19:34 We did not.
351 00:19:35 We had a big consoleblack and white.
352 00:19:37 Why don't you tell meI'm an attractive young lady
353 00:19:40 or ask me if I'veever been in love?
354 00:19:43 Tell me how your planet Vulcanlooks on a lazy evening
355 00:19:51 Vulcan has no moon, Miss Uhura.
356 00:19:53 I'm not surprised, Mr. Spock.
357 00:19:57 Dad in his costume,Vulcan costume,
358 00:20:01 it was like,"Wow, this is really cool."
359 00:20:03 I remember it was just suchan exciting night for us.
360 00:20:07 This is not Nancy.
361 00:20:08 If she were Nancy,could she take this?
362 00:20:11 Stop it! Stop it, Spock!
363 00:20:14 Stop it!
364 00:20:18 [Captain Kirk]Do you read?
365 00:20:20 Frequency open, Mr. Spock.
366 00:20:23 Spock here, Captain.
367 00:20:27 [chattering][laughing]
368 00:20:33 - Hi, Daddy.- [laughing]
369 00:20:35 [Adam Nimoy]When I came
370 00:20:37 They started shootingthat first season
371 00:20:38 at the end of Mayand early June in 1966.
372 00:20:41 I was nine,almost 10 years old,
373 00:20:43 and I was offfor summer vacation.
374 00:20:46 And this is why Dad wouldtake me to work with him.
375 00:20:48 I would get up earlyin the morning,
376 00:20:50 and we would driveto Desilu right next
377 00:20:53 and I'd be there all day.
378 00:20:56 So I went out to California,and of course, Leonard
379 00:20:59 I stayed at Leonard's home.
380 00:21:01 And he said, "Guess what.I've got this new show."
381 00:21:05 This is 1966.
382 00:21:07 I said, "What is it?" He said,"It's called 'Star Trek.'"
383 00:21:09 He said, "You've gottacome on the set."
384 00:21:11 You know, I'm in the theater,
385 00:21:13 and this is my firsttime in Hollywood.
386 00:21:15 And I'm out there,and I walk on the set,
387 00:21:18 and I see Leonard.
388 00:21:21 He came outfrom the dressing room,
389 00:21:24 and I see this hair.
390 00:21:26 I see these eyebrowsup to here.
391 00:21:29 And I see these ears on him,
392 00:21:32 and I said,"Jeez, what is this?"
393 00:21:35 And he did a scene,and he was terrific
394 00:21:39 But I said...I got him to the side.
395 00:21:41 I said, "Leonard,Leonard, come here.
396 00:21:46 I said, "No matter what you do,you've got to get out of this
397 00:21:50 This is a treadmillto oblivion."
398 00:21:53 The review that"Variety" gave us
399 00:21:57 when we first went on the airin September of 1966.
400 00:22:00 [audience laughing]
401 00:22:02 And I thought you'd enjoyhearing what our show business
402 00:22:06 the first weekwe went on the air.
403 00:22:08 This is dated September--
404 00:22:10 It appeared onSeptember 14th, 1966,
405 00:22:14 It said, "'Star Trek'with William Shatner,
406 00:22:18 [audience laughingand applauding]
407 00:22:21 "'Star Trek' won't work."
408 00:22:23 [audience laughing]
409 00:22:26 That's the opening line.
410 00:22:29 Then it says, "An incredibleand dreary mess of confusion...
411 00:22:34 "trudged on for a long hour..."
412 00:22:36 - [laughs]- [audience laughing]
413 00:22:38 "...with hardly any relieffrom violence, killings,
414 00:22:42 and a distasteful,ugly monster."
415 00:22:44 [audience laughing]
416 00:22:46 - "William Shatner--" Shush!- [audience laughing]
417 00:22:50 "William Shatnerappears wooden," it says.
418 00:22:54 [audience laughing]
419 00:22:56 [laughing]
420 00:22:59 I didn't say it.It says it here, right?
421 00:23:03 [laughing]I never heard him
422 00:23:05 accused of being woodenbefore, you know.
423 00:23:08 [audience laughing]
424 00:23:10 "Spock!"
425 00:23:12 [audience laughing]
426 00:23:16 "Scotty!"
427 00:23:19 "I need warp speedin four minutes,
428 00:23:22 [audience laughing]
429 00:23:23 Then it says, "The samegoes for Leonard Nimoy."
430 00:23:27 - [laughing]- [audience laughing]
431 00:23:30 There are 500 or 1,000who could play our characters
432 00:23:35 There's only one personwho could play Mr. Spock.
433 00:23:38 [Leonard Nimoy] Spock calledfor exactly the kind of work
434 00:23:45 He was a character with a richand dynamic inner life,
435 00:23:48 half human, half Vulcan.
436 00:23:51 He was the embodimentof the outsider,
437 00:23:53 like the immigrantswho surrounded me
438 00:23:57 How do you find your way
439 00:23:59 as the alienin a foreign culture?
440 00:24:02 Keep your Vulcan hands off me.
441 00:24:06 Just keep away.
442 00:24:08 Your feelings might be hurt,you green-blooded half breed.
443 00:24:12 May I say that I havenot thoroughly enjoyed
444 00:24:17 I find their illogicand foolish emotions
445 00:24:21 Then transfer out, freak.
446 00:24:25 Most everyone,and there are exceptions,
447 00:24:27 but most everyone feelsa little bit like an outsider.
448 00:24:31 I would argue the mostinteresting people seem to.
449 00:24:33 So, there's somethingwonderfully comforting
450 00:24:36 and relatable to know thatSpock felt that way himself.
451 00:24:41 I grew up as a skinny,nerdy, gay kid in the south,
452 00:24:46 you know, in the 70's.
453 00:24:48 Not exactlya comfortable existence.
454 00:24:50 There's a lot ofinternal conflict.
455 00:24:52 So the character of Spockfrom the very beginning...
456 00:24:55 And you know,when I was five,
457 00:24:57 or seven, I didn't know why,
458 00:24:59 but I was captivated
459 00:25:01 by this character that wasbased on internal conflict.
460 00:25:05 Spock, I think peoplerecognize themselves in him.
461 00:25:10 He is, um, an outsider.
462 00:25:15 He is the alien.
463 00:25:16 I think everyone feelslike an outsider sometimes.
464 00:25:18 And since he'sa nonhuman outsider,
465 00:25:21 it's an otherness thateverybody can relate to
466 00:25:25 People sometimes thinkthey don't belong in a group.
467 00:25:29 And really that's whatI've found, you know...
468 00:25:32 I was very tall fromwhen I was young,
469 00:25:36 and I felt apartfrom other people.
470 00:25:40 And I really associatedwith that character.
471 00:25:48 [Leonard Nimoy] I think itwas the very first episode
472 00:25:49 we were filming after the pilotwhen we started into production.
473 00:25:52 There was a scene in whichthe ship was being threatened
474 00:25:56 by some outside problems,outside dangerous force,
475 00:25:59 and there was a lotof activity on the ship.
476 00:26:01 The captain was saying,"Do such and such.
477 00:26:02 Press this button. Do this.Warp three. Get us out of here,"
478 00:26:06 And Spock had one word to say,and the word was, "Fascinating."
479 00:26:11 And we're looking at this thingon the screen, you know,
480 00:26:13 and everyone else is reacting,"Oh, look at it. Blah, blah."
481 00:26:15 And I got caught upin that energy,
482 00:26:16 and I said, "Fascinating."
483 00:26:18 And the director gave mea brilliant note, and he said,
484 00:26:22 "Be different.Be the scientist.
485 00:26:25 See it as somethingthat's a curiosity
486 00:26:30 Fascinating.
487 00:26:34 Well... a big chunk of thecharacter was born right there.
488 00:26:39 If I seem insensitive to whatyou're going through, Captain,
489 00:26:43 understand... it's the way I am.
490 00:26:47 A lesser actor would say,"Why would I want to play him?
491 00:26:51 But he has so many emotions.
492 00:26:52 But he also hasemotional control.
493 00:26:55 Expresses very littleof what he's feeling,
494 00:26:57 and I think it's funfor the audience to watch
495 00:27:00 to see if there's a glimmerof something that pops through.
496 00:27:03 I had a very interestingconversation
497 00:27:05 with your father about Spock,
498 00:27:08 because we weretalking about him
499 00:27:12 And Leonard said, "I neverplayed him that way.
500 00:27:15 I always played himas a guy trying to keep
501 00:27:19 And I thought that was a subtleand ingenious choice,
502 00:27:24 because it lenta dynamic tension
503 00:27:28 particularly in the closeups,
504 00:27:30 of a guy tryingto keep a lid on it.
505 00:27:31 That thing must be destroyed.
506 00:27:33 You tried to destroy itonce before, Commodore.
507 00:27:36 The result was a wreckedship and a dead crew.
508 00:27:39 I am officially notifying youthat I am exercising my option
509 00:27:43 under regulationsas a Star Fleet Commodore,
510 00:27:46 and that I am assumingcommand of the Enterprise.
511 00:27:54 You can't let himdo this, Spock.
512 00:27:57 Doctor, you are out of line.
513 00:27:59 So are you... sir.
514 00:28:02 Well, Spock?
515 00:28:04 Unfortunately, Star FleetOrder 104, Section B
516 00:28:08 Mr. Spock, I order youto assume command
517 00:28:10 on my personal authorityas captain of the Enterprise.
518 00:28:13 Commodore Decker,you are relieved of command.
519 00:28:17 I don't recognizeyour authority
520 00:28:23 Commodore, I do not wishto place you under arrest.
521 00:28:29 You're bluffing.
522 00:28:31 Vulcans never bluff.
523 00:28:33 I talked about it at the timebeing heavily influenced
524 00:28:36 by what I saw Harry Belafontedo on stage one night.
525 00:28:39 He came out on stage,and a spotlight came up on him,
526 00:28:41 and he was there.He just stood there
527 00:28:44 Applause. Next song,stood there quietly and sang.
528 00:28:47 Now he must have beenon stage 10 or 15 minutes.
529 00:28:49 He was just standing therewith his hands on his thighs,
530 00:28:52 and sang,and when he made a gesture,
531 00:28:54 it was likethe whole place shook.
532 00:28:55 It was like, "Wow!" You know?
533 00:28:58 It was gigantic.
534 00:29:00 Wow, what a lesson.
535 00:29:02 If you are minimal,then that becomes a big deal.
536 00:29:07 If you are minimal,that becomes a big deal.
537 00:29:11 [dramatic music]
538 00:29:12 [screams]
539 00:29:15 He's gone.
540 00:29:17 [Leonard Nimoy]You make a comment
541 00:29:19 that's just as powerfulas throwing punches.
542 00:29:23 He didn't wield the human sidefrivolously for effect.
543 00:29:26 Most of the time,it would be contained,
544 00:29:28 but occasionally,
545 00:29:30 you know, most notablyat the end of 'Amok Time,'
546 00:29:33 when he realizes thathe didn't kill Kirk,
547 00:29:36 there's a sweet momentof like, "Jim!"
548 00:29:38 Which is just so...It's so earned.
549 00:29:40 There can be no excusefor the crime of which
550 00:29:44 I intend to offer no defense.
551 00:29:45 Furthermore,I shall order Mr. Scott
552 00:29:47 to take immediate commandof this vessel.
553 00:29:49 Don't you thinkyou'd better check
554 00:29:51 Captain!
555 00:29:53 Jim!
556 00:30:01 I'm... pleasedto see you, Captain.
557 00:30:06 You seem... uninjured.
558 00:30:11 [Leonard Nimoy]What is the purpose of a toy?
559 00:30:12 To be played with.
560 00:30:14 [Leonard Nimoy]Therefore, to not play
561 00:30:17 Illogical.
562 00:30:18 Damn it, Spock,you're right.
563 00:30:21 You can look at a lotof progenitor characters
564 00:30:27 but absolutely, absolutelyone of them is Spock.
565 00:30:32 And in fact,in the episode
566 00:30:37 in which Sheldon is interviewedfor this very documentary
567 00:30:42 that I am currentlyspeaking to you in,
568 00:30:45 one of the thingsSheldon talks about
569 00:30:47 is his desire to be Spock.
570 00:30:49 And that's not a new invention.
571 00:30:51 That's something that hasexisted for that character
572 00:30:57 When I was eight years old,Billy sparks cornered me
573 00:31:01 I asked myself,"What would Spock do?"
574 00:31:03 Then I grabbed Billyon his shoulder
575 00:31:05 and performedmy first Vulcan
576 00:31:08 Did it work?
577 00:31:09 Oh, no, he broke my collarbone.
578 00:31:12 - [laughing]- [audience laughing]
579 00:31:13 So the script was written thenthat Spock comes up behind,
580 00:31:16 sneaks up behind the mean Kirk,
581 00:31:18 and hits him on the headwith the butt of a gun.
582 00:31:21 That's what waswritten in the script.
583 00:31:23 So I said to the director,"I think we should do
584 00:31:27 He said, "What do you...What do you mean?
585 00:31:29 And I said,"Well, Spock is a graduate
586 00:31:31 of the Vulcan Instituteof Technology..."
587 00:31:32 [audience laughing]
588 00:31:34 "...where he tooka number of courses
589 00:31:38 And the Vulcans havea kind of energy that
590 00:31:43 which if properly appliedto the appropriate
591 00:31:46 on the human anatomy,will render a human
592 00:31:49 - And the guy didn't knowwhat I was talking about.
593 00:31:52 But I told him,and he knew exactly
594 00:31:55 And when I came up behind him,and I put my hand on his neck,
595 00:31:59 He's the one that sold it.
596 00:32:00 He went like like thatand dropped like a rock.
597 00:32:03 [audience laughing]
598 00:32:05 [phaser firing]
599 00:32:07 There's a multi-legged creaturecrawling on your shoulder.
600 00:32:18 I'd like you to teachme that some time.
601 00:32:23 Our minds are merging, Doctor.
602 00:32:26 Our minds are one.
603 00:32:30 I feel what you feel.
604 00:32:33 I know what you know.
605 00:32:35 I like the fact that Spockcould communicate
606 00:32:39 through thoughts ratherthan through words.
607 00:32:45 What in the name of...
608 00:32:48 The man talked to a rockfor goodness sake
609 00:32:52 "Oh, she's pregnant."
610 00:32:53 It's a rock, okay.
611 00:32:55 That was good, becausethe rock is not going
612 00:32:59 Think of how many sciencefiction stories in that decade
613 00:33:04 where you'd meet aliens,and the aliens spoke English.
614 00:33:08 We didn't think to thinkthat that would not happen.
615 00:33:13 You've got to crawlbefore you walk.
616 00:33:15 But "Star Trek" not onlyknew how to crawl,
617 00:33:19 It was running.
618 00:33:45 The Vulcan greeting isa wonderful sentiment,
619 00:33:48 "Live long and prosper."
620 00:33:50 And this too is somethingthat was contributed
621 00:33:55 [Leonard Nimoy]We had a wonderful script
622 00:33:57 by Theodore Sturgeoncalled 'Amok Time.'
623 00:34:01 We arrive on the planet,
624 00:34:03 and a procession comes outfrom the city to greet us.
625 00:34:07 I said to the director,
626 00:34:08 "I think we shouldhave some kind of
627 00:34:11 "Asian people bow to each other.
628 00:34:13 "Military peoplesalute each other.
629 00:34:16 I think Vulcans should havesome kind of a greeting."
630 00:34:18 And he said, "What wouldyou like to do?"
631 00:34:21 And I said, "How about this?"
632 00:34:25 Where it came from wasfrom my childhood of going
633 00:34:30 to synagogueon the High Holidays
634 00:34:34 There's a momentwhere a group of men
635 00:34:37 cover their headswith their prayer shawls,
636 00:34:42 My father said, "Don't look."
637 00:34:44 I'm about eightor nine years old,
638 00:34:47 And what I saw werethese gentleman out there
639 00:34:50 had their hands out towardsthe congregation like that,
640 00:34:57 I found out later this isthe shape of a letter shin
641 00:35:02 The letter shin isthe first letter
642 00:35:06 the name of God.
643 00:35:07 Well, I survived.I peeked, and I survived.
644 00:35:11 But I was so intriguedwith that gesture,
645 00:35:14 and I suggested thatwe do that as Vulcans.
646 00:35:17 Within days afterthat episode
647 00:35:20 I started getting that gestureback on the streets.
648 00:35:41 You know, a lot of timespeople ask me what it was
649 00:35:45 and for the most part,during that period,
650 00:35:48 Dad was not home much at all.I didn't see him.
651 00:35:51 He was really focusedon what he was doing
652 00:35:55 and for the show.
653 00:35:57 His usual routineduring the week was
654 00:35:59 He'd come home at 7:00or 8:00 at night,
655 00:36:03 eat his dinner,memorize his lines.
656 00:36:05 He'd run the lineswith my mother
657 00:36:07 and then just go to sleepand start all over again.
658 00:36:09 So during the week,he wasn't around hardly at all.
659 00:36:11 We spent a lot of, you know,our, quite a few years--
660 00:36:15 Actually, from "Star Trek"to "Mission,"
661 00:36:17 with him not being homeduring the weekdays.
662 00:36:20 Even when Dad wasaround at home,
663 00:36:22 oftentimes, he wasvery quiet and remote.
664 00:36:25 He was still kind ofin his Spock bag,
665 00:36:27 because he likedto stay in character.
666 00:36:28 You play a characterlike that...
667 00:36:31 What? Eight, 10,12 hours a day,
668 00:36:34 - most of your waking life thenis in that character.
669 00:36:38 And I'd find it very difficultto turn it on and turn it off.
670 00:36:42 So stepping out of the setand into a chair waiting
671 00:36:46 I couldn't shift out of it.
672 00:36:48 I believed in making thatinvestment in the character.
673 00:36:50 Particularly, that kind ofcharacter that was so boxed.
674 00:36:53 A lot of the time he wasn'tavailable to hang out with,
675 00:36:57 to... do things with.
676 00:37:00 He was... He wassort of in his world.
677 00:37:03 He was occasionallyLeonard-like,
678 00:37:06 but mostly, he was Spock.
679 00:37:08 So I never really gotto know him very well.
680 00:37:10 I got to know Spocka little bit better
681 00:37:14 I mean, he was totally dedicatedto playing that character
682 00:37:17 and to being that character,and it showed.
683 00:37:19 If I stay in characteror kind of don't joke around,
684 00:37:23 it's more a function of me--
685 00:37:26 [chuckles]It's slightly closer
686 00:37:30 than it is being an artist,I'm afraid.
687 00:37:33 It's just, I don'twant to lose it.
688 00:37:34 You kind of have to getinto the character's head.
689 00:37:37 And if you come out of it,and then they go, "Roll camera,"
690 00:37:40 if you're off by that much,
691 00:37:42 you could eitherunderplay a moment
692 00:37:52 [Adam Nimoy]Fan mail started
693 00:37:54 in late '66,
694 00:37:56 and there was some issuewhether or not the studio
695 00:37:59 the network wouldhandle the mail.
696 00:38:01 They didn't want to do it.They wanted, you know,
697 00:38:03 which he didin his office
698 00:38:05 There was an interviewin "16 Magazine,"
699 00:38:07 I think it wasthe spring of '67,
700 00:38:09 and somehow, accidentally,they published our home address
701 00:38:14 as the mailing addressfor the fan mail.
702 00:38:17 Within days, the mailmanstopped coming.
703 00:38:20 It was a truck that arrivedwith sacks of mail,
704 00:38:24 and we were answering it.
705 00:38:26 It came into our dining room.
706 00:38:28 We had the dining roomtable all set up
707 00:38:30 with the mail that we opened,
708 00:38:31 and we stuffed envelopeswith this early Spock
709 00:38:35 It was one ofour "family activities,"
710 00:38:38 you know, wasanswering fan mail.
711 00:38:39 [Interviewer]Personal life was gone.
712 00:38:40 Yeah, it startedhappening very fast.
713 00:38:42 And to show you how naive I was,
714 00:38:44 at that time,I still had my phone
715 00:38:47 and my address,and it was all...
716 00:38:48 You know, I'd never dreamedthat there was going to be any,
717 00:38:50 that kind of impact, becauseI'd been on television before
718 00:38:53 and I was listedin the phone book.
719 00:38:55 We started gettinga lot of fan mail,
720 00:38:58 but fans coming to our door,knocking down the door.
721 00:39:02 We started getting peopledriving by the house,
722 00:39:04 and ripping at the shrubberyto have a souvenir, you know,
723 00:39:07 and taking my grass,and my leaves, and whatever.
724 00:39:10 Some of them wouldknock on the door
725 00:39:11 and ask to beinvited in to visit.
726 00:39:14 It got really crazy. Yeah, yeah.
727 00:39:17 It got really crazyfor a while.
728 00:39:21 [Adam Nimoy]What about when
729 00:39:23 during the "Star Trek" years?
730 00:39:24 [Leonard Nimoy]Yeah, that was
731 00:39:26 and a little difficult.
732 00:39:30 People were following mein the street,
733 00:39:33 and I didn't really want peopleto know where I was living.
734 00:39:35 I was staying with my folks,with your grandparents.
735 00:39:37 [Adam Nimoy]Right.
736 00:39:39 And they didn't have any ideawhat "Star Trek" was.
737 00:39:42 They didn't get it.
738 00:39:44 All they knew wassomething had happened.
739 00:39:46 [Adam Nimoy]How did they react
740 00:39:48 [Leonard Nimoy]My dad actually thought
741 00:39:51 He had a picture of meas Spock up on the wall
742 00:39:55 and kids would come in and say,"I want a Spock haircut."
743 00:39:57 [laughing]
744 00:40:02 [Leonard Nimoy]Once word filtered through
745 00:40:05 about Spock's popularity,they said to Roddenberry,
746 00:40:07 "Say, why aren't you doing morewith that Martian on the show?"
747 00:40:11 There's that elementof competition,
748 00:40:13 particularly the first season,
749 00:40:15 because, um...the titular star
750 00:40:21 Leonard wasthe secondary character.
751 00:40:24 But when the showwent on the air,
752 00:40:28 people were absolutelymagnetically attracted
753 00:40:33 So I'm asked to be the captain,
754 00:40:36 [stammering]and it's the captain's show,
755 00:40:40 Quite frequently,another character rises
756 00:40:45 I go to Roddenberry,
757 00:40:48 who then says very wisely...
758 00:40:53 "If Spock is popular,then Kirk is popular,
759 00:40:57 and the show is popular,and that's what we all want."
760 00:41:00 And I thought,"You know, he's right."
761 00:41:02 And from that moment on,
762 00:41:05 I encompassedthe popularity of Spock,
763 00:41:08 and, uh, was okay with it,and, uh, enjoyed it.
764 00:41:17 Jim, I feel friendship for you.
765 00:41:20 I'm ashamed.
766 00:41:22 You've got to hear me!
767 00:41:24 Kirk is the physicalembodiment of the show,
768 00:41:28 and Spock is the spiritualembodiment of the show.
769 00:41:31 And I think it's howthese two guys carved out
770 00:41:36 their specific spacesin this little universe.
771 00:41:52 Kirk was always doingwild and crazy things
772 00:41:56 and sleeping with aliens,
773 00:41:57 and Spock was always thoughtful,
774 00:41:59 and moving ina very deliberate way,
775 00:42:01 and sort of putting the brakes
776 00:42:03 on some ofthe more physical urges
777 00:42:07 [Mr. Mudd]You can save it, girls.
778 00:42:08 This type can turn himselfoff from any emotion.
779 00:42:11 I think thathis Vulcan side
780 00:42:13 from allowing the testosterone[laughing] in his human side
781 00:42:19 And that isvery appealing
782 00:42:22 at least for women like me.
783 00:42:23 I don't... I don't...
784 00:42:26 Motorcycles, and car oils,and, "Hey, baby..."
785 00:42:30 I just... I just...It's not my thing.
786 00:42:33 I like more ofan intellectual, humble soul
787 00:42:35 that kind of blows your mindin just a conversation,
788 00:42:40 and I feel likeSpock is that like.
789 00:42:42 So I wouldn't be surprisedwhy women found him
790 00:42:46 [intercom sounding]
791 00:42:47 [Mr. Chekov through intercom]Bridge to Captain Kirk.
792 00:42:51 Kirk here.
793 00:42:54 I had no idea.
794 00:42:56 What?
795 00:42:57 He's so much morehandsome in person.
796 00:43:00 Those eyes.
797 00:43:02 Kirk had quitethe reputation
798 00:43:04 Not him.
799 00:43:06 Spock.
800 00:43:08 There was justsomething about him
801 00:43:11 He himself was kind of flirty,
802 00:43:15 and women kind offlirted with him.
803 00:43:19 You only take a mateonce every seven years?
804 00:43:24 The seven-year cycle...
805 00:43:27 is biologically inherentin all Vulcans.
806 00:43:30 At that time,
807 00:43:32 the mating drive outweighsall other motivations.
808 00:43:46 And is there nothing that candisturb that cycle, Mr. Spock?
809 00:43:54 [Jon Stewart]When did you get first
810 00:43:56 Uh...
811 00:43:58 Spock, yes.
812 00:44:00 [Stewart]What was it about him?
813 00:44:02 He was so repressed,and you just wanted
814 00:44:05 [audience laughing]
815 00:44:08 I'm, uh...I'm rather repressed.
816 00:44:10 [laughing]
817 00:44:11 I don't thinkthis is that different
818 00:44:13 from the which Beatledo you love most, you know?
819 00:44:16 I like the less emotional,
820 00:44:18 more, you know, kind ofobtuse, bizarre type.
821 00:44:22 So I think there's alwaysgoing to be a Spock female
822 00:44:25 I was one of the firstto find them, the spores.
823 00:44:32 Spores?
824 00:44:46 Now...
825 00:44:48 Now, you belong to all of us...
826 00:44:51 and we to you.
827 00:44:54 There's no need to hideyour inner face any longer.
828 00:44:58 We understand.
829 00:45:09 I love you.
830 00:45:14 I can love you.
831 00:45:22 [Dorothy Fontana]This is the perfect opportunity
832 00:45:25 because the spores releaseall of those things
833 00:45:28 that hold inhis emotions,
834 00:45:32 and will allow him to feellike a real person.
835 00:45:35 And this is unusual for him.It's unknown for him.
836 00:45:41 But we're happy here.
837 00:45:45 I can't lose you now,Mr. Spock. I can't.
838 00:45:49 I have a responsibility...
839 00:45:53 to the ship...
840 00:45:56 and that man on the bridge.
841 00:46:01 I am what I am, Leila.
842 00:46:05 And if there areself-made purgatories...
843 00:46:09 and we all haveto live in them...
844 00:46:14 mine can be no worsethan someone else's.
845 00:46:23 ["Cotton Candy" playing]
846 00:46:30 ♪ Cotton candy on a summer day ♪
847 00:46:35 ♪ Green grass on a hillside ♪
848 00:46:40 ♪ Could they turnmy love around? ♪
849 00:46:44 ♪ Could they bring herback to my side? ♪
850 00:46:47 Well, he wasa better singer
851 00:46:49 I mean, he could, uh...
852 00:46:52 He could sustain a note.
853 00:46:55 Uh, off-key, but sustain a note.
854 00:46:57 [laughing]
855 00:46:58 ["A Trip to Nowhere" playing]
856 00:47:00 ♪ His love is a merry-go-round ♪
857 00:47:03 ♪ He will drag you down ♪
858 00:47:05 ♪ A trip to nowhere ♪
859 00:47:07 ♪ A world without love ♪
860 00:47:17 He was basicallykeeping himself busy
861 00:47:19 by making haywhile the sun
862 00:47:21 I mean, that washis whole philosophy.
863 00:47:24 He knew he wasriding this wave,
864 00:47:27 But he also knewthat it could be
865 00:47:29 and we could be back intothe financial struggle
866 00:47:32 before "Star Trek" came along.
867 00:47:34 I always told him,"You can take the boy
868 00:47:37 but you can't takethe West End
869 00:47:40 I live with one.
870 00:47:41 [laughing]
871 00:47:43 [Adam Nimoy]What does that mean?
872 00:47:46 Well, uh, he developeda very strong work ethic.
873 00:47:54 [Leonard Nimoy]I rarely turned down
874 00:47:58 I'd seen manyof my actor friends
875 00:48:00 go to workon a series
876 00:48:02 and live up to the levelof their income,
877 00:48:04 and then whenthe series was canceled,
878 00:48:06 they were once againlooking for work
879 00:48:07 with no steady incomeand no money in the bank.
880 00:48:12 I made a private pactwith myself
881 00:48:13 that this would never happento me and my family.
882 00:48:16 So every time I was offereda paid appearance, I took it.
883 00:48:23 This meant that I leftthe studio at 5:00 or 6:00
884 00:48:26 I took a red eye flightto my destination.
885 00:48:29 I'd arrive on the East Coastaround 6:00 Saturday morning
886 00:48:33 and catch the last flightout on Sunday night.
887 00:48:36 I can remember a time or two
888 00:48:38 when I got back to Los Angelesat 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning
889 00:48:41 I'd go right to the studio,stagger into my dressing room,
890 00:48:44 and catcha few hours sleep
891 00:48:46 From there, I headedright into makeup.
892 00:48:55 [Adam Nimoy]There were a number
893 00:48:57 who showed upto take our picture
894 00:49:00 '66, '67, and into '68,
895 00:49:03 and we werehappy to do it.
896 00:49:04 I've got to admit.It was like a circus.
897 00:49:06 It was a joyride,and it was really
898 00:49:23 First, it was like novel.It was great.
899 00:49:25 It was like, "Oh,wow, we're getting
900 00:49:27 We're going to bein a magazine.
901 00:49:30 But after a while,it got tiresome.
902 00:49:33 It became sort ofan invasion of our life,
903 00:49:36 and us not really understanding,
904 00:49:39 you know,"Why do we have to do this?
905 00:49:42 We were young.
906 00:49:43 [Adam Nimoy]There was one time...
907 00:49:46 There was a photographer there,
908 00:49:47 and we were supposedto come in and take pictures,
909 00:49:49 and Julie and I were like,"Huh-uh."
910 00:49:50 We joined together,we unionized,
911 00:49:52 You can't say no to Leonard.
912 00:49:54 I've got to tell you.It's just...
913 00:49:56 I mean, we felt guilty.We wanted to support him,
914 00:49:58 but we were really donewith the whole...
915 00:50:00 the whole publicity routine.
916 00:50:02 We took a really goodfamily portrait
917 00:50:04 which is emblematic,I think, of where we were
918 00:50:08 because no one is smiling.
919 00:50:17 In "Star Trek", in the mid-60s,
920 00:50:19 creating this characterwho would soon become
921 00:50:24 My dad was neverreally that in touch
922 00:50:27 with what was going onin popular culture.
923 00:50:30 It's so interesting thatwhen he was at home
924 00:50:33 he was listeningto records of guys
925 00:50:37 and Lou Rawls,and Charles Aznavour.
926 00:50:40 Our mom was...ahead of her time.
927 00:50:44 At first, when you lookback at pictures of her,
928 00:50:47 she was dressedvery, uh, 50's housewife
929 00:50:52 but still had style.
930 00:50:54 [rock music playing]
931 00:51:06 Dad stayed still very, you know,in his dressing, conservative,
932 00:51:10 but Mom tried to, you know,change his style up a bit.
933 00:51:14 So he started, you know,wearing a little cooler clothes,
934 00:51:18 some jeans, the little scarf,you know, around his neck.
935 00:51:22 And his hair was donea little cooler.
936 00:51:24 Even though he hadthe Spock haircut, you know,
937 00:51:28 somehow he could brush itoff to the side a little bit,
938 00:51:31 and he looked a little,a little hipper, yeah.
939 00:51:34 [psychedelic music playing]
940 00:52:00 [Leonard Nimoy]NBC failed to renew "Star Trek"
941 00:52:06 A short timeafter we finished
942 00:52:09 I signed on with"Mission Impossible."
943 00:52:12 ["Mission Impossible"theme playing]
944 00:52:19 [Adam Nimoy]Before he started on "Mission,"
945 00:52:20 there wasa press conference
946 00:52:22 announcing thathe was joining the show.
947 00:52:27 It was a very excitingexperience for me
948 00:52:29 to be therespending time
949 00:52:31 Although, by then,sharing him with the fans
950 00:52:35 [Leonard Nimoy]My character,
951 00:52:37 was a master of disguise.
952 00:52:38 Therefore, I got to playa multitude of characters,
953 00:52:41 old men, Asians,South American dictators,
954 00:52:44 blind men, Europeans.
955 00:52:47 But then, before I knew it,
956 00:52:49 I was playingthe South American
957 00:52:51 and the Asian,and the old man,
958 00:52:56 It got boring.
959 00:52:57 A short while later,I left the show.
960 00:53:03 After "Mission Impossible",
961 00:53:05 I played Tevye in"Fiddler On The Roof."
962 00:53:07 It was only the first experience
963 00:53:10 in my extremely enjoyabletheatrical career.
964 00:53:13 In "Fiddler on the Roof",he was magnificent.
965 00:53:16 He was very precise.
966 00:53:20 He avoided every cliche.
967 00:53:23 And as he grew into the role,he was extravagant.
968 00:53:28 His portrayal of Tevyein "Fiddler On The Roof"
969 00:53:33 Probably the bestof any I've seen.
970 00:53:35 - Because he was an actor.- Like a real actor.
971 00:53:38 I think he realized thatwhat would make that work
972 00:53:45 was it was about him,and his wife, and his kids.
973 00:53:49 And it wasbeautifully sculptured.
974 00:53:51 [Leonard Nimoy] I went onto appear as Fagin in "Oliver,"
975 00:53:54 Arthur in "Camelot,
976 00:53:56 and a one-man playabout Vincent Van Gogh.
977 00:54:00 [Adam Nimoy]In the early '70s,
978 00:54:02 "Man in the Glass Booth,"and it was a terrific play.
979 00:54:05 He really owned up to that role.
980 00:54:07 And as I watched himnight after night,
981 00:54:09 he was completely unrecognizableto me as my own father.
982 00:54:14 He had to play a wealthy...
983 00:54:18 braggadocio, vain,egocentric New York Jew.
984 00:54:24 Not a Jewish man, but a Jew.
985 00:54:27 And as the play develops,when the Jew gets arrested
986 00:54:32 as being a concentrationcamp commandant,
987 00:54:36 he then has to playthe meanest, most committed,
988 00:54:40 most devoted Nazi officeryou can imagine.
989 00:54:47 And he stands up in the booth.
990 00:54:50 Not supposed to dothat in Israeli court.
991 00:54:53 He stands up,and he's in his regalia.
992 00:54:55 He's in his uniform,but he doesn't have his hat on.
993 00:54:59 And when he putthat hat on,
994 00:55:04 You didn't want togo anywhere near him.
995 00:55:10 - Very quietly...And this was him.
996 00:55:14 He starts moving like this.
997 00:55:17 And he marchesto the last bit of dialogue.
998 00:55:23 And it gets louder,and louder, and louder.
999 00:55:26 If a director hadcome up with that,
1000 00:55:30 The actor came up with it,and he should get an award.
1001 00:55:32 It was chilling.
1002 00:55:37 The times when your dadwas performing in New York,
1003 00:55:41 and then we would seeeach other very often,
1004 00:55:43 and that's when theystarted to go closer.
1005 00:55:46 And then we became his groupies.
1006 00:55:48 When he performed anyplaceeast of the Mississippi,
1007 00:55:52 we would fly out to be there.
1008 00:56:06 One summer, he did two plays.
1009 00:56:11 One in Michigan,and one in Wisconsin.
1010 00:56:13 And at that time,he was flying his own
1011 00:56:19 and I flewa lot with him.
1012 00:56:22 So, I plottedthe entire course out.
1013 00:56:24 I took lessons,and I got my little license.
1014 00:56:27 Not a pilot's license. I got--They call it a pinch hitter.
1015 00:56:31 So that if anythinghappened to him,
1016 00:56:32 I could take overwithout a problem.
1017 00:56:35 And that was probablyone of the best times
1018 00:56:42 The decade of the '70swas kind of an interesting
1019 00:56:45 because he had doneso much theater work.
1020 00:56:46 He was really kind ofproving himself
1021 00:56:48 as the character actorthat he always wanted to be.
1022 00:56:51 He also hosted multipleseasons of "In Search Of."
1023 00:56:54 ...underwritten in partby a national...
1024 00:56:56 [Adam Nimoy]And he was in
1025 00:56:58 of "Invasion of theBody Snatchers."
1026 00:57:00 They were shootingin San Francisco,
1027 00:57:02 and I happened to bein school at Berkeley,
1028 00:57:04 and it was just a lot of funwatching them make that film.
1029 00:57:07 But what happens to us?
1030 00:57:09 You'll be born againinto an untroubled world.
1031 00:57:11 He was a multifacetedindividual that is for sure.
1032 00:57:14 I knew that as a kid.I used to watch "In Search Of,"
1033 00:57:17 and I remember him inthe Kaufman "Body Snatchers"
1034 00:57:19 and "Mission Impossible,"you know.
1035 00:57:21 Uh, he was never just Spockto me even growing up.
1036 00:57:25 We came here from a dying world.
1037 00:57:29 We drift through the universefrom planet to planet
1038 00:57:32 pushed on by the solar winds.
1039 00:57:35 We adapt, and we survive.
1040 00:57:45 Captain, I found this deviceon my console.
1041 00:57:48 It seems to serveno useful function and--
1042 00:57:51 [laughing]
1043 00:57:53 Captain?
1044 00:57:54 [laughing]I'm sorry, Spock, It's your--
1045 00:57:58 [laughing]
1046 00:58:01 When they began casting,we weren't-- I wasn't called.
1047 00:58:06 It was decided thatGeorge in the show
1048 00:58:09 would not appearon the series.
1049 00:58:12 And I thought,"What's happening?"
1050 00:58:15 Uh, then it was announced
1051 00:58:18 that Bill was castto do Captain Kirk.
1052 00:58:22 Leonard was castto do Mr. Spock.
1053 00:58:25 Jimmy Doohan was castto do Scotty
1054 00:58:28 and all the other male voices,
1055 00:58:31 and Majel was castto do Nurse Chapel
1056 00:58:34 and all of the female voices.
1057 00:58:36 But when Leonard learnedof that, he said,
1058 00:58:41 "What Star Trek is aboutis diversity, coming together,
1059 00:58:47 and working in concertas a team."
1060 00:58:51 And he said, "The two peoplethat most personify
1061 00:58:57 "are Nichelle Nicholsand George Takei.
1062 00:59:00 "And if they're not goingto be a part of this,
1063 00:59:03 then I'm not interested."
1064 00:59:06 How many times does that happenin this business, you know?
1065 00:59:10 It says a lot about Leonard.
1066 00:59:27 [Adam Nimoy]Tuesday, October 22nd, 1973.
1067 00:59:32 "Dear Adam, this may turnout to be a long letter.
1068 00:59:37 "I'm very glad I could see youand Julie on Sunday.
1069 00:59:40 "It was good to be with you,
1070 00:59:42 "but I think it might havebeen especially useful
1071 00:59:44 "in puttingour relationship,
1072 00:59:46 "in a new perspective.
1073 00:59:48 "This came out of our argument.
1074 00:59:50 "I discovered you and I werehaving a terrible battle
1075 00:59:55 "I felt very sad about it,and all I could say was,
1076 00:59:59 "It suddenly occurred to methat it might be useful
1077 01:00:02 "if I tell you some thingsabout my relationship
1078 01:00:06 "I always loved and feared him,
1079 01:00:08 "but we had very littlereal personal contact.
1080 01:00:12 "He was not a demonstrative man.
1081 01:00:15 "Most of my day-to-dayinteraction was with my mother
1082 01:00:18 "with my fatherin the background
1083 01:00:22 Neither of them was eververy giving of approval."
1084 01:00:25 You guys were at odds a lot
1085 01:00:27 about some of the companyyou were keeping
1086 01:00:30 and some of the thingsyou were doing.
1087 01:00:32 In the early '70s,there was a slight lull
1088 01:00:37 and he was at homefor the first time,
1089 01:00:41 and not really quite knowingwhat to do with himself.
1090 01:00:44 And it was also during this time
1091 01:00:46 when he was taking a close lookat me and my life.
1092 01:00:49 What he saw was, to him,not that pretty.
1093 01:00:52 Even though I was doingvery well in school...
1094 01:00:55 I was a senior in high school,
1095 01:00:57 and by this time, I was likea full fledged Deadhead.
1096 01:01:00 [psychedelic music playing]
1097 01:01:11 I mean... need I say more?
1098 01:01:14 I mean, you know...
1099 01:01:16 It was justnot a good time for us.
1100 01:01:22 ♪ In the middle of the earthin the land of the shire ♪
1101 01:01:25 ♪ Lives a brave little hobbitwhom we all admire ♪
1102 01:01:27 ♪ With his long wooden pipeFuzzy, woolly toes ♪
1103 01:01:31 ♪ He lives in a hobbit holeAnd everybody knows him ♪
1104 01:01:34 ♪ -Bilbo- Bilbo ♪
1105 01:01:35 ♪ Bilbo Baggins ♪
1106 01:01:37 ♪ He's only three feet tall ♪
1107 01:01:40 ♪ -Bilbo- Bilbo ♪
1108 01:01:42 ♪ Bilbo Baggins ♪
1109 01:01:43 ♪ The bravest little hobbitof them all ♪
1110 01:01:47 Captain?
1111 01:01:49 ♪ One day,Bilbo was asked to go... ♪
1112 01:01:50 What in the name of...
1113 01:01:52 ♪ To the caves below ♪
1114 01:01:53 ♪ To help some dwarfsget back their gold ♪
1115 01:01:55 Am I... seeing things?
1116 01:01:58 Not unless I am too.
1117 01:02:00 ♪ -Bilbo- Bilbo ♪
1118 01:02:01 ♪ Bilbo Baggins ♪
1119 01:02:03 ♪ He's only three feet tall ♪
1120 01:02:05 What is it, Mr. Spock?
1121 01:02:07 ♪ Bilbo Baggins ♪
1122 01:02:09 ♪ The bravest little hobbitof them all ♪
1123 01:02:26 [Leonard Nimoy]Having had only marginal success
1124 01:02:30 the show took onnew life in syndication.
1125 01:02:33 Gradually, the showand its audience
1126 01:02:37 By the mid '70s,it was becoming
1127 01:02:40 Thousands and thousandsof new devotees
1128 01:02:43 sat in front of their TV sets
1129 01:02:45 memorizing eachepisode's dialogue
1130 01:02:49 Risk... risk is our business.
1131 01:02:54 [Jason Alexander]"That's what this
1132 01:02:56 "That's why we're aboard her.
1133 01:03:00 "Dr. McCoy is right to point outthe enormous risk involved
1134 01:03:05 "with interaction betweenany two alien species,
1135 01:03:09 but the potential--"[laughing]
1136 01:03:14 There's something thatI became aware of in doing
1137 01:03:17 called The Slash Fantasy,
1138 01:03:19 the Kirk-Spock slash fantasy.
1139 01:03:22 And there's a phenomenaledited video on YouTube.
1140 01:03:26 And some fan, somebody'staken a lot of footage
1141 01:03:29 of Kirk and Spock out of contextfrom "The Original Series"
1142 01:03:32 to show this homo-eroticrelationship between them,
1143 01:03:35 and it's pretty damn compelling.
1144 01:03:49 At conventions,I saw slash zines
1145 01:03:53 with illustrations doneby very good artists
1146 01:03:57 and they were much,much more explicit
1147 01:04:02 It's a matterof who is looking at it,
1148 01:04:06 from what perspective,
1149 01:04:08 and from the perspectiveof gay people seeing that
1150 01:04:15 They see the gay passion,the gay attraction,
1151 01:04:19 and the gay anguishdepicted in those scenes.
1152 01:04:35 [Leonard Nimoy]At my first convention in 1972,
1153 01:04:38 I walked into a hall so crowded
1154 01:04:40 the thunderouswall of noise
1155 01:04:43 took me completely by surprise.
1156 01:04:45 For several seconds,I literally could not speak
1157 01:04:49 One of the things that I reallyrespect about your dad was,
1158 01:04:53 I guess, his loveand affection for the fans
1159 01:04:55 and how he alwayshad time and energy.
1160 01:04:58 You know, going to conventionsand meeting people...
1161 01:05:00 You know, I'm blown away
1162 01:05:02 by how much lovethere is for your father.
1163 01:05:08 [Leonard Nimoy]It was an entirely new concept,
1164 01:05:10 this gathering of fansto celebrate "Trek"
1165 01:05:14 The organizers crossedtheir fingers
1166 01:05:16 and hoped for 500 attendees.
1167 01:05:19 They got 3,000.
1168 01:05:22 We wentto one "Star Trek" convention.
1169 01:05:25 I think it was in LA,but I'm not sure.
1170 01:05:29 I think you're right.
1171 01:05:30 Yeah, it was a wild place.
1172 01:05:32 I remember them havingto get us out the back door.
1173 01:05:34 Right.
1174 01:05:35 [Adam Nimoy]Oh, okay.
1175 01:05:38 Wild.
1176 01:06:02 [Pegg]I think "Star Trek" fans have
1177 01:06:04 the whole cos-play culturewhich now exists
1178 01:06:06 where, you know, you goto any convention,
1179 01:06:08 and people are dressed upas a multitude of things
1180 01:06:11 from the most obscureto the most popular.
1181 01:06:15 I've been blown away goingto now these conventions
1182 01:06:21 seeing what people are able,and willing, and, you know,
1183 01:06:25 what they committo dress up as and do,
1184 01:06:27 and it's unbelievable.
1185 01:06:29 We thought they were crazy.
1186 01:06:31 [laughing]
1187 01:06:39 I'm here.I'm really here.
1188 01:06:42 My first "Star Trek" convention.Watch your back. Here we go.
1189 01:06:50 So much stuff.
1190 01:06:55 Really cool.
1191 01:07:02 Whoa.
1192 01:07:06 Wow.
1193 01:07:09 Spock, status report?
1194 01:07:12 Pollux IV, class M type planet,oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere.
1195 01:07:16 Sensors indicate no life forms.
1196 01:07:19 In all respects,quite ordinary, Captain.
1197 01:07:23 Bobak, I want you to tell mea little bit about your history
1198 01:07:26 how it's affected your life.
1199 01:07:28 I would say it's probablyone of the biggest reasons
1200 01:07:31 I mean, honestly,like, you know, seeing
1201 01:07:33 you know, this visionof the future
1202 01:07:35 is one of the reasonswhy I work there today.
1203 01:07:39 Seeing a future where peoplefrom all different cultures
1204 01:07:44 were working together.
1205 01:07:45 You know,the betterment of humanity.
1206 01:07:47 I think that was a visionof the future that I wanted
1207 01:07:50 If "Star Trek" was the visionof the future that I wanted
1208 01:07:53 Spock was the internalizationof the kind of person
1209 01:07:57 You know, as someonewho was from two cultures,
1210 01:07:59 you know, Iranian father,an American mother,
1211 01:08:02 I saw in Spock, you know,that same conflict, I guess,
1212 01:08:05 of, "Which one am I?Am I both?
1213 01:08:08 Is therea happy medium
1214 01:08:11 But also at the same time,I saw that he was accepted
1215 01:08:14 by his, you know, colleagues.
1216 01:08:18 Spock stood for a lotof different things.
1217 01:08:20 He stoodfor intelligence,
1218 01:08:23 He stood for the idea ofreally searching for truth,
1219 01:08:27 for figuring outhow things really work.
1220 01:08:29 That is the underpinningof science, really.
1221 01:08:32 So I think for a lot of people,Spock was representative
1222 01:08:37 of using the human mindto overcome kind of
1223 01:08:41 and make sense of things.
1224 01:08:43 That really resonateswith a lot of people here,
1225 01:08:45 It certainly did with me.
1226 01:08:46 And I knew the minuteI read "Star Trek" books,
1227 01:08:49 that was the characterI most wanted to emulate
1228 01:08:52 [deGrasse Tyson]Spock was a scientist.
1229 01:08:55 Now, for me, I knewI liked science
1230 01:08:58 So Spock and I resonated,I think, uh...
1231 01:09:03 in a way that surely helped,but didn't initiate my interest.
1232 01:09:08 But I wonder if the slowbut real appreciation
1233 01:09:12 for what science isand why it matters
1234 01:09:15 that I see manifesting today,
1235 01:09:18 whether it owes its origin
1236 01:09:20 to that series,to that character.
1237 01:09:28 - Are you a "Star Trek" fan?- Yes.
1238 01:09:30 - How long have you been a fan?- A hundred years.
1239 01:09:33 A hundred years"Star Trek" fan, okay.
1240 01:09:38 [Interviewer]You've had your own
1241 01:09:40 You've directed"Star Trek" episodes.
1242 01:09:43 But before that, you werean entertainment attorney.
1243 01:09:46 What was that all about?What got you into that
1244 01:09:48 You know, it's very difficultwhen you are the son
1245 01:09:52 and somebody who becomesa pop culture icon,
1246 01:09:55 to try to createyour own identity,
1247 01:09:58 to find outwho you are
1248 01:10:00 And so, this was my way ofreally creating my own path.
1249 01:10:03 He was very proud of the factthat I went to law school,
1250 01:10:06 and I started practicing law.
1251 01:10:08 But after seven yearsof practicing,
1252 01:10:10 it became very clear to methat this was not something
1253 01:10:12 I wanted to dofor the rest of my life.
1254 01:10:14 I didn't have the passion for itthat I thought was important.
1255 01:10:18 That was really Dad'swhole philosophy was
1256 01:10:20 you have to have a passionfor what you do.
1257 01:10:22 Otherwise, it's just work,and it's not fulfilling.
1258 01:10:25 My dad was very sympatheticabout my desire to make
1259 01:10:30 and even helped me,trained me as a director.
1260 01:10:33 He and I actuallymade an episode
1261 01:10:36 of "The Outer Limits" together.
1262 01:10:37 We were remaking an episodethat he was originally in
1263 01:10:41 in which he hada supporting role.
1264 01:10:43 Your designand your construction
1265 01:10:46 but even you must understandthat you're basically a takeoff
1266 01:10:50 on the thoughts and feelingsthat Dr. Link programmed
1267 01:10:54 A man suffers, a man bleeds,a man has a soul.
1268 01:10:59 I could snap your neckas if it were a toothpick.
1269 01:11:01 In that sense, you're right.I'm not like most men.
1270 01:11:05 But like most men,I choose not to.
1271 01:11:08 Let me go.
1272 01:11:15 [Leonard Nimoy]The story of "Star Trek:
1273 01:11:18 rightly begins in Londonwhere my wife and I were
1274 01:11:22 We went to see Henry Fondawho was performing on stage
1275 01:11:27 After the performance,we joined him and his wife
1276 01:11:30 At some point duringthe conversation, Henry said,
1277 01:11:32 "You know, Leonard,I hope you're being paid
1278 01:11:34 for all those billboardsaround town."
1279 01:11:36 - [beer pouring]- [Leonard Nimoy]
1280 01:11:39 "Do you mean to tell meyou don't know about
1281 01:11:43 Now, I'd seen my Spock imageused commercially before,
1282 01:11:47 such as on a box ofKellogg's Corn Flakes.
1283 01:11:49 I'd been amused by it,finding it campy
1284 01:11:53 Once "Star Trek" was canceled,
1285 01:11:56 Paramount had no legal rightto license my likeness
1286 01:12:01 So not only had Paramountbeen marketing me as Spock
1287 01:12:03 for almost 10 yearswithout the right to do so,
1288 01:12:07 for the last five of those 10,they hadn't sent me
1289 01:12:11 I wound up havingto file a lawsuit.
1290 01:12:15 They wanted to make this movie.
1291 01:12:17 And Bob Weiss had itin his contract
1292 01:12:19 that they would maketheir best efforts to get me
1293 01:12:21 And my agent wouldcall me and say,
1294 01:12:23 "They wanna talk to youabout the 'Star Trek' movie."
1295 01:12:25 "When we settle the lawsuit,I'll talk about acting
1296 01:12:28 because I thoughtthat's my leverage.
1297 01:12:31 So that went on for some time.
1298 01:12:32 And... finally, I got a call
1299 01:12:37 from a guywho introduced
1300 01:12:38 He said, "My nameis Jeff Katzenberg,
1301 01:12:40 and I've justgone to work
1302 01:12:43 And I was acting in "Equus"on Broadway at the time
1303 01:12:47 [Jeffrey Katzenberg]So there goes little Jeffrey
1304 01:12:50 [laughing]...to say to him,"You've got to put
1305 01:12:54 So I went, and I saw the show,
1306 01:12:56 and after the show,we went to Joe Allen's.
1307 01:12:58 I said to him, "We're goingto make the movie.
1308 01:13:02 "Those ears are going on.
1309 01:13:05 "They're either going on you,or they're actually going
1310 01:13:09 "but they are going to go on.
1311 01:13:11 And how badly will you feelwhen you didn't put them on?"
1312 01:13:16 The big leverage thathe always had beginning
1313 01:13:21 was that Paramount Picturesneeded him,
1314 01:13:25 and they couldn't makea "Star Trek" movie
1315 01:13:28 [Leonard Nimoy]Finally, my lawyer called.
1316 01:13:30 "Look, Paramount is actuallyshowing some willingness
1317 01:13:34 "Will you read the scriptif they settle the lawsuit?"
1318 01:13:37 "Yes."
1319 01:13:39 Four days later,on a Friday evening,
1320 01:13:42 My lawyer cameto my house
1321 01:13:44 An hour later,the script arrived.
1322 01:13:47 I sat downand read it through
1323 01:13:50 [Interviewer]Leonard Nimoy was
1324 01:13:52 to join the movie castand was asked why
1325 01:13:56 I don't think it wasa question of hold out.
1326 01:13:58 We've had a long and...complicated relationship,
1327 01:14:02 I mean, Paramount and myself,for the last couple of years.
1328 01:14:05 And probably the thingthat took the most time
1329 01:14:07 is the fact thatthe mail service
1330 01:14:09 between here and Vulcanis still pretty slow.
1331 01:14:19 Spock.
1332 01:14:23 Making that first movie wasvery, very dis-spiriting,
1333 01:14:27 very depressing.
1334 01:14:29 We had a bad script,bad script.
1335 01:14:31 It just never worked.It was always a struggle
1336 01:14:33 to try to figure outhow to bring some life
1337 01:14:38 And, um, we did our best,but I never...
1338 01:14:44 The pendulum swung completelywhen that first movie came along
1339 01:14:49 from being an actorand character-oriented
1340 01:14:52 to an effects-oriented"Star Trek."
1341 01:14:54 And the feeling was, "Oh, wedidn't have the money before.
1342 01:14:57 Now we've got the money,we've got to give them
1343 01:14:59 So it was all about the ship,the ship, and this effect,
1344 01:15:01 and we're goingthrough this thing.
1345 01:15:06 Now, we're goingthrough that thing.
1346 01:15:10 Nothing about the characters.
1347 01:15:13 So it was frustrating,and depressing,
1348 01:15:31 Khan.
1349 01:15:33 Khan!
1350 01:15:36 In "Star Trek II," the lure thatHarve Bennett gave him was,
1351 01:15:41 "You're going to havethe greatest death scene
1352 01:15:44 Spock, no!
1353 01:15:54 [Leonard Nimoy]I thought that was
1354 01:15:56 and when they said to me,"How about a death scene?"
1355 01:15:58 I thought, "Why not?If this is the end
1356 01:16:00 "let's get outin a blaze of glory
1357 01:16:02 You know,be a hero and die."
1358 01:16:09 [struggling]Live long...
1359 01:16:12 and prosper.
1360 01:16:32 [Leonard Nimoy]Sooner than I realized,
1361 01:16:36 No.
1362 01:16:37 [Leonard Nimoy]I stripped off the ears,
1363 01:16:41 and so Spockgradually disappeared,
1364 01:16:43 leaving behindonly Leonard Nimoy.
1365 01:16:48 Never again the raised eyebrow.
1366 01:16:51 Never againthe delicious teasing
1367 01:16:56 or the offering of logicto my impetuous friend
1368 01:17:00 Never again the mind meld,the neck pinch,
1369 01:17:03 or the Vulcan saluteand blessing,
1370 01:17:06 live long and prosper.
1371 01:17:08 I asked myself,"What have I done?"
1372 01:17:13 Well, of course, they put ina little footage at the end
1373 01:17:16 that suggested thatthis might not be
1374 01:17:19 I'm sorry, Doctor.I have no time
1375 01:17:27 Remember.
1376 01:17:28 And they came to me,sure enough,
1377 01:17:29 after the picture openedand did business,
1378 01:17:31 and they called mein for a meeting.
1379 01:17:34 They said, "We'd like to knowif you'd like to be involved
1380 01:17:36 And I said,"Yes, I'd like to direct it."
1381 01:17:37 I remember distinctly one nightI got a phone call from him.
1382 01:17:42 And he saidhe'd been on the phone
1383 01:17:45 and that Michael Eisnerwas trying to talk him
1384 01:17:48 making his directing debut
1385 01:17:51 directing himselfin a feature film
1386 01:17:54 And he was asking me...He was soliciting my advice.
1387 01:17:59 I said, "Well,it's really very simple.
1388 01:18:02 Are you preparedto let this ship
1389 01:18:08 And he said, "Oh, absolutely."
1390 01:18:09 I said, "Then sit tightYou're going to direct
1391 01:18:12 [Klingon]My Lord, the ship appears
1392 01:18:16 How can that be?They're hiding.
1393 01:18:18 Yes, sir, but the bridgeseems to be run
1394 01:18:22 It is the only thing speaking.
1395 01:18:23 Speaking?
1396 01:18:26 Let me hear.
1397 01:18:28 [Computer]Nine, eight, seven, six, five--
1398 01:18:33 Get out!
1399 01:18:35 Get out of there!
1400 01:18:37 [Leonard Nimoy] I got a callbefore the movie opened
1401 01:18:39 who was head of productionat Paramount at the time,
1402 01:18:42 and he said, "We want youto make another one."
1403 01:18:44 And I said, "You know,this one that I just finished,
1404 01:18:47 I said, "They hada pretty tight
1405 01:18:49 "controlling what I was doing,
1406 01:18:51 "and making me answerfor everything,
1407 01:18:52 and explaineverything that I was doing,
1408 01:18:55 And he said--I'll never forget.
1409 01:18:58 He said,"The training wheels are off.
1410 01:18:59 We want you to makeyour 'Star Trek' movie."
1411 01:19:03 [Gillian Taylor]Well, if it isn't Robin Hood
1412 01:19:07 Where are you fellas heading?
1413 01:19:10 Back to San Francisco.
1414 01:19:12 Came all of the way down herejust to jump in and swim
1415 01:19:17 Very little pointin my trying to explain.
1416 01:19:20 Well, yeah, I'll buy that.What about him?
1417 01:19:22 Him? He's harmless.
1418 01:19:25 Back in the '60s, he was partof the free speech movement
1419 01:19:29 I think he dida little too much LDS.
1420 01:19:32 - LDS?- Mm-hmm.
1421 01:19:35 Come on. Why don't youlet me give you a lift?
1422 01:19:37 We had our first read-throughat your house on Kashmir.
1423 01:19:40 And there was--He had the whales' song
1424 01:19:44 And I knew thenhow much this project
1425 01:19:47 on a personal level.
1426 01:19:49 He was tryingto get us to get it,
1427 01:19:51 which to me, transcends doinganother "Star Trek" film.
1428 01:19:54 Although, in fact,it actually is what "Star Trek"
1429 01:19:58 which is meaningful issuesabout how to live.
1430 01:20:01 [punk rock music playing]
1431 01:20:03 ♪ Just where is our future?The things we've done and said ♪
1432 01:20:05 ♪ Let's just push the buttonWe'd be better off dead ♪
1433 01:20:09 ♪ 'Cause I hate you ♪
1434 01:20:10 Excuse me.
1435 01:20:12 ♪ And I berate you ♪
1436 01:20:14 Excuse me.
1437 01:20:16 Would you mindstopping that noise?
1438 01:20:19 [music playing louder]
1439 01:20:23 ♪ The only choice we're givenis how many megatons ♪
1440 01:20:25 Excuse me.
1441 01:20:26 Would you mind stoppingthat damn noise?
1442 01:20:29 ♪ And I say screw you ♪
1443 01:20:31 ♪ And I hope you're blue too ♪
1444 01:20:38 - [music stops]- [applauding]
1445 01:20:43 "Star Trek IV" wasone of the highlights
1446 01:20:46 really partof the pinnacle
1447 01:20:48 because immediately after thatcame "Three Men and a Baby."
1448 01:20:51 [Leonard Nimoy]The making
1449 01:20:53 was a magical timewhere everything
1450 01:20:56 I felt enormously fortunateto be involved with the project.
1451 01:20:59 Nice job, Pete.
1452 01:21:00 You know, the "LA Times"came out with an article
1453 01:21:03 when that movie came out,and it was a hit
1454 01:21:05 the winter season,the holiday season of '87.
1455 01:21:08 "LA Times" talkedabout the fact that the hit
1456 01:21:12 was a feature film entitled"Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home,"
1457 01:21:15 and that both of those filmshappened to be directed
1458 01:21:19 Then came "The Good Mother",
1459 01:21:21 and my relationshipwith my father hit
1460 01:21:24 And you've left heralone with him?
1461 01:21:25 Well, of course I have.She likes him.
1462 01:21:28 Well, ask him aboutthe fun, Anna.
1463 01:21:30 Well, what are you suggesting,Brian, that he did something
1464 01:21:32 - He did, Anna.- Well, he didn't.
1465 01:21:33 She told me.She's told the shrink.
1466 01:21:35 - He did it, Anna!- No, Brian, he didn't do it!
1467 01:21:37 You ask him!And you let him!
1468 01:21:39 [Leonard Nimoy]By the time filming
1469 01:21:41 I felt the same way I hadat the end of shooting
1470 01:21:44 I thought, "Boy, this could beeven more of a rocket ride
1471 01:21:48 And it was a rocket ride,all right... straight down.
1472 01:21:52 Box office was disappointing,
1473 01:21:54 and the film soon disappearedfrom the theaters.
1474 01:21:58 I started drinkingregularly, ritually,
1475 01:22:02 during probably the second yearor third year of our series.
1476 01:22:05 The ritual became so ingrainedand so important to me,
1477 01:22:09 because I looked forwardto that release at the end
1478 01:22:13 with the dialogue, and the pace,and get 15 pages or 12 pages
1479 01:22:18 and all of that sort of thing.
1480 01:22:19 And the minutewe finished the last shot,
1481 01:22:22 And then it becamea series of drinks.
1482 01:22:24 And little by little,before I knew it,
1483 01:22:27 because my addictivepersonality was taking over.
1484 01:22:29 It was the martinis,you know, getting a drink
1485 01:22:32 having a couple drinks.
1486 01:22:34 And, uh... you know,while it made him
1487 01:22:39 he also shut down.
1488 01:22:41 The habit grew to the powerthat it did in my later years
1489 01:22:46 because I didn't havethat thought, "I'm young.
1490 01:22:49 Which is a devilish partof the disease.
1491 01:22:53 The 1980's werea very difficult time
1492 01:22:57 His parents had recently died,my grandparents,
1493 01:23:00 within six months of each other.
1494 01:23:03 My dad was going througha very complicated
1495 01:23:05 and difficult divorcefrom my mother.
1496 01:23:06 They had been marriedfor 32 years.
1497 01:23:08 It was also about this time
1498 01:23:10 that there wasa lot of head-banging
1499 01:23:13 There were a lot of old issuesthat were coming up,
1500 01:23:15 and there werea number of fights
1501 01:23:19 He was also drinking.A lot of this was fueled
1502 01:23:22 And quite frankly,I was still getting high
1503 01:23:25 and that was certainly nothelping matters between us.
1504 01:23:30 [Adam Nimoy]"There's one major area
1505 01:23:32 "before coming to a conclusion,
1506 01:23:34 "competition with my father.
1507 01:23:36 "This was easy for mein strangely painful way.
1508 01:23:40 "My father never earnedmore than a $150 a week.
1509 01:23:44 "I realize that competitionwith me is very tough.
1510 01:23:48 "I am very loud and verbal.
1511 01:23:50 "Also I have been very lucky,made good money,
1512 01:23:55 "That's a lot tougherto deal with
1513 01:23:57 "than me competingagainst 150-dollar
1514 01:24:02 A lot of the problemsthat I had with my dad
1515 01:24:06 from problemsthat other fathers
1516 01:24:10 The difference is thatmy dad was adored
1517 01:24:13 by millions of fansall over the world.
1518 01:24:16 And oftentimes, I felt likeI was competing with them
1519 01:24:21 And sometimes, I honestly feltlike I was losing the battle.
1520 01:24:26 After we would haveone of these incredible
1521 01:24:31 I would go out into the worldand be confronted by images
1522 01:24:36 ["What's On Your Mind" playing]
1523 01:24:38 ♪ I want to knowwhat you're feeling ♪
1524 01:24:41 ♪ Tell me what's on your mind ♪
1525 01:24:52 Pure energy.
1526 01:24:56 Pure energy.
1527 01:25:05 In 1989,Dad and Susan
1528 01:25:08 and his domestic lifestarted to get much better.
1529 01:25:11 She was a realstabilizing force for him.
1530 01:25:14 And he was very happy with her,and they were very devoted
1531 01:25:17 It was at this period of time,he told me later on,
1532 01:25:21 that he wasreally happy
1533 01:25:24 and yet didn't really understandwhy he was still drinking.
1534 01:25:28 And it was at that pointthat he started to really,
1535 01:25:32 at what was happeningwith his life.
1536 01:25:35 And he made his decisionto go into his own recovery.
1537 01:26:06 My first imageswere photographed
1538 01:26:10 and enlarged with this camera
1539 01:26:11 and with about 20 centsworth of Kodak supplies.
1540 01:26:14 And I just became fascinatedwith the ability
1541 01:26:19 to create an image,something that you could hold,
1542 01:26:21 an object you couldhold in your hand,
1543 01:26:24 Something I shot this morning,
1544 01:26:25 and tonight, I havethe picture in my hand.
1545 01:26:27 I could hang it on my wall,or give it to my family,
1546 01:26:30 That was the beginning.
1547 01:26:56 [Adam Nimoy] Although Dadstarted taking pictures
1548 01:26:59 he continued this hobbythroughout his life.
1549 01:27:02 He would often take portraitsof me and Julie,
1550 01:27:04 and some of those ended upin the poetry books
1551 01:27:30 [grunting]
1552 01:27:35 [screaming]
1553 01:27:52 James T. Kirk.
1554 01:27:54 [Leonard Nimoy]Along came J.J. Abrams
1555 01:27:56 who found a wayto crack it open
1556 01:27:58 to an entirely newand different audience.
1557 01:28:06 Who the hell am Ito tell Leonard Nimoy
1558 01:28:10 But it's my job,so I'm doing the best I can.
1559 01:28:12 But I was amazedat how open he was.
1560 01:28:14 Leonard was okay with the ideaof this new incarnation
1561 01:28:18 It set a tone on the seteven beyond the days
1562 01:28:24 [Leonard Nimoy]You didn't have to know
1563 01:28:27 You could comeand enjoy this movie
1564 01:28:29 as a person who hadnever seen anything
1565 01:28:31 - Fascinating.- What?
1566 01:28:33 Okay, I'm sureyou're just doing your job,
1567 01:28:34 but could you not comea wee bit sooner?
1568 01:28:36 Six months I've been hereliving off Star Fleet
1569 01:28:39 and the promise of a good meal.
1570 01:28:41 Myself, Leonard, and Chrisshared a trailer
1571 01:28:43 when we were shooting the stuffwhen they discover Scotty
1572 01:28:46 And it was quite farfrom the circus,
1573 01:28:49 so we had a trailer thatwe just sat in, and we shared.
1574 01:28:52 And we were shootingreally late at night.
1575 01:28:54 It was, like, you know, 2:00or 3:00 in the morning.
1576 01:28:56 and Chris, Leonard, and Iwere just sat in this--
1577 01:28:58 And Leonard was in hisfull Spock regalia, ears.
1578 01:29:01 We had the big sort of likewinter coat on and stuff,
1579 01:29:03 and he sat upright,and he went to sleep.
1580 01:29:06 And he, uh, was just sat therejust quietly snoring.
1581 01:29:11 And Chris and I were justlooking at each other like,
1582 01:29:14 [whispering]"That's Spock, and he snores."
1583 01:29:16 [laughing]
1584 01:29:18 We were shooting a scene,and Leonard was walking,
1585 01:29:20 and he fell... and he landed,and he cut and broke his nose.
1586 01:29:26 Um...
1587 01:29:28 So the feeling that,you know, you have
1588 01:29:33 when someone that you careabout as much as I did,
1589 01:29:37 it's a horrible feeling.
1590 01:29:39 When you've wounded Spock, uh...
1591 01:29:41 you just wanna...you know, kill yourself.
1592 01:29:44 It's just... It was...It was horrible.
1593 01:29:46 And we're trying to figureout what we're gonna do
1594 01:29:49 and I hear, like,"Oh, no, no, no, no,
1595 01:29:52 And it was Leonardwho was like,
1596 01:29:54 "We're just gonnakeep shooting."
1597 01:29:56 And I'm thinking,"Is he out of his fucking mind?
1598 01:30:00 And Leonard was like,"Let's keep going."
1599 01:30:02 And we finished,and no one ever
1600 01:30:05 until you and I hadthis conversation.
1601 01:30:11 Speak your mind, Spock.
1602 01:30:15 That would be unwise.
1603 01:30:17 Mine is a very differentSpock than your dad's.
1604 01:30:21 I was really fortunateto be able to explore
1605 01:30:26 because as entertainmentevolved,
1606 01:30:28 as narration evolved,as story-telling evolved
1607 01:30:30 over the intervening decades
1608 01:30:32 between whenhe created the role
1609 01:30:35 I think that it opened upa little bit more space
1610 01:30:39 for us to get inand play with that.
1611 01:30:45 Mr. Spock.
1612 01:30:48 Sharing that with him,and discussing it,
1613 01:30:52 through the contextof our personal relationship,
1614 01:30:55 that was probablyone of the most creatively
1615 01:30:59 of assuming a rolethat had already been
1616 01:31:03 and created so boldly.
1617 01:31:05 No pun intended.
1618 01:31:06 Should I choose tocomplete the Vulcan
1619 01:31:12 and purge all emotion...
1620 01:31:16 I trust you will not feelit reflects judgment upon you.
1621 01:31:21 Oh, Spock...
1622 01:31:26 as always, whateveryou choose to be...
1623 01:31:30 you will have a proud mother.
1624 01:31:33 Every time he goesinto a negative place,
1625 01:31:37 he starts being a littlebit of a pessimist,
1626 01:31:39 um, he allows Uhura and Kirkto snap him out of it.
1627 01:31:45 And I really like that.
1628 01:31:47 He's just... He's a man to me.Like, Spock is really a man.
1629 01:31:51 Even thoughhe's half alien, it's like...
1630 01:31:53 He could have been...I don't know, half anything,
1631 01:31:57 but he's stillvery much... natural.
1632 01:32:07 What do you need? Tell me.
1633 01:32:10 Tell me.
1634 01:32:12 I thought that wasa perfect example
1635 01:32:15 of the evolutionof the character,
1636 01:32:17 of painting himin a different light
1637 01:32:20 and seeing that there isthis capacity for feeling,
1638 01:32:24 for emotion,for intimacy,
1639 01:32:27 It's still regulated.
1640 01:32:29 It's still withinthe boundaries
1641 01:32:32 of what it means to be Vulcan.
1642 01:32:38 Father.
1643 01:32:48 I am not our father.
1644 01:32:58 There are so few Vulcans left,
1645 01:33:00 we cannot affordto ignore each other.
1646 01:33:03 Spock, in this case,do yourself a favor.
1647 01:33:08 Put aside logic.Do what feels right.
1648 01:33:17 Since my customary farewellwould appear oddly self-serving,
1649 01:33:21 I shall simply say... good luck.
1650 01:33:27 [Adam Nimoy]Dad was really happy
1651 01:33:29 to be in the new incarnationof "Star Trek."
1652 01:33:31 It was a high point for him.
1653 01:33:34 But much likeSpock's problems
1654 01:33:37 my relationship with my fatherwas still very troubled.
1655 01:33:40 My first officer,Commander Spock.
1656 01:33:42 Vulcan honors uswith your presence.
1657 01:33:44 We come to serve.
1658 01:33:49 Your service honors us,Captain.
1659 01:33:51 Thank you.
1660 01:33:55 Around 2006, we were justabout completely estranged
1661 01:34:00 Old issues were flaring up.
1662 01:34:02 And, um, I wasat a low point
1663 01:34:05 I had just endedan 18-year marriage,
1664 01:34:07 and I had decided to gointo my own 12-step recovery.
1665 01:34:11 And it wasa real difficult time
1666 01:34:14 And basically,for three or four years,
1667 01:34:16 we had very, verylittle communication.
1668 01:34:18 By around 2008,we started to talk again,
1669 01:34:23 and really came back togetherin our relationship
1670 01:34:30 I had met Marthain a doctor's office,
1671 01:34:34 Uh, she was my age,
1672 01:34:36 and she was very sweet,fun, attractive woman,
1673 01:34:41 and I started datingher regularly.
1674 01:34:43 And I mean, I wasso much happier having Martha
1675 01:34:46 that I married her.
1676 01:34:51 Four and a half monthsafter we were married,
1677 01:34:53 Martha was diagnosedwith terminal cancer.
1678 01:35:08 The weird thing was for me,
1679 01:35:10 and I was reallykind of conscious of it
1680 01:35:12 was that in 2004,when I left my 18-year marriage,
1681 01:35:18 and moved out of my house,and left my kids behind
1682 01:35:20 I mean, it wasa real low point in my life.
1683 01:35:22 I didn't even call my dad.He wasn't even on the list,
1684 01:35:26 you know, beginning ofthe estrangement period.
1685 01:35:28 But when I was able topull myself back together,
1686 01:35:32 after I got that phone callfrom the doctor,
1687 01:35:34 the first phone call I made...
1688 01:35:37 Was to your dad.
1689 01:35:41 I just... It still.It just overwhelms me now
1690 01:35:44 that we could get to that pointwhere he could be my go-to guy.
1691 01:35:47 Yeah.
1692 01:35:48 And in the next 18 monthsof my life with Martha,
1693 01:35:50 which were, you know,probably the most challenging
1694 01:35:55 my dad and Susan were thereevery step of the way
1695 01:35:59 to support meand keep me going.
1696 01:36:04 And after that,my dad and I never
1697 01:36:08 at the wreckagefrom our past, ever.
1698 01:36:17 "So here we are.You're a man, an individual,
1699 01:36:20 "very bright, talented,goal-oriented, sensitive,
1700 01:36:24 "and a lot of other good things.
1701 01:36:27 "Above all, I want you to knowthat you are priceless to me.
1702 01:36:31 I'm proud of you,and I deeply love you.
1703 01:36:46 My life has become much,much more about family.
1704 01:36:49 I used to-- The wayI describe it now was
1705 01:36:52 I used to major in careerand minor in family.
1706 01:36:56 And now, I've turned it around.
1707 01:36:57 I'm much moremajoring in family
1708 01:37:00 I do an occasional pop-up thinghere and there for friends,
1709 01:37:03 but mostly, I'm dealingwith my family.
1710 01:37:05 [Julie Nimoy]With dad marrying
1711 01:37:08 she and Aaron becamea part of our family.
1712 01:37:11 She was great in the factthat she showed Dad
1713 01:37:15 that being with your childrenand your grandchildren,
1714 01:37:18 it's very important.
1715 01:37:21 You need to be a partof their life.
1716 01:37:24 And let's bringeverybody together.
1717 01:37:27 Let's... Let's havea big family unit,
1718 01:37:29 and we have a big family.
1719 01:37:32 In the last years of his lifewere the times that
1720 01:37:34 the family got togetherat the house
1721 01:37:36 for any variety of occasionsfrom birthdays to holidays.
1722 01:37:40 Leonard was a veryeven-keeled guy.
1723 01:37:42 He didn't always showa lot of emotion
1724 01:37:44 but I'd say those timesat which he would toast
1725 01:37:50 were the times I maybe sawhim express the most emotion.
1726 01:37:54 He was so gratefulto have everybody there.
1727 01:37:56 He was grateful to feelthe love from everybody
1728 01:37:58 And he was gratefulto be able to love
1729 01:38:03 and provide for the familythe way that he could.
1730 01:38:34 The day Leonard died, I, uh...
1731 01:38:38 He was in a coma,
1732 01:38:40 and I, uh, leaned overand said to him...
1733 01:38:43 [clearing throat]
1734 01:38:45 [crying]
1735 01:38:51 "You made the worldstand up and listen."
1736 01:38:55 And I'd swearhe nodded his head.
1737 01:41:39 What I admired about Leonard
1738 01:41:42 was his willingnessto love his family,
1739 01:41:47 and because I wason the periphery of it,
1740 01:41:50 It made him a wonderful actorin the work we did.
1741 01:41:54 And I think itmade him a mensch,
1742 01:41:56 probably a word you'regoing to hear a lot.
1743 01:41:58 Mensch.
1744 01:41:59 A mensch is someonewho's responsible,
1745 01:42:05 and you can count on.
1746 01:42:06 He was just thisstable force in my life,
1747 01:42:09 and I knew I couldalways count on him.
1748 01:42:11 He was the mensch of mensches.
1749 01:42:14 He was loved and adored by,I think, everybody on the set.
1750 01:42:19 To create a characterwho leaves a mark
1751 01:42:24 that strikes a chordthat resonates,
1752 01:42:28 Leonard Nimoy did that.
1753 01:42:30 If there wasa word you would use
1754 01:42:33 either my dad as an individualor as Spock, the character,
1755 01:42:37 what would that be for you?
1756 01:42:39 The first wordthat springs to mind
1757 01:42:41 is, I would say, is noble.
1758 01:42:43 There was something about...
1759 01:42:45 There's definitely somethingabout Spock which is very noble.
1760 01:42:48 He's obviously a manof massive integrity
1761 01:42:52 If I had to pick one word,it would be dignity.
1762 01:42:57 Artist.
1763 01:42:58 Integrity.
1764 01:42:59 Human.
1765 01:43:00 He was a self-maderenaissance man,
1766 01:43:03 but he hada ubiquitous curiosity
1767 01:43:08 about everything going onin the world,
1768 01:43:10 whether it was art,photography, politics.
1769 01:43:13 Logical.
1770 01:43:14 Humble.
1771 01:43:16 Hope.
1772 01:43:17 Cool. Spock was cool.
1773 01:43:20 I think a little bit of Spockneeds to be behind
1774 01:43:25 we make in our lives,about ourselves,
1775 01:43:29 The first word that doescome to mind is loving.
1776 01:43:32 Love.
1777 01:43:33 If it's free association,then it's definitely just love.
1778 01:43:39 What's yours?
1779 01:43:41 ["Star TrekThe Original Series"
1780 01:44:44 ["Starman" playing]
1781 01:44:54 [singer]All right. I got it.
1782 01:44:56 ♪ Didn't know what time it wasAnd the lights were low ♪
1783 01:45:01 ♪ I leaned back on my radio ♪
1784 01:45:06 ♪ Some cat was layingdown some rock 'n' roll
1785 01:45:13 ♪ Then the loud sounddid seem to fade ♪
1786 01:45:17 ♪ Came back like a slow voiceon a wave of phase ♪
1787 01:45:22 ♪ That weren't no DJThat was hazy cosmic jive ♪
1788 01:45:30 ♪ There's a starmanwaiting in the sky ♪
1789 01:45:36 ♪ He'd like to comeand meet us ♪
1790 01:45:38 ♪ But he thinkshe'd blow our minds ♪
1791 01:45:40 ♪ There's a starmanwaiting in the sky ♪
1792 01:45:45 ♪ He's told us not to blow it ♪
1793 01:45:47 ♪ 'Cause he knowsit's all worthwhile ♪
1794 01:45:49 ♪ He told me,"Let the children lose it ♪
1795 01:45:53 ♪ Let the children use itLet all the children boogie" ♪
1796 01:46:14 ♪ I had to phone someoneso I picked on you ♪
1797 01:46:19 ♪ Hey, that's far outSo you heard him too? ♪
1798 01:46:23 ♪ Switch on the TVWe may pick him up
1799 01:46:30 ♪ Look out your windowI can see his light ♪
1800 01:46:35 ♪ If we can sparklehe may land tonight ♪
1801 01:46:40 ♪ Don't tell your papaor he'll get us locked up
1802 01:46:48 ♪ There's a starmanwaiting in the sky ♪
1803 01:46:53 ♪ He'd like to comeand meet us ♪
1804 01:46:55 ♪ But he thinkshe'd blow our minds ♪
1805 01:46:58 ♪ There's a starmanwaiting in the sky ♪
1806 01:47:03 ♪ He's told us not to blow it ♪
1807 01:47:05 ♪ 'Cause he knowsit's all worthwhile ♪
1808 01:47:07 ♪ He told me,"Let the children lose it ♪
1809 01:47:11 ♪ Let the children use itLet all the children boogie" ♪
1810 01:47:15 ♪ There's a starmanwaiting in the sky ♪
1811 01:47:19 ♪ He'd like to comeand meet us ♪
1812 01:47:22 ♪ But he thinkshe'd blow our minds ♪
1813 01:47:23 ♪ There's a starmanwaiting in the sky ♪
1814 01:47:29 ♪ He's told us not to blow it ♪
1815 01:47:31 ♪ 'Cause he knowsit's all worthwhile ♪
1816 01:47:33 ♪ He told me,"Let the children lose it ♪
1817 01:47:36 ♪ Let the children use it,let all the children boogie" ♪