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[Woo] Well, yes, I am
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following a specific formula
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for making a Star Trek film.
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A lot of excitement.
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Beautiful locations,
beautiful women.
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That's a formula that's worked
for over 20 years.
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And there's no reason
why it won't work for us.
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[Takei]
Space. The final frontier.
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This is the story of Stan Woo,
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his 36-year mission
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to make his own Star Trek film
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alongside his best friends
and his favorite movie stars,
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to boldly go
where no fan had gone before.
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[uplifting music playing]
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[Woo] Personal log.
Lieutenant Geoffrey Pond.
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An unidentified object has
locked onto my emergency
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subspace transmitter.
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The object has been
broadcasting
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a Starfleet signal
every 30 seconds.
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It is my duty to find
the source of this signal
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and keep it out of enemy hands.
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I can only hope that Starfleet
gets here before they do.
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My name is Stan Woo.
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In 1985,
I produced a student film
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set in a Star Trek universe
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called
Yorktown: A Time to Heal.
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And it's just being
released now, 36 years later.
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Oh, my.
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That's just like, uh,
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some outfits I found
on Melrose Avenue.
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The hair was supposed
to make up for my awful acting.
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You know,
give me some character.
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But, yeah, I don't know
if it helped or not,
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but it gets a laugh now.
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[laughs]
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[indistinct chatter on TV]
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For people who don't know,
Star Trek is a 1960s
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television series about a crew
exploring our galaxy.
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[narrator]
Drama beyond the universe.
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Adventures beyond
the imagination.
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Star Trek with William Shatner
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as captain of the craft
on an incredible assignment,
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and Leonard Nimoy
as his officer
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who is more than human.
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Star Trek.
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["Star Trek" theme playing]
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I grew up in Mid-City,
Los Angeles.
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It was a mixed neighborhood
at the time, yeah.
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Predominantly Black,
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but we had a few Asian families
on our street.
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My mom was a homemaker.
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My dad worked
in his own noodle factory,
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the Eastern Noodle Company.
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When I was younger,
I got stuck into the last room
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in the house, way in the back.
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It was an addition.
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I was isolated back there.
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So I hear every little noise,
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and it gets
kind of creepy back there.
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So while I was watching
Star Trek, you know,
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Kirk has his little speeches
about the unknown
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and not to be frightened
about the unknown.
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I guess that was the attraction
to Star Trek.
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Dr. McCoy is right
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in pointing out the enormous
danger potential.
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But I must point out
that the possibilities,
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the potential for knowledge
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and advancement
is equally great.
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Risk.
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Risk is our business.
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That's what the Starship
is all about.
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There are basically two schools
of science fiction
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envisioning the future.
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The dystopian
or downbeat school,
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which is huge,
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and a very small,
upbeat school.
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Right? Star Wars, for instance.
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It's about a dystopian empire
that has subjugated
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not just one world,
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but a whole galaxy
a long time ago.
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It's very downbeat.
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Star Trek said there were
better days ahead
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for the human race,
and that's why I love it.
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In the 1960s, America was
turbulent with division.
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It was a fractured country.
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Dr. Martin Luther King
has been shot to death
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in Memphis, Tennessee.
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It is not the end of violence.
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It is not the end
of lawlessness.
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[newscaster 1]
This is the city, in this area,
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that is going to explode.
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[newscaster 2]
In 100 places
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Detroit is afire.
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[newscaster 3] The war,
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racial discrimination,
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and political issues.
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[newscaster 4]
Tear gas has been used.
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African Americans peacefully
demonstrating for equality
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were being attacked
by "law enforcement officers"
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with attack dogs
and fire hoses,
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or the Vietnam War dividing
this country.
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Law enforcement officers
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were shooting
at college students
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advocating for peace
in Vietnam.
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None of that was being reflected
on television,
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save for Star Trek
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because Gene Roddenberry
thought in terms of metaphors.
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Mass communications
is our language today
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between one another.
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And we can't say, well,
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let's not really talk about
anything serious on television.
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That is a criminal statement
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and a criminal intention.
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[Eugene] My father
had an incredible life.
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He was a World War II
bomber pilot
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for something like 80 missions
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in the South Pacific.
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After that,
he hung up his wings
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and became a police officer
at the LAPD.
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With those experiences
all over the world,
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I think my father really
saw the the best of humanity
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and the worst of humanity.
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But what he did
is he saw humanity.
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And I think with his love
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of of books
and science fiction
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and adventure,
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he incorporated all of that
into his storytelling.
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Do we have any knowledge
of a planet
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that could have produced
such a race of beings?
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He's like, you want to talk
about race relations?
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You're gonna be
half black, half white.
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You're gonna be the other half.
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I am black on the right side.
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Lokai is white
on the right side.
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All of his people
are white on the right side.
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And we're gonna
make you fight each other.
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And this is how ridiculous
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this entire issue is.
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Anything that gets you to see
a different point of view.
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I mean, that's when
Star Trek is at its best.
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One of my favorite episodes,
"Devil in the Dark,"
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we go down to a planet.
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There's a people who are mining
crystals on that planet,
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and there is a rock monster
killing them.
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And I think at first maybe
they try to shoot the monster
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or kill the monster.
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And then Spock says...
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This creature here
is the mother of her race.
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[Kirk] She had no objection
to sharing this planet with you
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until you broke into her nursery
and started destroying her eggs.
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I think Star Trek
really talks about a future
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where humanity learns
that in order for us to evolve,
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to get out of where we are now,
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we need to embrace
different ideas.
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Let's put our differences aside,
and let's see what happens
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when we actually talk,
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when we put
our collective efforts together
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and say, "You know what?
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We can reach the stars
if we do this.
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That's not a bad idea.
I think it's worth it."
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Let's give it a shot.
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Gene Roddenberry showed us
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that there could be
a positive future,
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that we were somehow gonna
come out of all of this disaster
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that's facing us.
Ecological disaster,
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social disasters
of any number of types.
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The threat of nuclear war,
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that somehow we would
get past all that
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and become better
than we are today.
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Take Putin, chain him to a couch
and make him watch Star Trek.
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Every single episode,
every single episode,
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over and over again
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until it's hammered
into his psyche,
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into his subconscious, until he
becomes a better person.
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I've always felt that, yes,
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Star Trek
is must-watch television.
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The glory of creation
is in its infinite diversity.
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And the ways
our differences combine
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to create meaning and beauty.
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The Starship Enterprise was
a metaphor for Starship Earth,
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and the strength
of this starship
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lay in its diversity
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and working in concert.
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[Greene] When I was growing up,
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the thing that excited
me the most,
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the image
that stuck with me the most
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was the briefing room.
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It was where Kurt gathered
all of these people
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of different races,
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of different genders
from different planets,
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and they worked together
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to solve whatever
the problem was.
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Even though this is a show
about the future,
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there was something about that
that said to me as a kid,
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that's the way
it's supposed to be.
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That's what a meritocratic
society looks like.
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That's what a democratic
society looks like.
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That's what America
is supposed to look like.
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When Star Trek premiered,
there was representation
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on the screen of people
who had never seen themselves
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in positive lights before.
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There's Walter Koenig
playing a Russian
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in the height of the Cold War.
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Nichelle Nichols
playing Lieutenant Uhura,
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an African woman,
in a role that was
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completely non-stereotypical.
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Progress report?
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It's very delicate work, sir.
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I can think of no one
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better equipped to handle it,
Miss Uhura.
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As the only black girl
in the seventh grade,
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eighth grade
and the ninth grade,
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for me, for the classes
I was in,
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I was literally the only black
speck that you could find.
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And what got me through school,
got me through that first week,
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was I'm Nichelle Nichols.
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The Uhura moment
that really stands out,
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and it's one
of the very first episodes
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that the audience would see,
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Kirk and Uhura
are both stressed out,
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and they both
snap at each other.
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Try cutting them off!
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Sir, if I could cut him off,
don't you think I...
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And Kirk apologizes to Uhura.
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Sorry.
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I would be willing to bet money
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that never before
on network television
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had anyone seen
a white commanding officer,
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a white man,
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apologize to his Black
female employee.
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That is an astonishing
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damn near revolutionary moment.
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Seeing this black face
as the communiqué
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amongst all of these white
peoples in such a position.
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Okay, she might
as well have been sitting
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in the president's office.
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That's how important
being on the bridge is.
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If you're by the captain,
you somebody.
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Captain,
we're coming under attack.
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[Sawyer] George Takei
was there playing Sulu
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just 21 years after the end
of World War II,
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when Japan was the enemy.
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That image affects
certainly young,
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malleable minds growing up,
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but also adults who may be
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getting fixed in their thinking,
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getting them to stop and say,
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"Oh, oh, I didn't think of that.
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Oh, what do you know?"
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Let's be clear. Black people
don't need to be told
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that they have full humanity
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and dignity and intelligence.
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Asian people
don't need to be told that.
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That Asian people have got
full humanity and dignity.
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They know that. They know that
through their own experience
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and their families,
they know that Black and Asian
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and Latino and Native American
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are three-dimensional people
worthy of respect.
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It's the white audiences
that needed to be educated.
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This was doing work
that was for the benefit,
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in many ways,
of people of color,
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but it was white consciousness
264
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that needed to be raised.
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[Yu] When you look at the '60s,
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one of the most tumultuous
moments in American history.
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Star Trek is projecting
a future
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in which we've
worked it out, right?
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And not only that,
but on this ship,
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there's a place for everybody.
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There's a seat
at the Starship for everybody,
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including Asians.
273
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I mean, you're growing up
and you're watching TV.
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You just want to, you know,
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see somebody that looks like you
on a show.
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And that... And I like
what I saw on that show.
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My dad's like,
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"Oh, he's going
off the deep end here,
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you know, putting on these
costumes and so forth."
280
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Yeah. [laughs]
281
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My name is Da Han,
and I'm the director
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of Yorktown: A Time to Heal.
283
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I was in film school,
and I ended up meeting Stan
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at the same school
I was going to.
285
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We later became
really good friends
286
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and collaborators
and just partners in crime.
287
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I didn't know
how much Stan was involved
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in Star Trek other than that.
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A couple of times he brought in
a prop, he brought in a costume.
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Then I started to realize,
"Hey, why are you doing this?
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What's what's this about?"
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He said,
"Well, I'm going to conventions,
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uh, and I make props."
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I went, "Wow, you can do that?
Okay."
295
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Well, then this
is starting to seem
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more and more realistic.
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So yes, let's make a film.
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[Woo]
It was always we're up there
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and in the classroom
at lunchtime
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We were just, like,
dreaming about making
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some science fiction film.
302
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So we decided to try to make
303
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our own, short Star Trek .
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I wouldn't call it an episode.
Just a short film.
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One of the criticisms of...
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You know, that I got
in those days,
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why are you spending
this kind of money
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on someone else's property?
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You're never able to sell it.
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Because we wanted
to play Star Trek .
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That was the whole motivation.
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We couldn't go out
into the real world
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and, you know, play with
the phasers and so forth.
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We'll get, what do you call it,
315
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a 5150 and taken away.
316
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But we have a camera there,
and makes it more appropriate.
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Well, uh...
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[Biraben]
My name is Gaston Biraben.
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I was the director
of photography
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and the camera operator
of Yorktown: A Time to Heal.
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I was not a fan of Star Trek,
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so it was a very different
experience for me,
323
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a new experience
to get into that world,
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which to me
was kind of fascinating.
325
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[suspenseful music playing]
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[Woo]
I played the lead character,
327
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but I also included
a lot of my friends
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from high school, from college.
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I'm told the camp
was made for one.
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Hey, I know that guy.
331
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[Goodpaster]
My name is Steve Goodpaster,
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and I played Brent Shandow
in Yorktown
333
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36 years ago.
334
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We also found this.
335
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Damn, I look good.
336
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[laughs]
337
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[Han] Now I'm in film school,
338
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and I'm making 16-millimeter
films at that point.
339
00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:53,959
And my first film was
actually starring Charlie Dell,
340
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who was, you know,
he was an accomplished actor.
341
00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:58,440
And so I challenged Stan
342
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because I'm already working
with professional actors.
343
00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:03,320
So I said, "Hey, Stan, how about
if you get William Shatner?"
344
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And then Stan,
"Oh, you know, whatever."
345
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He'd kind of grumble
and grunt and everything.
346
00:16:09,239 --> 00:16:10,520
And that night,
347
00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:13,280
I had this crazy idea.
348
00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:18,640
[Takei] Stardate 7112.4.
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Log entry by Lieutenant
Commander Hikaru Sulu.
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[Woo]
Sulu is my favorite character,
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and I thought it would be really
neat to have him in my movie.
352
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I was criticized for having
Mr. Sulu on Yorktown
353
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just for...
354
00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:38,320
In fact, having. Mr. Sulu.
355
00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:40,479
George is a great actor.
356
00:16:40,479 --> 00:16:43,320
You know, you have
to give him more to do.
357
00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:45,560
Stan is a practical joker.
358
00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:48,440
You don't want to believe Stan
until it actually happens.
359
00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,119
And then he's telling you
George Takei
360
00:16:50,119 --> 00:16:51,759
is gonna be in your film.
361
00:16:51,759 --> 00:16:52,640
I go, "What?"
362
00:16:52,959 --> 00:16:54,359
He finally says,
"You know what? No, it's real."
363
00:16:54,359 --> 00:16:55,479
"Are you sure it's real?"
364
00:16:55,479 --> 00:16:57,119
"Oh, yeah. We got George Takei."
365
00:16:57,119 --> 00:16:59,200
When the original footage
366
00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,680
for Yorktown was made,
367
00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:05,840
George Takei
was actively playing Sulu
368
00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:09,759
and being, you know, well paid
as a Hollywood actor for it.
369
00:17:10,559 --> 00:17:13,279
And a kid asked him,
"Would you be in my film?"
370
00:17:13,559 --> 00:17:16,120
George always
was a role model for me
371
00:17:16,120 --> 00:17:18,120
since I was in the first grade.
372
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He was the only Asian on
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television that I can
relate to.
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00:17:23,559 --> 00:17:27,239
So this is sort of my way
of paying him back.
375
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[electronic dance music playing]
376
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[Woo] At the time,
a man named Michael Woo,
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a distant cousin of mine,
378
00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:42,479
was running
for Los Angeles City Council.
379
00:17:42,479 --> 00:17:45,319
So my dad was volunteering
on the campaign.
380
00:17:45,319 --> 00:17:47,479
He was working,
stuffing the envelopes.
381
00:17:47,479 --> 00:17:51,319
And George Takei
volunteered there, too.
382
00:17:51,319 --> 00:17:54,719
George was passionate
about politics,
383
00:17:54,719 --> 00:17:57,920
and he wanted to support
Michael's campaign.
384
00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:00,959
We were going to a fundraiser
385
00:18:00,959 --> 00:18:05,880
for Michael, and I approached
George at that dinner.
386
00:18:06,519 --> 00:18:09,759
I went to the bar,
got a glass of burgundy.
387
00:18:09,759 --> 00:18:13,039
Hey, how are you doing, George?
I have a burgundy.
388
00:18:13,999 --> 00:18:15,600
And, uh, by the way..."
389
00:18:18,279 --> 00:18:20,840
He seemed like
that passionate young man
390
00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:23,319
who was gonna do it
come hell or high water.
391
00:18:23,319 --> 00:18:25,080
So I thought, yes, okay.
392
00:18:25,519 --> 00:18:28,680
That's not too many sweats
off my back.
393
00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:31,360
Maybe I have
to sweat a little bit.
394
00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:34,519
[Woo] He said, "Sure,"
and gave me the home number.
395
00:18:34,519 --> 00:18:37,440
You know,
things were different in 1985.
396
00:18:57,799 --> 00:19:00,360
Hikaru, have you noticed
the shroud lines?
397
00:19:00,360 --> 00:19:02,880
A drone must have
landed here.
398
00:19:03,239 --> 00:19:06,120
It was strange because
I remember seeing Star Trek
399
00:19:06,120 --> 00:19:08,840
when I was very young on TV.
400
00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:11,759
And then all of a sudden
I see that in the set,
401
00:19:11,759 --> 00:19:15,759
which was fascinating to see
the people really into it.
402
00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:19,440
That they're really putting
their life in there.
403
00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:21,920
No, it was just a way for me
to meet hot chicks.
404
00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:22,959
Ow!
405
00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:26,080
[woman]
Can I terminate you, dear?
406
00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:28,080
"Can I terminate you, dear?"
407
00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:29,719
Where's the medical?
408
00:19:29,719 --> 00:19:31,920
[Goodpaster] Stan, he was
making sure, you know,
409
00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:34,559
everybody was doing good
because it was getting warm.
410
00:19:34,559 --> 00:19:37,559
And a lot of insects
buzzing around there.
411
00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:40,999
It was hot up in the mountains,
uneven ground,
412
00:19:40,999 --> 00:19:43,799
and wearing high-heeled boots.
[chuckles]
413
00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:48,559
[Takei] It's a student film.
414
00:19:48,559 --> 00:19:51,200
You go in knowing
what it's gonna be,
415
00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:53,519
but they're doing their best
416
00:19:53,519 --> 00:19:55,479
and I'm gonna give them
my best.
417
00:19:55,479 --> 00:19:58,519
And it looks like
I was having fun.
418
00:19:58,519 --> 00:20:01,360
♪ Oh, you've been married ♪
419
00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:02,600
♪ Wedded ♪
420
00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:06,080
♪ Matrimonial lives, oh yeah ♪
421
00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:07,239
Uh... [laughs]
422
00:20:07,239 --> 00:20:08,600
Oh. Wait. Cut, cut.
423
00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:10,360
It was so easy
to work with him.
424
00:20:10,360 --> 00:20:11,519
[Woo] Didn't complain.
425
00:20:11,519 --> 00:20:14,360
Maybe the homemade dolly
426
00:20:14,360 --> 00:20:17,039
that we had wasn't going
427
00:20:17,039 --> 00:20:18,840
as smooth as we wanted.
428
00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:21,160
Maybe reflectors falling apart.
429
00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:23,640
What we thought was a disaster,
you know,
430
00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,239
he had his sense of humor,
his laugh.
431
00:20:26,239 --> 00:20:27,080
[chuckling]
432
00:20:28,360 --> 00:20:29,600
[laughs]
433
00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:31,600
He just has this
infectious laugh
434
00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:33,279
which caused me to laugh,
435
00:20:33,279 --> 00:20:34,680
which he thought was funny.
436
00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:36,640
And it just turned
into a vicious circle.
437
00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:39,600
He was very friendly.
He was like a neighbor.
438
00:20:40,120 --> 00:20:44,239
I remember his political views.
We would talk about politics.
439
00:20:44,239 --> 00:20:46,319
He was very open about it.
440
00:20:46,319 --> 00:20:49,680
We were able to have fun.
441
00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:52,880
[Woo] Well, when the flies
were going in my mouth,
442
00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:53,959
George said,
443
00:20:53,959 --> 00:20:57,239
"Oh, showbiz is not
what you expected."
444
00:20:57,239 --> 00:20:59,519
[imitates Takei laugh]
445
00:20:59,799 --> 00:21:02,400
My cheap nickel imitation.
446
00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:04,160
[laughs]
Yeah.
447
00:21:07,719 --> 00:21:09,920
[Takei] I recognize
a little bit of me
448
00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:14,479
when Stan was starting
his project.
449
00:21:14,719 --> 00:21:17,959
I was absolutely
smitten with acting.
450
00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:19,360
The theater.
451
00:21:19,360 --> 00:21:21,640
It's a passion of ours,
452
00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:24,200
and we recognize others
453
00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,200
who share that passion.
454
00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:31,759
From the time
I was in junior high school,
455
00:21:32,039 --> 00:21:34,239
I loved acting.
456
00:21:34,239 --> 00:21:35,880
My parents knew that,
457
00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:37,999
but they tried to guide me
458
00:21:37,999 --> 00:21:43,479
into a more likely to be
successful career path.
459
00:21:43,479 --> 00:21:45,680
But all during that time,
460
00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:47,519
there was that fire
burning in me.
461
00:21:47,519 --> 00:21:49,759
I want to be an actor.
462
00:21:49,759 --> 00:21:53,039
But the path
for an Asian American actor
463
00:21:53,039 --> 00:21:54,799
is not easy.
464
00:21:54,799 --> 00:21:56,600
I think Asian Americans,
465
00:21:57,120 --> 00:22:00,920
since the beginning
of our presence in this country,
466
00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:03,880
have fought to have a voice
467
00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:05,880
or be able
to tell our own story.
468
00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:11,080
We were saddled by
a long history of stereotypes.
469
00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:13,920
There's a lot of horrible,
horrible representations
470
00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:17,519
out there of characters
that are truly just,
471
00:22:17,519 --> 00:22:20,319
you know, in this day and age,
no one would stand for it.
472
00:22:20,319 --> 00:22:22,559
But back then it was okay.
473
00:22:23,559 --> 00:22:24,759
[Takei] Villains.
474
00:22:24,759 --> 00:22:27,360
Clumsy effort, Mr. Bond.
You disappoint me.
475
00:22:27,360 --> 00:22:28,559
[Takei] Comic buffoons.
476
00:22:28,559 --> 00:22:30,239
[screams]
477
00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:33,759
Or the silent servant.
478
00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:35,840
Go inside.
479
00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:37,519
Take it to the station.
480
00:22:37,519 --> 00:22:39,640
Oh!
481
00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:42,279
There's the Asian woman
as Dragon Lady.
482
00:22:42,479 --> 00:22:44,880
Overly sexual, but also, like,
483
00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:47,120
inscrutable
and kind of dangerous.
484
00:22:47,120 --> 00:22:50,319
Chinatown is a den
of opium and vice.
485
00:22:50,319 --> 00:22:51,719
There is Fu Manchu.
486
00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:55,559
The world will hear
from me again.
487
00:22:55,559 --> 00:22:57,559
[Yu] Yellow peril stereotype
488
00:22:57,559 --> 00:22:59,360
representative of sort of
489
00:22:59,360 --> 00:23:01,360
Asia's encroaching power
490
00:23:01,360 --> 00:23:03,279
and gonna take over the West.
491
00:23:03,279 --> 00:23:06,799
You've also got Mr. Yunioshi
in Breakfast at Tiffany's.
492
00:23:06,799 --> 00:23:09,360
Oh, darling, I am sorry,
but I lost my key.
493
00:23:09,559 --> 00:23:11,160
But that was two weeks ago!
494
00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:14,080
You cannot go on
keep ringing my bell!
495
00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:16,080
[Yu] Which is like a white guy,
Mickey Rooney,
496
00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:19,239
made up to look
grotesquely Asian.
497
00:23:19,239 --> 00:23:21,519
Asian representation,
for the most part,
498
00:23:21,519 --> 00:23:25,519
for a long time, was just marked
by absence, by invisibility.
499
00:23:25,519 --> 00:23:26,680
You'll watch, like,
the cop dramas,
500
00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:28,160
and they'll eventually
have an Asian
501
00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,080
playing, either like a detective
or a criminal,
502
00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,999
or something to that effect,
but not in a central role.
503
00:23:32,999 --> 00:23:35,920
Not in a role that allows
people to say, "You know what?
504
00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:37,360
That's an important role.
505
00:23:37,360 --> 00:23:38,840
That's an important role for me.
506
00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:41,920
I could be inspired to do
something like that in my life
507
00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:43,999
because of that role,
because of the way
508
00:23:43,999 --> 00:23:46,080
that this character
is being portrayed."
509
00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:48,799
And that was one of the things
that my father
510
00:23:48,799 --> 00:23:50,400
was very concerned about.
511
00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:54,840
Your casting opportunities
will be very limited,
512
00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:58,959
and the few opportunities
that you're likely to get
513
00:23:58,959 --> 00:24:01,319
are going to be stereotyped.
514
00:24:01,319 --> 00:24:03,680
It's going to be more
of an embarrassment
515
00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,719
than something
that we can be proud of.
516
00:24:06,719 --> 00:24:11,400
You have to be very selective
in what you do,
517
00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:15,400
and that means
you won't be working too much.
518
00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,840
These were the advice
of a father who lived through
519
00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:20,959
that whole other generation
520
00:24:20,959 --> 00:24:23,519
that I did not experience.
521
00:24:23,519 --> 00:24:25,319
[suspenseful music
playing on TV]
522
00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,120
[Yu] America has always
had its hand internationally
523
00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:32,239
in different conflicts,
and so many of that time
524
00:24:32,239 --> 00:24:33,640
it's in Asia, right?
525
00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:35,319
The face of the enemy is...
526
00:24:35,959 --> 00:24:37,080
is Asia.
527
00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:38,559
World War II against Japan.
528
00:24:38,559 --> 00:24:42,440
Korean War against North Korea
and Communist China.
529
00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:44,719
And then Vietnam War
against Vietnamese.
530
00:24:44,719 --> 00:24:46,799
And then the '80s,
the auto trade wars
531
00:24:46,799 --> 00:24:49,840
between the Japanese
auto manufacturers and GM.
532
00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:51,959
The way that has played out
in so many ways
533
00:24:51,959 --> 00:24:54,440
is that the Asian face
is meant to represent
534
00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:56,559
our anxieties about invaders,
535
00:24:56,559 --> 00:24:58,680
our economic anxieties.
536
00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:02,080
You see the way
that American propaganda
537
00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:04,160
has caricaturized Asians
as unclean,
538
00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:07,479
as undignified,
as sort of
539
00:25:07,479 --> 00:25:08,719
inhuman.
540
00:25:09,719 --> 00:25:11,160
You have Asians
541
00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:13,640
who are blamed
for the onset of COVID
542
00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,120
in, you know,
in the United States.
543
00:25:16,120 --> 00:25:19,400
Go back to whatever [bleep]
Asian country you belong in.
544
00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:20,600
Go back to China.
545
00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:21,999
[man]
You said communist China?
546
00:25:21,999 --> 00:25:23,319
Well, isn't that
where you're from?
547
00:25:23,319 --> 00:25:24,840
[man]
No, it's not, motherfucker.
548
00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:26,640
-Where are you from?
-[man] I'm from the US.
549
00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:29,640
Well... Look, I don't wanna
to talk about this anymore.
550
00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:31,680
[man]
Yeah, no shit. You're on camera.
551
00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:35,479
When you have
politicians blaming China,
552
00:25:35,479 --> 00:25:39,920
calling it the kung flu
or the China virus or whatever.
553
00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,559
The invisible enemy,
the China virus.
554
00:25:42,559 --> 00:25:43,519
Wuhan...
555
00:25:43,519 --> 00:25:44,719
Kung flu.
556
00:25:44,719 --> 00:25:46,080
That's a green light
for everyone else.
557
00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:47,479
It trickles down
from there, right?
558
00:25:47,479 --> 00:25:50,440
Anti-Asian violence.
Hate crimes in this country
559
00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:51,640
skyrocket,
560
00:25:51,999 --> 00:25:53,519
tripled in this country
over the last couple of years.
561
00:25:53,519 --> 00:25:55,440
And that's just
the stuff that's reported.
562
00:26:00,239 --> 00:26:04,440
I can guarantee you that any
Asian person that you meet
563
00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:09,160
who's grown up here
has endured some kind of slur...
564
00:26:10,519 --> 00:26:12,559
being mocked for being Asian.
565
00:26:12,559 --> 00:26:15,319
You know, I remember
I was in middle school
566
00:26:15,319 --> 00:26:17,319
and I was
at the bus stop waiting.
567
00:26:17,319 --> 00:26:20,279
And this car pulls up
at the red light.
568
00:26:20,279 --> 00:26:22,799
You know, music's blaring.
It's a group of teenagers.
569
00:26:22,799 --> 00:26:24,319
And as they drive by,
570
00:26:24,319 --> 00:26:26,120
one guy's hanging out
the passenger side.
571
00:26:26,120 --> 00:26:29,039
And he looks at me.
He pulls back his eyes
572
00:26:29,039 --> 00:26:30,959
and he's like,
"Ching-chong, ching-chong."
573
00:26:30,959 --> 00:26:33,080
And they speed off.
574
00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:37,400
That moment happened to me
in five seconds
575
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,239
when I was 12 years old.
576
00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:41,759
I've never forgotten it.
577
00:26:41,759 --> 00:26:43,120
Those guys drove up.
578
00:26:43,120 --> 00:26:45,440
They forgot about it
by the next light.
579
00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,239
Uh, but it has, you know,
is stuck with me
580
00:26:48,239 --> 00:26:49,959
as something that's like, wow,
581
00:26:49,959 --> 00:26:52,039
there really are people here
who don't really see me
582
00:26:52,039 --> 00:26:54,239
as a... I don't know,
583
00:26:54,239 --> 00:26:56,600
regular American human kid,
you know.
584
00:26:57,559 --> 00:26:59,400
At the age of five,
585
00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:03,039
I was incarcerated
by my own country,
586
00:27:03,039 --> 00:27:04,999
the United States,
587
00:27:04,999 --> 00:27:08,239
in a barbwire prison camp
588
00:27:08,239 --> 00:27:11,479
run by the United States
military
589
00:27:11,479 --> 00:27:16,039
in the most desolate places
in the United States.
590
00:27:16,279 --> 00:27:18,880
They were American prison camps
591
00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,600
for people of Japanese ancestry,
592
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:27,080
and we were incarcerated
for only one reason.
593
00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:30,479
The fact that
we looked like the people
594
00:27:30,479 --> 00:27:32,200
that bombed Pearl Harbor.
595
00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:35,799
[Roosevelt]
December 7th, 1941.
596
00:27:35,799 --> 00:27:39,680
A date which will live
in infamy.
597
00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,600
It was a horrific bombing.
598
00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:45,759
Over 2,400 people were killed,
599
00:27:45,759 --> 00:27:48,680
300 aircrafts were destroyed,
600
00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:53,120
and that terror swept across
the country from coast to coast.
601
00:27:53,120 --> 00:27:57,239
Japanese Americans were yelled
at on the street,
602
00:27:57,239 --> 00:27:58,640
spat at,
603
00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:02,360
called ugly, racist names.
604
00:28:02,360 --> 00:28:05,880
My father's car had
three letters painted on it.
605
00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,319
J-A-P. "Jap."
606
00:28:12,039 --> 00:28:16,479
Then Roosevelt signed
Executive Order 9066,
607
00:28:16,479 --> 00:28:18,959
which authorized
the rounding up
608
00:28:18,959 --> 00:28:23,920
of over 120,000
Japanese Americans,
609
00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:25,440
all on the West Coast,
610
00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:29,440
and put them
into barbwire prison camps.
611
00:28:43,719 --> 00:28:45,799
I was a five-year-old child.
612
00:28:45,799 --> 00:28:50,360
My brother and I were standing
by the front window,
613
00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:52,959
just gazing out
at the neighborhood,
614
00:28:52,959 --> 00:28:55,840
and suddenly
we saw two soldiers
615
00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:57,239
marching up our driveway.
616
00:28:57,759 --> 00:29:02,479
They carried rifles
with shiny bayonets on them.
617
00:29:02,479 --> 00:29:07,360
They put the the bayonet
at my father and said,
618
00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:10,559
"Get out of the house.
We have the president's order."
619
00:29:10,559 --> 00:29:12,880
It was terrifying to us.
620
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:13,999
My father
621
00:29:13,999 --> 00:29:16,600
gave my brother
and me a box each
622
00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:18,559
that was tied in twine,
623
00:29:18,559 --> 00:29:22,479
and he hefted
two heavy suitcases.
624
00:29:22,479 --> 00:29:25,200
And we followed him out
onto the driveway.
625
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:26,719
And we stood there
waiting for our mother.
626
00:29:26,719 --> 00:29:30,400
When she came out, she had
our baby sister in one arm,
627
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:32,519
a huge duffle bag in the other,
628
00:29:32,519 --> 00:29:35,600
and tears were streaming
down her cheek.
629
00:29:38,279 --> 00:29:41,759
That morning,
the terror of that morning
630
00:29:41,759 --> 00:29:43,999
is seared into my mind.
631
00:29:43,999 --> 00:29:46,080
I'll never be able to forget it.
632
00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:47,400
[train whistle blows]
633
00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:51,799
We were taken
out to the swamps of Arkansas.
634
00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:56,200
It was a journey of three days
and two nights.
635
00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:57,880
My parents explained it to us
636
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:01,360
as we're going
on a long vacation
637
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:04,120
to the country on a train.
638
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:06,039
And Henry and I were excited.
639
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:08,719
We're going on a long vacation
640
00:30:08,719 --> 00:30:12,559
and a train trip to boot.
641
00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:14,880
We'd never been on a train.
642
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,080
And we saw a soldier
643
00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:19,440
at both ends of each car,
644
00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:22,600
and we thought that was the way
we went on train trips.
645
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:25,640
But I knew what vacations were
646
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:29,080
because we went
on weekend vacations,
647
00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:31,160
and I couldn't understand
why the grown-ups
648
00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:33,600
were all so sober
649
00:30:33,799 --> 00:30:37,400
and some even sniffling.
650
00:30:38,319 --> 00:30:40,920
When we started school
651
00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:44,200
in one of the tar paper
barracks,
652
00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:48,080
I could see the barbwire fence
and the sentry tower
653
00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:51,080
right outside
our schoolhouse window
654
00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:53,400
as I recited the words
655
00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:57,479
"With liberty
and justice for all."
656
00:30:58,039 --> 00:31:02,360
Too young to understand
the stinging irony
657
00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:06,319
in those words
that I feel today.
658
00:31:06,319 --> 00:31:08,559
Liberty and justice for all.
659
00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:14,080
[children chatter indistinctly]
660
00:31:16,719 --> 00:31:18,559
[camera shutters click]
661
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:28,519
We were incarcerated
for almost five years.
662
00:31:30,239 --> 00:31:32,440
[dramatic music playing]
663
00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:17,559
[music fades]
664
00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:25,319
[device warbling]
665
00:32:29,239 --> 00:32:30,680
Sulu to Captain.
666
00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:33,120
Kirk here.
667
00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:34,239
Captain, I was making
668
00:32:34,239 --> 00:32:35,680
a standard magnetic sweep.
669
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:37,400
From zero,
I suddenly got a reading
670
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,039
that was off the scale.
671
00:32:39,039 --> 00:32:40,799
[Takei] When Gene Roddenberry,
672
00:32:40,799 --> 00:32:44,279
at the audition
was describing the show
673
00:32:44,279 --> 00:32:46,200
and the character to me,
674
00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:48,799
I desperately wanted that
675
00:32:48,799 --> 00:32:52,799
because it was
a groundbreaking opportunity
676
00:32:52,799 --> 00:32:54,840
on so many levels.
677
00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:57,200
You see all
the stereotypical imagery
678
00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:59,039
since the beginning of cinema.
679
00:32:59,039 --> 00:33:00,999
That is all informed by the way
680
00:33:00,999 --> 00:33:04,200
that Asians have been
viewed on a political level,
681
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:05,559
on an economic level,
682
00:33:05,559 --> 00:33:07,799
as just unwelcome
and as invaders,
683
00:33:07,799 --> 00:33:09,479
as the foreign enemy.
684
00:33:09,479 --> 00:33:11,559
So when you see that,
685
00:33:11,559 --> 00:33:13,039
and then on the other hand,
you see Star Trek
686
00:33:13,039 --> 00:33:16,080
kind of offering this other
vision of the future,
687
00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:17,640
something like Sulu,
688
00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,680
that goes a long way
towards creating empathy,
689
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:22,600
humanizing somebody, right?
690
00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:24,999
Someone who looks like this
691
00:33:25,279 --> 00:33:27,319
as a part
of the leadership team,
692
00:33:27,519 --> 00:33:30,880
a dynamic member
of the bridge crew.
693
00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:33,279
When you see
a character like George
694
00:33:33,279 --> 00:33:35,239
as Sulu making these decisions,
695
00:33:35,239 --> 00:33:37,440
being part
of the centralized story
696
00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:39,920
and having an effect
on the narrative,
697
00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:41,479
as a young Asian man,
698
00:33:41,479 --> 00:33:44,440
like in my 8-to-10 year-old age,
699
00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:45,959
that's important, you know?
700
00:33:45,959 --> 00:33:48,559
That's something that I'm like,
"That could be me."
701
00:33:50,319 --> 00:33:52,279
[Yu]
He got to drive the Enterprise,
702
00:33:52,279 --> 00:33:53,920
which was the coolest thing.
703
00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:57,719
But the thing that actually
I remember most is his voice.
704
00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:00,120
Mr. Spock, here's something.
705
00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:03,239
There seems to be
a radiated energy pulsation
706
00:34:03,239 --> 00:34:04,759
coming from the planet.
707
00:34:04,759 --> 00:34:05,959
He had no accent.
708
00:34:05,959 --> 00:34:07,959
He had no discernible,
709
00:34:07,959 --> 00:34:11,879
uh, stereotypical Asian accent.
710
00:34:11,879 --> 00:34:15,279
Uh, and that, for me,
711
00:34:15,279 --> 00:34:17,359
was kind of mind-blowing.
712
00:34:17,359 --> 00:34:19,239
It's like, wait a minute,
where's that chop-socky,
713
00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:21,040
you know, Chinese food
delivery guy accent?
714
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:22,120
He doesn't have that.
-
715
00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:23,480
Chekhov has an accent.
716
00:34:23,839 --> 00:34:25,120
This is vodka.
717
00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:26,480
You know, Scotty has an accent.
718
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:27,759
And I doubt if anyone
has ever told you
719
00:34:27,759 --> 00:34:30,520
of the marvelous fogs
we have in Aberdeen.
720
00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:33,560
And so it's interesting
that they chose to depict
721
00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:36,239
an Asian man very prominently,
722
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:39,000
you know,
without sort of the thing
723
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:40,480
that has, you know,
724
00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:42,000
stripped some Asian actors
725
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:43,600
of their dignity, really.
726
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,279
Oh, no more yanky my wanky.
727
00:34:46,279 --> 00:34:48,399
The Donger need food.
728
00:34:48,399 --> 00:34:50,799
Broken English,
unable to communicate properly.
729
00:34:50,799 --> 00:34:54,080
That is not there
at all with Sulu.
730
00:34:54,279 --> 00:34:56,640
Fencing tones the muscle,
731
00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:58,839
sharpens the eye,
improves the posture.
732
00:34:58,839 --> 00:35:03,040
In the episode "Naked Time,"
George was originally supposed
733
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,080
to wield a samurai sword.
734
00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:06,640
And to George he thought,
735
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:09,439
well, I am not
"Japanese" Japanese.
736
00:35:09,439 --> 00:35:11,439
I'm Japanese American.
737
00:35:11,439 --> 00:35:14,359
I'd rather have a fencing foil.
How's that?
738
00:35:19,399 --> 00:35:24,640
And for him to say
something like that in 1966,
739
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:26,239
when he was the only...
740
00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:29,040
Or really the first Asian
741
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:30,520
in a non-stereotypical role,
742
00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:32,279
he could have easily said,
743
00:35:32,279 --> 00:35:33,799
"Yep, I'll do...
I'll toe the line.
744
00:35:33,799 --> 00:35:36,080
I'll do exactly
what you want me to do.
745
00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:37,520
I'll... I'll wield the sword.
746
00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:39,239
You want me
to put on the helmet, too?
747
00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:40,160
I'll wear that.
748
00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:41,040
How about the armor?
749
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:41,919
I'll go with that."
750
00:35:41,919 --> 00:35:42,960
No, he said, "Nope."
751
00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:45,040
Stand.
752
00:35:45,919 --> 00:35:47,799
No, farther.
753
00:35:47,799 --> 00:35:51,279
Here we got George Takei
as Sulu in "The Naked Time."
754
00:35:51,279 --> 00:35:52,839
Probably
the second-most-famous
755
00:35:52,839 --> 00:35:56,000
shirtless Asian man
in cinema history.
756
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:57,839
The first being Bruce Lee.
757
00:35:58,040 --> 00:35:59,359
That's... You know,
758
00:35:59,359 --> 00:36:01,040
that's iconic.
759
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:03,640
I mean, Asians,
especially Asian men,
760
00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:07,520
have historically been
portrayed as meek, mild.
761
00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:10,520
And so for Sulu
to be just so out there,
762
00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:12,200
it was a revelation for me.
763
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:15,120
[Wang] I'd watch that show
and watch him sit there.
764
00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:17,000
"Warp eight, warp nine."
765
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:18,960
And then you're sitting there
thinking, "Yeah!
766
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:22,279
This guy's doing something,
and he looks like me."
767
00:36:22,279 --> 00:36:23,879
And that was so important.
768
00:36:24,319 --> 00:36:26,480
It allowed me to dream
more than I think
769
00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:30,279
that most young Asian men
at my age did.
770
00:36:30,279 --> 00:36:31,640
You know, like, oh,
771
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:33,160
I don't get to see
myself represented
772
00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:34,560
on screen all that much,
773
00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:37,080
but in the future,
in this future...
774
00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:40,319
there's a place for me there.
775
00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:42,399
Just what the doctor ordered.
776
00:36:42,399 --> 00:36:44,719
I'll fight them every way
and any way I can.
777
00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:46,520
[Kirk] Mr. Sulu,
warp factor eight.
778
00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:47,680
Aye, aye, sir.
779
00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:52,759
[celestial music fades]
780
00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:56,799
[man] Action.
781
00:36:57,960 --> 00:36:59,279
[grunts]
782
00:36:59,279 --> 00:37:01,839
[suspenseful music]
783
00:37:03,279 --> 00:37:04,839
[both grunt]
784
00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:10,680
[music builds]
785
00:37:40,759 --> 00:37:43,439
[Eugene] I think it's incredible
that George agreed
786
00:37:43,439 --> 00:37:44,600
to be a part of it.
787
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:46,839
Most actors, I think, would...
788
00:37:46,839 --> 00:37:50,399
I don't want to say scoff at it,
but certainly turn it down
789
00:37:50,399 --> 00:37:54,680
because they're already
making money,
790
00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:57,839
and this could be harmful
to the career
791
00:37:57,839 --> 00:38:00,399
if it came out
and was a bad movie.
792
00:38:00,759 --> 00:38:03,919
I believe in someone who loves
793
00:38:03,919 --> 00:38:06,879
what he's doing passionately.
794
00:38:06,879 --> 00:38:11,040
And when I see that kind
of driving desire
795
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:12,160
to do something,
796
00:38:12,399 --> 00:38:14,439
and to do something
as preposterous
797
00:38:14,439 --> 00:38:19,239
as making a film
out of their own pockets,
798
00:38:19,239 --> 00:38:20,520
I admire that.
799
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:22,319
I knew that my agent
800
00:38:22,319 --> 00:38:25,279
would not approve.
801
00:38:25,279 --> 00:38:26,719
Student films don't pay.
802
00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:29,239
You do it out of the goodness
of your heart.
803
00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:31,160
So if anything,
804
00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:34,879
he discouraged
doing that kind of film
805
00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:37,919
because he said it makes it
that much more difficult
806
00:38:37,919 --> 00:38:41,000
for him to get better pay
from the studios
807
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:44,759
if they know
that you'll work for free.
808
00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:48,600
But here was Stan,
an Asian American
809
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:51,399
who knows
that the opportunities
810
00:38:51,399 --> 00:38:53,879
are gonna be challenging.
811
00:38:53,879 --> 00:38:56,719
And he still wanted to do it.
812
00:38:56,719 --> 00:39:00,359
And I thought,
well, if I can help him along,
813
00:39:00,359 --> 00:39:01,520
I'll do it.
814
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:03,560
[laughing]
815
00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:05,160
All right, you got it, then.
816
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:07,439
You got a good long speech
coming up.
817
00:39:07,439 --> 00:39:09,000
[man] Go ahead, George.
818
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,399
They say Sunday's
a day of rest.
819
00:39:11,399 --> 00:39:13,080
Today is Sunday.
820
00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:17,120
I found this so wonderfully
stimulatingly restful.
821
00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:20,839
It was... I really enjoyed it.
Working with good people.
822
00:39:20,839 --> 00:39:22,640
People who were enthusiastic
823
00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:24,839
and really concerned
about doing a good job.
824
00:39:24,839 --> 00:39:26,839
People that enjoyed themselves.
825
00:39:26,839 --> 00:39:29,319
That's what, you know,
this is all about, really.
826
00:39:29,319 --> 00:39:30,759
And I enjoyed your company.
827
00:39:30,759 --> 00:39:33,120
I know that this is gonna
be a great success.
828
00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:36,680
As we say in Starfleet
or on Vulcan,
829
00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:39,960
may you all live long
and prosper.
830
00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:41,279
[all] Yeah!
831
00:39:41,279 --> 00:39:43,399
[applause]
832
00:39:43,719 --> 00:39:45,319
[Woo] We had George,
833
00:39:45,319 --> 00:39:47,960
and I thought the film was, uh,
834
00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:49,560
a little bit lopsided
at that point.
835
00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:50,960
I wanted to balance it out.
836
00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:54,839
So maybe I want
to get another talent in there.
837
00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:59,040
We thought about using
an Admiral Nogura.
838
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:03,279
Admiral Nogura was a character
mentioned in Star Trek,
839
00:40:03,279 --> 00:40:06,480
but he was never
actually shown on screen.
840
00:40:06,839 --> 00:40:09,799
Kirk is in the the tram station
and he goes,
841
00:40:09,799 --> 00:40:12,520
"I'm on the way to a meeting
with Admiral Nogura."
842
00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:14,279
[Kirk] I'm on my way to a
meeting with Admiral Nogura,
843
00:40:14,279 --> 00:40:16,160
which will not last
more than three minutes.
844
00:40:16,520 --> 00:40:18,080
[Woo] They cut out the meeting
845
00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:21,200
and just went straight
to the space complex
846
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:23,239
where he beamed up to.
847
00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:24,600
I was disappointed.
848
00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:28,239
We were hungry for more
Asian characters.
849
00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:33,120
We heard Nogura
and we wanted Nogura.
850
00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:38,919
♪ You are beautiful ♪
851
00:40:38,919 --> 00:40:40,279
[Woo] James Shigeta
852
00:40:40,279 --> 00:40:44,759
was a classic
Japanese American actor,
853
00:40:44,759 --> 00:40:48,439
and I thought he would
be a perfect Nogura.
854
00:40:48,439 --> 00:40:50,680
A lot of people will probably
remember James Shigeta
855
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:53,000
as Takagi in Die Hard.
856
00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:58,279
Mr. Takagi, I'm really not
interested in your computer.
857
00:40:58,879 --> 00:41:01,839
But of a certain era,
James Shigeta,
858
00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:06,520
for a minute,
was like the Asian leading man.
859
00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:08,680
He was one of the pioneers.
860
00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:15,000
Um, as far as interracial
marriages or romances.
861
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,120
What can I expect from you?
862
00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:19,839
Everything.
863
00:41:21,359 --> 00:41:22,759
Because I love you.
864
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:27,399
[Wing] I think it might
have caused people
865
00:41:27,399 --> 00:41:30,279
to look at intermarriages
866
00:41:30,279 --> 00:41:31,759
in a different way.
867
00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:34,480
I know he was
very proud of that.
868
00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:36,080
Oh, hi, native.
869
00:41:36,279 --> 00:41:38,080
Welcome back to Paradise.
870
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:40,799
[Woo] You see James Shigeta in
Paradise, Hawaiian Style.
871
00:41:40,799 --> 00:41:43,399
It's like you're a little kid,
and you say,
872
00:41:43,399 --> 00:41:45,040
"Oh, I would like him
to be my big brother"
873
00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:47,239
kind of thing.
You know, it's like some people,
874
00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:49,319
they want to be a Brady
or something, you know,
875
00:41:49,319 --> 00:41:51,759
on The Brady Bunch,
be part of that family.
876
00:41:51,759 --> 00:41:53,160
But... Yeah.
877
00:41:53,359 --> 00:41:55,439
[man] Scene nine. Take one.
878
00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:58,399
[director] Action.
879
00:41:58,919 --> 00:42:01,000
We've been sending
surveillance devices
880
00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:02,480
into their space for some time,
881
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:05,839
which, you know, is a treaty
violation on our part.
882
00:42:05,839 --> 00:42:08,040
The drone would be evidence
of that violation.
883
00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:11,480
Exactly.
Your mission is not to recover,
884
00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:13,799
but to destroy that evidence.
885
00:42:13,799 --> 00:42:16,200
Your crew has been notified
to resume duty.
886
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:18,759
Oh, the Star Trek film?
Oh, my God.
887
00:42:18,759 --> 00:42:19,919
[laughs]
888
00:42:19,919 --> 00:42:22,160
Why the fuck did you do that?
889
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:24,000
Yorktown will have to run
her new engines
890
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:25,719
under actual conditions.
891
00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:28,359
[laughs] I know that face.
892
00:42:28,919 --> 00:42:32,399
He had never said
he did this film.
893
00:42:32,839 --> 00:42:35,799
And I'm not exactly sure
why he did it.
894
00:42:35,799 --> 00:42:38,799
[Yu] This kid,
basically this Star Trek fan,
895
00:42:38,799 --> 00:42:40,120
asking this Hollywood
superstar...
896
00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:42,439
In my eyes,
he's a Hollywood superstar.
897
00:42:42,439 --> 00:42:44,680
Like, how did they get him?
898
00:42:44,919 --> 00:42:48,480
[indistinct chatter]
899
00:42:48,719 --> 00:42:52,319
[Woo] I went out to his
personal manager, Ruth Birch.
900
00:42:54,439 --> 00:42:55,520
And...
901
00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:58,439
Hey, when's Jimmy available?
902
00:42:58,439 --> 00:42:59,719
And she'll say,
903
00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:01,759
"Rome wasn't built in a day."
904
00:43:02,520 --> 00:43:04,560
And then she said,
you know, I can't get a copy
905
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:05,960
of a United Airlines commercial
906
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:07,560
Jimmy just appeared in.
907
00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:09,439
Then I had a contact.
908
00:43:09,439 --> 00:43:13,480
I think her name was
Teddy Wilson over at KABC.
909
00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:16,439
And she was able to get me
the broadcast schedule
910
00:43:16,439 --> 00:43:20,279
approximately when
the United Airlines commercial
911
00:43:20,279 --> 00:43:24,719
was gonna air,
so I set the Betamax
912
00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:26,239
at the time to record
913
00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:27,879
that United Airlines
commercial.
914
00:43:27,879 --> 00:43:30,520
Then I brought that
over to Ruth.
915
00:43:30,839 --> 00:43:34,759
Uh, not too long after that,
she said,
916
00:43:34,759 --> 00:43:36,799
"Hey, Jimmy's available,"
you know.
917
00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:52,719
Well, there seemed to be
918
00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:55,359
an Asian name
that was producing it,
919
00:43:55,359 --> 00:43:58,919
and I believe that might have
had something to do with it.
920
00:43:58,919 --> 00:44:02,160
I think Jimmy was overall
a nice guy, you know.
921
00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:05,080
And maybe Ruth
talked him into it.
922
00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:06,359
I don't know
behind the scenes.
923
00:44:06,359 --> 00:44:07,759
I'm just happy
924
00:44:07,759 --> 00:44:09,640
he appeared in the film.
925
00:44:09,640 --> 00:44:11,719
You know, the Asian American
community in Hollywood,
926
00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:13,160
very small at that time.
927
00:44:13,359 --> 00:44:15,439
You know, when someone
is trying to make it,
928
00:44:15,439 --> 00:44:17,960
you would hope
that someone who has some
929
00:44:17,960 --> 00:44:21,239
degree of heat to their name
is reaching back
930
00:44:21,239 --> 00:44:24,480
and helping as opposed to being
in it for themselves, you know?
931
00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:27,680
[Wing] He felt very close
to his roots.
932
00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:30,279
He was being supportive.
933
00:44:30,279 --> 00:44:32,200
And he is always supportive.
934
00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:35,160
You know,
he's a little devil, but
935
00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:36,120
[laughs]
936
00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:39,439
he was a very
supportive person.
937
00:44:39,439 --> 00:44:41,480
[dramatic music playing]
938
00:44:48,279 --> 00:44:52,000
He's one of the good people
that went too soon.
939
00:45:00,839 --> 00:45:03,200
[indistinct chatter
and laughter]
940
00:45:04,759 --> 00:45:07,520
Don't touch it!
941
00:45:09,799 --> 00:45:12,960
[indistinct chatter
and laughter]
942
00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:25,040
Sake's not my usual cup of tea,
943
00:45:25,399 --> 00:45:27,600
but after what we've been
through.
944
00:45:27,839 --> 00:45:29,319
We'll have sherry.
945
00:45:30,239 --> 00:45:31,919
[laughs]
946
00:45:37,919 --> 00:45:39,439
[laughing]
947
00:45:42,759 --> 00:45:44,200
Oh, my God.
948
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:54,239
We're not laughing at you,
James.
949
00:45:54,239 --> 00:45:55,759
We're laughing with you.
950
00:45:55,759 --> 00:45:57,200
[laughs]
951
00:45:57,839 --> 00:46:00,200
I would love to watch
this with him.
952
00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:01,960
Would that be funny?
953
00:46:02,160 --> 00:46:03,680
Oh, my goodness.
954
00:46:05,319 --> 00:46:07,239
[director]
What do you think he'd say?
955
00:46:08,399 --> 00:46:12,200
"Darling, I was
very good in that."
956
00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:16,399
Oh, my God.
957
00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:19,759
[indistinct chatter
and laughter]
958
00:46:27,879 --> 00:46:30,480
[Woo]
My dad financed the film then,
959
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:32,960
and I'm not sure
if he even knew
960
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:34,439
we were making
a Star Trek film.
961
00:46:34,439 --> 00:46:36,120
He just knew
we were making a movie.
962
00:46:36,120 --> 00:46:37,520
You know.
963
00:46:38,120 --> 00:46:41,000
My father's first language
is Cantonese,
964
00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:44,600
and he didn't understand some
of the concepts in Star Trek,
965
00:46:44,600 --> 00:46:47,279
and maybe that's why
he was interested in it.
966
00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:49,759
[indistinct chatter]
967
00:46:50,080 --> 00:46:52,960
I think my dad,
at least conservatively,
968
00:46:52,960 --> 00:46:55,359
invested at least 10,000.
969
00:46:55,359 --> 00:46:58,319
I don't know.
It's like little bits.
970
00:46:58,319 --> 00:47:00,600
You know,
he would buy film here.
971
00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:01,839
You know, I needed this.
972
00:47:01,839 --> 00:47:03,000
And, you know,
973
00:47:03,279 --> 00:47:04,919
he'll write a check for it.
974
00:47:04,919 --> 00:47:06,919
Imagine, you wouldn't
have been here
975
00:47:06,919 --> 00:47:10,399
if not for Catherine's death.
976
00:47:10,839 --> 00:47:12,160
[man] I think that was perfect.
977
00:47:12,160 --> 00:47:13,359
Yeah, that was perfect.
978
00:47:13,359 --> 00:47:15,080
-[man laughing] Yeah!
-You think so?
979
00:47:15,080 --> 00:47:16,600
-[man] Yeah!
-It feels awkward.
980
00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:18,439
[Woo]
I think I was concentrating
981
00:47:18,439 --> 00:47:21,279
on how to do the
post production and so forth,
982
00:47:21,279 --> 00:47:25,239
and just got obsessed
with the film.
983
00:47:25,239 --> 00:47:28,279
And I was studying marketing
at Cal State LA,
984
00:47:28,279 --> 00:47:32,080
and when the film
started affecting
985
00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:35,239
my grades in the other areas,
986
00:47:35,239 --> 00:47:37,439
then my dad just said,
you know,
987
00:47:37,439 --> 00:47:39,319
the film has to stop.
988
00:47:39,319 --> 00:47:42,480
You gotta, you know,
finish college, you know.
989
00:47:42,480 --> 00:47:44,839
It was like...
It was like cold turkey.
990
00:47:44,839 --> 00:47:46,200
It was like, yeah.
991
00:47:46,439 --> 00:47:49,640
Uh, it was hard to tell my...
you know, my friends
992
00:47:49,640 --> 00:47:51,960
that, uh, I have to stop,
you know.
993
00:47:51,960 --> 00:47:53,359
ABC.
994
00:47:53,359 --> 00:47:55,719
I put all the footage
995
00:47:55,719 --> 00:47:59,759
into this Paramount
duffle bag.
996
00:48:00,480 --> 00:48:03,239
I threw it somewhere in,
I think, the spare bedroom.
997
00:48:03,239 --> 00:48:05,600
Then I think my mom
moved it or something,
998
00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:09,640
and it disappeared, and I wasn't
really working on it anyway.
999
00:48:09,919 --> 00:48:12,640
And I said,
"Maybe it'll turn up."
1000
00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:14,520
[Han]
So somewhere along the way,
1001
00:48:14,520 --> 00:48:16,239
he told me he lost the film.
1002
00:48:16,239 --> 00:48:17,560
He lost everything.
1003
00:48:17,560 --> 00:48:21,200
And I'll be honest
with you, um...
1004
00:48:22,439 --> 00:48:24,600
I was emotionally devastated.
1005
00:48:24,600 --> 00:48:26,359
You know, I spent four years
working on this film,
1006
00:48:26,359 --> 00:48:29,200
developing it for us,
1007
00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:31,000
and you lose it. Okay.
1008
00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:33,439
The film was lost for years.
1009
00:48:33,439 --> 00:48:35,919
It was just like somewhere
in my parents' house,
1010
00:48:35,919 --> 00:48:40,200
and they put their clutter
on top of my clutter.
1011
00:48:40,200 --> 00:48:42,839
And I had other things
to think about
1012
00:48:42,839 --> 00:48:45,879
like, you know,
getting my grades back up.
1013
00:48:45,879 --> 00:48:48,520
Yeah, life just got in the way,
1014
00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:51,919
and that's why the film
went kind of dark after that.
1015
00:48:52,319 --> 00:48:54,480
Imagine, you wouldn't
have been here
1016
00:48:54,480 --> 00:48:57,879
if not for
Captain Von Ryan's death.
1017
00:48:58,239 --> 00:48:59,919
And now it looks like
all he needs
1018
00:48:59,919 --> 00:49:01,759
is a little bit more time...
1019
00:49:01,759 --> 00:49:02,919
[audio croaks out]
1020
00:49:02,919 --> 00:49:04,680
[projector buzzes]
1021
00:49:08,759 --> 00:49:11,640
[upbeat music playing]
1022
00:49:23,480 --> 00:49:24,560
Hi.
1023
00:49:24,839 --> 00:49:27,279
[Woo] I don't...
I never really, you know,
1024
00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:30,399
got into that that lifestyle
1025
00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:32,319
at the conventions.
1026
00:49:32,319 --> 00:49:34,839
I was just a casual fan,
you know?
1027
00:49:37,319 --> 00:49:38,960
[Wang]
So what a convention is, uh,
1028
00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:42,359
is basically we're in
the vendors' area right now.
1029
00:49:42,359 --> 00:49:45,239
So there are people
selling collectibles.
1030
00:49:45,239 --> 00:49:47,799
And there's also things
like panels,
1031
00:49:47,799 --> 00:49:50,600
a group of actors
or maybe a single actor.
1032
00:49:50,600 --> 00:49:52,680
This is our first
Star Trek convention.
1033
00:49:52,680 --> 00:49:54,759
We've done other, like,
Comic-Con type things,
1034
00:49:54,759 --> 00:49:56,560
but this is our first
Star Trek.
1035
00:49:56,560 --> 00:49:58,000
Seeing it live,
and the amount of people,
1036
00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:02,200
like, how crowded it is,
it's like, holy shit, it's big.
1037
00:50:02,399 --> 00:50:05,359
Nothing in pop culture
had affected people
1038
00:50:05,359 --> 00:50:07,359
on this kind of a scale before.
1039
00:50:07,359 --> 00:50:08,680
We didn't have these buzzwords.
1040
00:50:08,680 --> 00:50:10,879
We didn't have
cinematic universe.
1041
00:50:10,879 --> 00:50:13,120
We didn't have
all these labels for things.
1042
00:50:13,120 --> 00:50:15,359
Star Trek was inventing them.
And then eventually,
1043
00:50:15,359 --> 00:50:17,640
other media franchises got big.
1044
00:50:17,640 --> 00:50:20,680
And suddenly, Comic-Cons
were not just old guys
1045
00:50:20,680 --> 00:50:23,120
going through dusty boxes
of comic books.
1046
00:50:23,120 --> 00:50:24,839
Pop culture went viral
because of that.
1047
00:50:24,839 --> 00:50:27,439
If you trace that line
all the way back
1048
00:50:27,439 --> 00:50:30,279
to the roots,
it's Star Trek.
1049
00:50:31,200 --> 00:50:32,439
Ah!
1050
00:50:32,719 --> 00:50:35,759
I find that most fans
that come to conventions,
1051
00:50:35,759 --> 00:50:39,080
they initially come
to see the actors and whatnot,
1052
00:50:39,080 --> 00:50:42,960
but they come back to see
the friends they've met here,
1053
00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:46,160
the people that are
cut from the same cloth.
1054
00:50:46,160 --> 00:50:47,960
Birds of the same feather.
1055
00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:50,520
How many more analogies
can I go through here?
1056
00:50:50,520 --> 00:50:54,080
The energy
is love and kindness.
1057
00:50:54,080 --> 00:50:56,600
Live long and prosper.
1058
00:50:56,600 --> 00:50:59,520
The friendships you form,
that's so impactful,
1059
00:50:59,520 --> 00:51:01,080
so lifelong, so strong.
1060
00:51:01,080 --> 00:51:02,279
[laughing]
1061
00:51:02,520 --> 00:51:05,279
I remembered all my girlfriends
that used to say,
1062
00:51:05,279 --> 00:51:07,279
"Where are all the good guys?"
1063
00:51:07,480 --> 00:51:09,839
I found them all. They're here.
1064
00:51:11,879 --> 00:51:14,080
Do you know the meaning
of the word Trekkie?
1065
00:51:14,080 --> 00:51:17,040
It's a word that describes
25 million Americans,
1066
00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:18,359
the huge cult following
1067
00:51:18,359 --> 00:51:20,799
of the old science fiction
TV series,
1068
00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:22,439
Star Trek.
1069
00:51:22,439 --> 00:51:25,040
Ten years after it went
off national TV,
1070
00:51:25,040 --> 00:51:29,239
the enthusiasm and number
of Trekkies kept growing.
1071
00:51:29,239 --> 00:51:31,160
I grew up wanting
to be an astronaut.
1072
00:51:31,160 --> 00:51:33,759
Okay, in Star Trek,
you saw that this was possible,
1073
00:51:33,759 --> 00:51:35,439
that people will live in space.
1074
00:51:35,439 --> 00:51:37,759
[Lao] This fandom
has existed for 56 years
1075
00:51:37,759 --> 00:51:40,000
in different permutations
in different series.
1076
00:51:40,200 --> 00:51:43,000
From, like,
the mid-1990s to 2005,
1077
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:45,239
you had almost three series
on at the same time.
1078
00:51:45,239 --> 00:51:47,839
Deep Space Nine, Voyager,
and then you had Enterprise,
1079
00:51:47,839 --> 00:51:50,439
then you had the TOS movies,
then you had the TNG movies.
1080
00:51:50,439 --> 00:51:51,960
That's a lot of Star Trek.
1081
00:51:51,960 --> 00:51:54,239
And then you go
from series to series to series,
1082
00:51:54,239 --> 00:51:55,560
and people
are starting to find
1083
00:51:55,560 --> 00:51:57,279
different parts
of representation.
1084
00:51:57,279 --> 00:52:00,640
Sisko, the first
African American captain.
1085
00:52:00,640 --> 00:52:02,080
I want to know
why the Federation is willing
1086
00:52:02,080 --> 00:52:03,439
to risk a war with the Romulans
1087
00:52:03,439 --> 00:52:05,239
to form an alliance
with a group of people
1088
00:52:05,239 --> 00:52:07,239
that we hardly know
and barely trust!
1089
00:52:07,239 --> 00:52:08,919
Janeway, the first
female captain.
1090
00:52:08,919 --> 00:52:11,040
I don't like being
addressed as sir.
1091
00:52:11,239 --> 00:52:13,359
I'm sorry, ma'am.
1092
00:52:13,680 --> 00:52:15,319
Ma'am is acceptable
in a crunch,
1093
00:52:15,319 --> 00:52:16,919
but I prefer captain.
1094
00:52:16,919 --> 00:52:19,319
[Wang] I played the role
of Ensign Harry Kim,
1095
00:52:19,319 --> 00:52:21,239
the operations
and communications officer
1096
00:52:21,239 --> 00:52:23,160
on Star Trek Voyager.
1097
00:52:23,160 --> 00:52:24,680
I did not think
1098
00:52:24,680 --> 00:52:27,359
that I was basically
the George Takei,
1099
00:52:27,359 --> 00:52:29,879
the Sulu for my generation
1100
00:52:29,879 --> 00:52:31,960
of Asian Americans
growing up.
1101
00:52:31,960 --> 00:52:34,839
I didn't understand that until
I started getting fan mail.
1102
00:52:34,839 --> 00:52:37,399
Multiple pages of telling me
about the hardships
1103
00:52:37,399 --> 00:52:41,480
that they had endured,
and that really seeing me
1104
00:52:41,480 --> 00:52:44,279
made them feel empowered.
1105
00:52:44,279 --> 00:52:45,879
My name is Christina Chong,
1106
00:52:45,879 --> 00:52:49,040
and I play La'an Noonien-Singh
on Strange New Worlds.
1107
00:52:49,040 --> 00:52:52,000
Captain Pike. I've been assigned
as acting first officer.
1108
00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:55,480
I've had a few messages
from mothers, fathers
1109
00:52:55,480 --> 00:52:58,000
who've said a similar
thing that their children,
1110
00:52:58,000 --> 00:52:59,879
you know, watching me.
1111
00:52:59,879 --> 00:53:03,680
And even not just being Asian,
being of mixed descent,
1112
00:53:03,680 --> 00:53:08,160
has been so inspiring for them
to see themselves portrayed.
1113
00:53:08,160 --> 00:53:11,839
My name is Alexander Siddig,
and I play Dr. Julian Bashir
1114
00:53:11,839 --> 00:53:13,439
on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
1115
00:53:13,640 --> 00:53:15,279
We can't just
leave these people.
1116
00:53:15,279 --> 00:53:16,600
They need our help.
1117
00:53:16,600 --> 00:53:19,120
[Siddig]
There was no inference at all
1118
00:53:19,120 --> 00:53:21,279
to the race of Bashir
1119
00:53:21,279 --> 00:53:22,640
because I don't really like
1120
00:53:22,640 --> 00:53:24,640
my ethnicity
to be front and center.
1121
00:53:24,640 --> 00:53:28,399
I don't want my color
to walk in the room before I do.
1122
00:53:28,399 --> 00:53:29,600
So I was really relieved
1123
00:53:29,600 --> 00:53:31,879
that he didn't have
an Arabic accent
1124
00:53:31,879 --> 00:53:34,560
or they didn't have me pray.
1125
00:53:34,759 --> 00:53:38,719
You know, the amount of times
I've prayed on TV...
1126
00:53:38,719 --> 00:53:40,839
So I was relieved not to be
1127
00:53:40,839 --> 00:53:43,600
intrinsically Arab
or Middle Eastern,
1128
00:53:43,600 --> 00:53:46,759
but it was clear
to people that he was.
1129
00:53:46,759 --> 00:53:51,040
And if you can introduce
the Arabs,
1130
00:53:51,040 --> 00:53:53,279
um, to someone
1131
00:53:53,279 --> 00:53:55,600
who likes your character,
1132
00:53:55,600 --> 00:53:57,520
they're one step closer
to liking a bunch
1133
00:53:57,520 --> 00:53:59,719
of other people, too,
who look like you.
1134
00:53:59,719 --> 00:54:01,120
My name is Ian Alexander.
1135
00:54:01,120 --> 00:54:03,600
I play Gray Tal
on Star Trek: Discovery.
1136
00:54:03,600 --> 00:54:05,279
She registered
the problem on Deck 17
1137
00:54:05,279 --> 00:54:07,040
before it breached the hull.
1138
00:54:07,040 --> 00:54:09,919
Gray is a really bright,
wonderful young person,
1139
00:54:09,919 --> 00:54:11,839
and he also happens
to be transgender.
1140
00:54:11,839 --> 00:54:13,799
My parents are huge Trekkies,
1141
00:54:13,799 --> 00:54:17,399
so we watch, like,
Next Gen as a family.
1142
00:54:17,399 --> 00:54:20,640
And I love how there's like
an episode about, you know,
1143
00:54:20,640 --> 00:54:23,040
they go to a planet
where people are genderless
1144
00:54:23,040 --> 00:54:26,160
and it's kind of the first,
like nonbinary representation
1145
00:54:26,160 --> 00:54:27,839
that was on the show.
1146
00:54:27,839 --> 00:54:29,600
So the subtext has definitely
always been there,
1147
00:54:29,600 --> 00:54:32,040
and I'm glad that now
the subtext is real text,
1148
00:54:32,040 --> 00:54:34,919
and it's able to be explicitly
talked about and say, yes,
1149
00:54:34,919 --> 00:54:36,640
this character is nonbinary.
1150
00:54:36,640 --> 00:54:38,160
Yes, this character is trans.
1151
00:54:38,160 --> 00:54:40,200
The representation is starting
to become more granular,
1152
00:54:40,200 --> 00:54:42,239
and people are saying
"That could be me,"
1153
00:54:42,239 --> 00:54:45,000
or, "That could be me,"
or, "That could be me."
1154
00:54:49,080 --> 00:54:51,200
[Ahmed] I don't know if you know
what cosplay is.
1155
00:54:51,200 --> 00:54:53,520
It's where we dress up
in characters
1156
00:54:53,520 --> 00:54:54,640
from our beloved fandoms.
1157
00:54:54,640 --> 00:54:56,120
-Pickard.
-Pike.
1158
00:54:56,120 --> 00:54:57,480
I am Seven of Nine.
1159
00:54:57,480 --> 00:54:59,560
Shari yn Yem from Lower Decks.
1160
00:54:59,560 --> 00:55:01,960
I love how hard everyone goes.
1161
00:55:01,960 --> 00:55:04,520
It is not a costume.
It is a uniform.
1162
00:55:04,759 --> 00:55:08,239
I have been told
by fellow trekkers
1163
00:55:08,239 --> 00:55:10,359
that I look naturally
1164
00:55:10,759 --> 00:55:12,520
like a Talosian.
1165
00:55:12,759 --> 00:55:15,480
I am cosplaying Sulu
1166
00:55:15,680 --> 00:55:19,000
from the Original Series
episode "The Naked Time."
1167
00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:22,040
Hikaru Sulu
in his civilian outfit.
1168
00:55:22,040 --> 00:55:24,239
He eventually becomes
captain of the Excelsior,
1169
00:55:24,239 --> 00:55:27,160
and I love saying, "Oh my."
1170
00:55:27,160 --> 00:55:28,799
It's a lot of fun
to go out in costume.
1171
00:55:28,799 --> 00:55:30,439
We do get some looks,
1172
00:55:30,439 --> 00:55:31,680
especially when
you're by yourself
1173
00:55:31,680 --> 00:55:33,040
and go to the grocery store
1174
00:55:33,040 --> 00:55:35,239
right after an event.
Its happened.
1175
00:55:35,239 --> 00:55:36,600
A lot of people just...
1176
00:55:36,600 --> 00:55:38,839
They wanted to just do the shirt
and call it a day.
1177
00:55:38,839 --> 00:55:41,439
And I respect that. I probably
should have done that myself.
1178
00:55:41,439 --> 00:55:44,160
-But...
-No! You're killing it.
1179
00:55:44,600 --> 00:55:47,480
[man] I feel like showing your
fandom through what you wear
1180
00:55:47,480 --> 00:55:49,759
is probably a pretty big thing
beyond just cosplay.
1181
00:55:49,759 --> 00:55:52,000
A lot of people wear
New York Yankees, you know,
1182
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:54,359
jerseys and will probably
never play for them.
1183
00:55:54,359 --> 00:55:57,359
In the past, people have
criticized costuming
1184
00:55:57,359 --> 00:55:59,960
as this fictional thing
that doesn't matter,
1185
00:55:59,960 --> 00:56:03,799
but I think people are finding
ways now to tie this activity,
1186
00:56:03,799 --> 00:56:07,160
this hobby, with doing
real good for real people.
1187
00:56:07,160 --> 00:56:10,319
And there are groups
that raise money for leukemia
1188
00:56:10,319 --> 00:56:13,480
and Alzheimer's, and they do it
all while wearing a costume.
1189
00:56:13,480 --> 00:56:16,040
[indistinct chatter]
1190
00:56:16,399 --> 00:56:18,319
[pop music playing]
1191
00:56:19,960 --> 00:56:22,359
[woman] You have found yourself
at New York City's
1192
00:56:22,359 --> 00:56:26,879
one and only Star Trek -centric
variety show.
1193
00:56:28,000 --> 00:56:32,439
♪ Every day is so wonderful ♪
1194
00:56:32,439 --> 00:56:34,680
♪ And suddenly... ♪
1195
00:56:34,680 --> 00:56:37,080
We are a group
of artists and entertainers
1196
00:56:37,080 --> 00:56:40,319
that get together
to raise money for charity
1197
00:56:40,319 --> 00:56:43,279
while also, through my artistry
as a drag queen,
1198
00:56:43,279 --> 00:56:47,520
I get to embody the characters
that I always loved.
1199
00:56:47,520 --> 00:56:49,359
♪ Oh ♪
1200
00:56:50,640 --> 00:56:54,080
♪ So don't you
bring me down tonight ♪
1201
00:56:55,600 --> 00:56:58,279
♪ No matter what you do ♪
1202
00:56:58,600 --> 00:57:00,759
♪ No matter what you say ♪
1203
00:57:00,759 --> 00:57:03,239
Characters are for everyone.
Anybody can be anyone.
1204
00:57:03,239 --> 00:57:05,919
Body type doesn't matter.
Ethnicity doesn't matter.
1205
00:57:05,919 --> 00:57:07,040
Gender doesn't matter.
1206
00:57:07,040 --> 00:57:08,839
It's actually
kind of beautiful.
1207
00:57:08,839 --> 00:57:11,520
My favorite character
would be Geordi La Forge.
1208
00:57:11,919 --> 00:57:15,200
And why is because
he's a blind engineer.
1209
00:57:15,200 --> 00:57:17,279
And I'm a blind engineer
as well.
1210
00:57:17,279 --> 00:57:19,480
[woman] One thing we love
about Star Trek in general
1211
00:57:19,480 --> 00:57:21,120
is how inclusive it is.
1212
00:57:21,120 --> 00:57:23,120
You know, you look around
the convention here,
1213
00:57:23,120 --> 00:57:25,080
you see people
from all walks of life.
1214
00:57:25,080 --> 00:57:28,160
You see actors and actresses
from all walks of life,
1215
00:57:28,160 --> 00:57:30,799
all different
disabilities as well
1216
00:57:30,799 --> 00:57:32,799
as you walk around here.
1217
00:58:03,960 --> 00:58:07,640
Well, it gives me
a sense of confidence.
1218
00:58:07,640 --> 00:58:10,000
It's a confidence builder
1219
00:58:10,000 --> 00:58:12,680
to celebrate my unique face.
1220
00:58:13,040 --> 00:58:15,839
As a trans person,
the first time I came out
1221
00:58:16,040 --> 00:58:18,879
and I was looking
for ways to be myself,
1222
00:58:18,879 --> 00:58:20,719
it was going
to a Halloween party
1223
00:58:20,719 --> 00:58:23,080
wearing a Starfleet
red engineer's
1224
00:58:23,080 --> 00:58:26,120
or communications officer's
dress, like Uhura.
1225
00:58:26,120 --> 00:58:28,439
I realized
through that experience,
1226
00:58:28,439 --> 00:58:30,919
I didn't have to hide myself,
1227
00:58:30,919 --> 00:58:33,319
any part of myself,
or explain it away.
1228
00:58:33,319 --> 00:58:34,640
I could just be.
1229
00:58:34,640 --> 00:58:36,160
You feel like you're okay,
1230
00:58:36,160 --> 00:58:37,960
that what you're doing is okay,
1231
00:58:37,960 --> 00:58:41,000
that who you are is okay,
and that that sense
1232
00:58:41,000 --> 00:58:43,200
of acceptance is something
1233
00:58:43,200 --> 00:58:45,439
that so many communities want.
1234
00:58:45,439 --> 00:58:46,839
If you love something enough,
1235
00:58:46,839 --> 00:58:49,279
there is no other
justification needed.
1236
00:58:51,839 --> 00:58:54,680
So I grew up going
to conventions.
1237
00:58:54,680 --> 00:58:58,000
And my mother and my father
would often say, you know,
1238
00:58:58,000 --> 00:59:00,640
Star Trek is where it is
because of you, the fans.
1239
00:59:00,640 --> 00:59:02,919
He loved the fans,
1240
00:59:02,919 --> 00:59:04,200
and he knew
that it was the fans
1241
00:59:04,200 --> 00:59:05,960
that kept Star Trek on the air.
1242
00:59:06,319 --> 00:59:10,000
And he knew it was the fans
that were part of this world
1243
00:59:10,000 --> 00:59:13,000
that believed in that idea
of making it a better place.
1244
00:59:13,600 --> 00:59:15,879
[applause]
1245
00:59:15,879 --> 00:59:17,799
[Brad] Gene Roddenberry
1246
00:59:17,799 --> 00:59:19,879
gave George the role
in Star Trek.
1247
00:59:19,879 --> 00:59:23,239
The fans made Star Trek
eternally popular.
1248
00:59:23,239 --> 00:59:26,120
George is forever grateful
to the fans
1249
00:59:26,120 --> 00:59:29,120
for basically giving him
that Star Trek platform
1250
00:59:29,120 --> 00:59:31,359
to allow him to be
the advocate that he is.
1251
00:59:31,359 --> 00:59:34,319
So he loves the fans.
He goes that extra mile.
1252
00:59:34,319 --> 00:59:36,399
And I've seen him do that
for decades.
1253
00:59:36,399 --> 00:59:39,960
So this concept of the student
film being something
1254
00:59:39,960 --> 00:59:43,759
that nobody had to twist
George's arm to do that,
1255
00:59:44,200 --> 00:59:47,080
George's normal instinct
would be to help somebody
1256
00:59:47,080 --> 00:59:49,759
in that situation, and I think
that it was something
1257
00:59:49,759 --> 00:59:52,439
that he thought
would be a hoot to do.
1258
00:59:53,160 --> 00:59:55,759
[man on TV] Hikaru, have you
noticed the shroud lines?
1259
00:59:56,239 --> 00:59:58,399
The drone
must have landed here.
1260
00:59:58,680 --> 01:00:00,120
Listen to that voice.
1261
01:00:01,680 --> 01:00:04,359
Seeing George
from the mid-1980s
1262
01:00:04,359 --> 01:00:06,680
is almost emotionally
touching to me
1263
01:00:06,680 --> 01:00:08,279
because that's when
our relationship
1264
01:00:08,279 --> 01:00:10,160
was first starting out,
and that's...
1265
01:00:10,160 --> 01:00:12,560
That's my George
that I fell in love with
1266
01:00:12,560 --> 01:00:15,120
on that screen right now.
That beautiful smile.
1267
01:00:15,120 --> 01:00:16,759
You don't think Jeff...
1268
01:00:16,759 --> 01:00:18,000
[laughs]
1269
01:00:18,600 --> 01:00:22,000
[Takei] Brad and I have been
together for 36 years now.
1270
01:00:22,000 --> 01:00:24,839
I was closeted as a gay man
1271
01:00:24,839 --> 01:00:26,839
most of my adult life
1272
01:00:26,839 --> 01:00:30,000
because I loved my career.
1273
01:00:30,399 --> 01:00:34,120
And society
at that time was one
1274
01:00:34,120 --> 01:00:37,520
where one could not aspire
to be an actor
1275
01:00:37,520 --> 01:00:42,719
and be hired if you were
publicly known as a gay man.
1276
01:00:42,719 --> 01:00:47,719
Despite my activism on
so many different social issues
1277
01:00:47,719 --> 01:00:49,160
in this country,
1278
01:00:49,399 --> 01:00:50,919
I was closeted
1279
01:00:50,919 --> 01:00:53,839
on the most personal issue.
1280
01:00:54,120 --> 01:00:58,080
Close friends and family
knew I was his life partner,
1281
01:00:58,080 --> 01:01:00,040
significant other, lover.
1282
01:01:00,040 --> 01:01:02,080
But for public consumption,
1283
01:01:02,080 --> 01:01:05,319
I played along with the idea
that George and I
1284
01:01:05,319 --> 01:01:07,680
were just colleagues
and good friends
1285
01:01:07,680 --> 01:01:09,080
and running buddies.
1286
01:01:09,080 --> 01:01:10,160
California lawmakers
1287
01:01:10,160 --> 01:01:11,439
are now the first in the nation
1288
01:01:11,439 --> 01:01:13,919
to vote to allow
same-sex marriage.
1289
01:01:13,919 --> 01:01:15,879
[Takei] In 2005,
1290
01:01:15,879 --> 01:01:17,919
the California legislature
1291
01:01:17,919 --> 01:01:19,960
passed
the Marriage Equality Bill.
1292
01:01:19,960 --> 01:01:21,919
It needed one more signature,
1293
01:01:21,919 --> 01:01:24,719
that of the governor
of the state,
1294
01:01:25,040 --> 01:01:26,600
Arnold Schwarzenegger.
1295
01:01:26,600 --> 01:01:28,640
Right-wing Republican.
1296
01:01:28,640 --> 01:01:32,279
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
vetoed a bill yesterday
1297
01:01:32,279 --> 01:01:34,439
to legalize same-sex marriage.
1298
01:01:34,719 --> 01:01:36,919
I mean, I think that it was
very clear that the people
1299
01:01:36,919 --> 01:01:41,239
voted as a proposition 22
to be against it.
1300
01:01:41,239 --> 01:01:45,520
And I never wanted to turn
over the will of the people.
1301
01:01:45,520 --> 01:01:47,560
I was raging angry.
1302
01:01:47,560 --> 01:01:50,520
And that night,
Brad and I had a conversation.
1303
01:01:50,960 --> 01:01:52,359
I said,
1304
01:01:52,359 --> 01:01:54,759
"I think I've had
a good enough career.
1305
01:01:54,759 --> 01:01:56,160
I'm ready."
1306
01:01:56,160 --> 01:01:58,120
And I spoke to the press
1307
01:01:58,120 --> 01:02:01,120
for the first time
as a gay man
1308
01:02:01,120 --> 01:02:06,239
and blasted
Schwarzenegger's veto.
1309
01:02:06,239 --> 01:02:07,640
You know, this is democracy.
1310
01:02:07,879 --> 01:02:12,200
And those people have a right
to spout off on their values.
1311
01:02:12,200 --> 01:02:16,960
What they don't have a right
to do is to to take their values
1312
01:02:16,960 --> 01:02:20,919
and their traditions
and write it into law,
1313
01:02:20,919 --> 01:02:23,120
which applies to everybody.
1314
01:02:23,120 --> 01:02:25,160
[newscaster] On Thursday,
California's highest court
1315
01:02:25,160 --> 01:02:28,399
overturned the state's ban
on same-sex marriage,
1316
01:02:28,399 --> 01:02:30,359
potentially making
the Golden State
1317
01:02:30,359 --> 01:02:32,439
the second state
after Massachusetts
1318
01:02:32,439 --> 01:02:34,640
allowing gay residents
to marry.
1319
01:02:34,640 --> 01:02:36,960
Actor George Takei
of Star Trek fame
1320
01:02:36,960 --> 01:02:38,919
and his longtime companion,
1321
01:02:38,919 --> 01:02:41,000
Brad Altman,
were married on Sunday.
1322
01:02:41,000 --> 01:02:42,439
The two men were
among the first couples
1323
01:02:42,439 --> 01:02:44,239
to receive a marriage license.
1324
01:02:44,239 --> 01:02:45,759
You know, on Star Trek,
1325
01:02:45,759 --> 01:02:48,160
we have this core value, IDIC.
1326
01:02:48,160 --> 01:02:51,640
Infinite Diversity
in Infinite Combinations.
1327
01:02:51,640 --> 01:02:55,160
And here we are,
this much closer to that ideal.
1328
01:02:59,480 --> 01:03:01,680
You look like a movie star,
don't you?
1329
01:03:01,680 --> 01:03:03,160
That windblown...
1330
01:03:11,640 --> 01:03:12,640
[laughing]
1331
01:03:12,640 --> 01:03:15,000
You're already
telling them what to do.
1332
01:03:15,000 --> 01:03:16,239
Oh, that's funny.
1333
01:03:16,239 --> 01:03:18,000
[director]
Okay, quiet on the set.
1334
01:03:18,480 --> 01:03:20,279
[Woo] What you got, buddy?
Let's see.
1335
01:03:20,279 --> 01:03:24,120
Okay, I found these pictures
in an album I had.
1336
01:03:24,480 --> 01:03:26,520
[Woo] I mean,
I have these in an album.
1337
01:03:26,520 --> 01:03:28,439
I don't know
where my album is.
1338
01:03:28,719 --> 01:03:31,399
Today, I manage
1339
01:03:31,399 --> 01:03:35,000
presentation services
for a community college.
1340
01:03:35,000 --> 01:03:36,719
I got into the union,
1341
01:03:37,040 --> 01:03:39,560
and then I became
a sound editor.
1342
01:03:44,120 --> 01:03:45,719
-[woman] Hello.
-Hey, how you doing?
1343
01:03:45,719 --> 01:03:48,560
-[woman] Good. How are you?
-Oh, just having too much fun.
1344
01:03:48,560 --> 01:03:49,480
Yeah.
1345
01:03:49,480 --> 01:03:51,319
Currently,
this is where I work,
1346
01:03:51,319 --> 01:03:54,239
driving big trucks and trailers
1347
01:03:54,239 --> 01:03:57,040
halfway to San Francisco
and back each night.
1348
01:03:57,239 --> 01:03:59,680
I don't think I've seen
this picture.
1349
01:03:59,680 --> 01:04:01,120
Wow.
1350
01:04:01,120 --> 01:04:03,239
[Biraben] We didn't talk
any more about this film
1351
01:04:03,439 --> 01:04:08,359
because I thought it was,
in a way, a finished chapter
1352
01:04:08,640 --> 01:04:10,160
as an unfinished film.
1353
01:04:10,160 --> 01:04:12,919
I've seen rumblings,
on the internet,
1354
01:04:12,919 --> 01:04:14,239
people talking about it.
1355
01:04:14,239 --> 01:04:17,439
But, you know,
that was about it.
1356
01:04:17,439 --> 01:04:19,439
Occasionally, I'd tease him
about it. "Hey, what happened
1357
01:04:19,439 --> 01:04:21,040
to that project?"
And everything else.
1358
01:04:21,040 --> 01:04:23,239
And he would...
You know, I mean, I guess
1359
01:04:23,239 --> 01:04:24,680
it was starting
to become a little bit
1360
01:04:24,680 --> 01:04:27,839
of a sore spot with him.
That was my interpretation.
1361
01:04:27,839 --> 01:04:29,080
George.
1362
01:04:29,080 --> 01:04:30,200
[Woo] That's a classic shot.
1363
01:04:30,200 --> 01:04:31,319
[Woo laughs]
1364
01:04:31,319 --> 01:04:32,520
And there's Da Han.
1365
01:04:32,520 --> 01:04:34,040
[Biraben]
Are you in touch with him?
1366
01:04:34,040 --> 01:04:35,799
[Woo] He's in China now.
1367
01:04:38,520 --> 01:04:41,080
I did hold a grudge.
I'll be honest.
1368
01:04:41,080 --> 01:04:43,000
You know, Stan knows that.
1369
01:04:43,439 --> 01:04:45,200
We didn't talk for 20,
30 years.
1370
01:04:45,200 --> 01:04:46,879
Here we are.
1371
01:04:47,200 --> 01:04:49,919
Yeah, I felt very helpless
through those decades.
1372
01:04:50,160 --> 01:04:54,040
Then, around September 2010,
1373
01:04:54,040 --> 01:04:57,600
I get this email
from a John Atkin.
1374
01:05:03,439 --> 01:05:05,439
[boy] Oh, can you show me?
1375
01:05:05,439 --> 01:05:07,239
Yeah. I'll show you
if I can find it.
1376
01:05:07,239 --> 01:05:08,719
Pretty sure they're in here.
1377
01:05:09,680 --> 01:05:10,719
Wow.
1378
01:05:11,120 --> 01:05:12,879
Hard to believe
I had so much hair.
1379
01:05:13,359 --> 01:05:16,520
My name is John Atkin,
and I am a Star Trek fan.
1380
01:05:16,520 --> 01:05:18,319
I've been a fan of Star Trek
1381
01:05:18,319 --> 01:05:21,319
ever since I was about
four years old.
1382
01:05:21,520 --> 01:05:23,600
Yeah, I was about 12 years old
when I read about
1383
01:05:23,600 --> 01:05:27,520
Yorktown: A Time to Heal
in a magazine called Starlog.
1384
01:05:27,520 --> 01:05:29,680
Uh, when I looked
at all these pictures of them
1385
01:05:29,680 --> 01:05:32,279
in the costumes,
it felt like it was like
1386
01:05:32,279 --> 01:05:34,680
a lost episode from the 1970s.
1387
01:05:35,080 --> 01:05:37,239
And so I was really
drawn to that.
1388
01:05:37,480 --> 01:05:39,919
And I kind of assumed
that the film was finished
1389
01:05:39,919 --> 01:05:42,520
and probably played
at conventions and stuff.
1390
01:05:42,520 --> 01:05:46,080
But once I looked online, I
couldn't find anything at all.
1391
01:05:46,080 --> 01:05:47,600
And so I thought,
that's a bit odd.
1392
01:05:47,600 --> 01:05:49,759
It should be on YouTube
or something by now.
1393
01:05:49,759 --> 01:05:52,480
So I reached out to about,
I think,
1394
01:05:52,480 --> 01:05:54,600
five or six
different Stan Woos.
1395
01:05:54,600 --> 01:05:56,799
And finally found
the right one in LA.
1396
01:05:59,680 --> 01:06:01,919
[Woo] John asked me
if I still had the footage,
1397
01:06:01,919 --> 01:06:05,839
and by that time I actually
located the footage.
1398
01:06:05,839 --> 01:06:08,000
[Atkin] Well, when Stan told me
there were scenes
1399
01:06:08,000 --> 01:06:09,879
that weren't filmed,
but that he would have liked
1400
01:06:09,879 --> 01:06:12,319
to have filmed,
I suggested to him, well,
1401
01:06:12,319 --> 01:06:13,839
maybe me and some of my friends
1402
01:06:13,839 --> 01:06:17,120
can come down and film
those scenes for you.
1403
01:06:17,439 --> 01:06:20,200
[Woo] Sometimes, you know,
it takes fresh blood
1404
01:06:20,200 --> 01:06:22,759
to finish this kind of project.
1405
01:06:23,759 --> 01:06:26,200
[majestic music playing]
1406
01:06:28,799 --> 01:06:30,600
Commander, I'm picking up
a faint signal from the drone.
1407
01:06:30,600 --> 01:06:32,399
It's coming
from the shark vessel.
1408
01:06:32,719 --> 01:06:35,640
Star Vessel Najeer,
this is Commander Evan...
1409
01:06:35,640 --> 01:06:37,520
Oh, shit. What's my name?
Evan Foster.
1410
01:06:37,520 --> 01:06:39,000
-[all laugh]
-I'll keep going.
1411
01:06:39,000 --> 01:06:41,960
[Atkin] Right now,
I am sitting on the bridge
1412
01:06:41,960 --> 01:06:45,520
of the Starship Enterprise,
which is just incredible.
1413
01:06:45,520 --> 01:06:47,239
The ten-year-old inside of me
1414
01:06:47,239 --> 01:06:49,359
is just incredibly giddy
being here.
1415
01:06:49,359 --> 01:06:52,640
So the Neutral Zone
is an active film studio
1416
01:06:52,960 --> 01:06:58,600
that has sets built as if you
were at Paramount in 1966.
1417
01:06:59,000 --> 01:07:01,160
We have a 360-degree bridge.
1418
01:07:01,600 --> 01:07:03,359
Lieutenant,
contact the space station.
1419
01:07:03,359 --> 01:07:05,439
[Tesi] We have a sick bay.
1420
01:07:05,439 --> 01:07:07,520
Right now he's under sedation.
1421
01:07:07,719 --> 01:07:10,399
[Tesi] We have a complete
engineering room.
1422
01:07:10,399 --> 01:07:12,560
You can't mix matter
and antimatter.
1423
01:07:12,560 --> 01:07:14,279
[Tesi]
These are about as close
1424
01:07:14,279 --> 01:07:16,480
as you can get
to an exact replica.
1425
01:07:16,480 --> 01:07:18,520
No additional
Klingons detected.
1426
01:07:18,520 --> 01:07:21,680
[Tesi] When the doors open,
people sob.
1427
01:07:21,680 --> 01:07:24,759
People laugh.
People yell expletives.
1428
01:07:25,160 --> 01:07:27,160
We do fan
appreciation weekends,
1429
01:07:27,160 --> 01:07:30,919
and we have active film
productions that are done here.
1430
01:07:30,919 --> 01:07:32,200
Keep going.
1431
01:07:32,200 --> 01:07:33,919
[dramatic music playing]
1432
01:07:36,839 --> 01:07:38,160
Red alert. Shields up.
1433
01:07:38,359 --> 01:07:39,759
Weapons on.
1434
01:07:39,759 --> 01:07:41,439
[Davis]
We're not the youngest people.
1435
01:07:41,439 --> 01:07:43,600
We're not the most
fittest people.
1436
01:07:43,600 --> 01:07:46,000
We as a family,
as this group of people,
1437
01:07:46,000 --> 01:07:49,000
we give each other
the confidence to go forward
1438
01:07:49,000 --> 01:07:51,040
and put ourselves out there.
1439
01:07:51,040 --> 01:07:54,319
To me, a true fan film,
you don't audition actors.
1440
01:07:54,319 --> 01:07:55,919
You bring your friends.
1441
01:07:55,919 --> 01:07:58,520
I enjoy walking around
on the set
1442
01:07:58,520 --> 01:08:00,799
and looking at people
just holding those scripts,
1443
01:08:00,799 --> 01:08:04,799
and I'm thinking,
"I wrote that. I wrote that."
1444
01:08:05,359 --> 01:08:08,600
The latest one we did
was called Borg Hunters.
1445
01:08:13,239 --> 01:08:15,640
It's not enough!
Get the Borg blaster!
1446
01:08:15,640 --> 01:08:20,160
We filmed it here in this
particular optometry office,
1447
01:08:20,160 --> 01:08:22,479
which has been lovingly created
1448
01:08:22,479 --> 01:08:25,679
or recreated into the interior
1449
01:08:25,679 --> 01:08:28,319
of a Next Generation -style
ship.
1450
01:08:28,639 --> 01:08:32,040
Patients love it, and that makes
working fun for me.
1451
01:08:32,399 --> 01:08:36,160
I portray Garrett Wang's
character, Kim.
1452
01:08:36,399 --> 01:08:38,160
-Oh, you're playing me.
-I'm playing you.
1453
01:08:38,160 --> 01:08:39,559
That's me right there.
1454
01:08:39,559 --> 01:08:42,359
The reason it is frequently
not illegal
1455
01:08:42,359 --> 01:08:44,279
to make a fan film,
1456
01:08:44,279 --> 01:08:46,040
or any other work
of fan fiction,
1457
01:08:46,040 --> 01:08:47,760
is the doctrine of fair use.
1458
01:08:48,279 --> 01:08:52,080
Fair use says that depending
on the nature of the use,
1459
01:08:52,080 --> 01:08:53,679
how much of the work
1460
01:08:53,679 --> 01:08:57,399
ends up competing
with the original work,
1461
01:08:57,399 --> 01:08:59,720
it may be perfectly acceptable
under the law
1462
01:08:59,720 --> 01:09:02,120
to make this kind
of derivative work.
1463
01:09:02,120 --> 01:09:03,639
So would people buy
1464
01:09:03,639 --> 01:09:07,399
your fan film
or your fan fiction work
1465
01:09:07,399 --> 01:09:10,080
instead of buying the original?
1466
01:09:10,080 --> 01:09:13,479
Or are you only going
to watch the fan film
1467
01:09:13,479 --> 01:09:15,760
after you've seen the original
1468
01:09:15,760 --> 01:09:18,000
because that's the only way
the fan film makes sense?
1469
01:09:18,000 --> 01:09:21,639
If that's the case, then you're
more likely to be protected.
1470
01:09:22,239 --> 01:09:23,720
I'd wanted to try to figure out
1471
01:09:23,720 --> 01:09:25,960
how many fan films
there are out there,
1472
01:09:25,960 --> 01:09:28,519
and I have come
to the conclusion
1473
01:09:28,519 --> 01:09:30,279
there are at least a thousand.
1474
01:09:30,279 --> 01:09:32,720
None of it ever would
have happened
1475
01:09:32,720 --> 01:09:36,160
if Stan Woo
hadn't been the pioneer.
1476
01:09:36,160 --> 01:09:38,760
It's just this foundational...
1477
01:09:38,760 --> 01:09:41,439
It's the lungfish of fan films.
1478
01:09:41,439 --> 01:09:43,239
It was the first one
to come out of the water
1479
01:09:43,239 --> 01:09:45,000
onto dry land,
1480
01:09:45,000 --> 01:09:49,319
and we all walk
in Stan Woo's footsteps.
1481
01:09:49,319 --> 01:09:51,479
In the early days,
I even got involved
1482
01:09:51,479 --> 01:09:53,279
in some of the fan films.
1483
01:09:53,279 --> 01:09:54,720
I was proud to be a part of it,
1484
01:09:54,720 --> 01:09:56,559
and I really
appreciated the love
1485
01:09:56,559 --> 01:09:58,080
that everyone had for it.
1486
01:09:58,080 --> 01:10:00,479
That translated
into love for my father,
1487
01:10:00,479 --> 01:10:02,279
and of course,
I want to be a part of that.
1488
01:10:02,279 --> 01:10:04,040
No, you can't make any money,
1489
01:10:04,399 --> 01:10:06,359
but have at it. Go have fun.
1490
01:10:06,359 --> 01:10:07,800
And fans love it.
1491
01:10:07,800 --> 01:10:10,599
[upbeat music playing]
[no audio]
1492
01:10:16,359 --> 01:10:17,679
[Atkin] So the original Yorktown
1493
01:10:17,679 --> 01:10:20,399
was all shot
on eight-millimeter camera,
1494
01:10:20,399 --> 01:10:23,000
and it was really one of those
eight-millimeters cameras
1495
01:10:23,000 --> 01:10:25,279
that families would buy
to make home movies
1496
01:10:25,279 --> 01:10:26,760
with their families.
1497
01:10:26,760 --> 01:10:28,840
And we didn't know
how it would look
1498
01:10:28,840 --> 01:10:31,319
because it had been sitting
in cans for 30 years.
1499
01:10:31,319 --> 01:10:32,679
But we got really lucky.
1500
01:10:32,679 --> 01:10:34,639
All the colors
looked really sharp.
1501
01:10:34,639 --> 01:10:36,880
We didn't have to do
as much color correction
1502
01:10:36,880 --> 01:10:38,559
as I thought we would
have had to do.
1503
01:10:38,559 --> 01:10:41,000
[wondrous music playing]
1504
01:10:42,000 --> 01:10:45,679
One thing that took a long time
were the special effects.
1505
01:10:45,679 --> 01:10:46,800
[Woo] In the '90s,
1506
01:10:46,800 --> 01:10:49,319
I always imagine a kid
1507
01:10:49,319 --> 01:10:51,599
with a computer
in his apartment
1508
01:10:51,599 --> 01:10:52,960
finishing the visual effects.
1509
01:10:52,960 --> 01:10:55,599
And essentially,
that's what happened.
1510
01:10:56,359 --> 01:11:01,160
So I originally contacted Stan
in September of 2010.
1511
01:11:01,519 --> 01:11:03,800
And my goal at the time
was to wrap the film,
1512
01:11:03,800 --> 01:11:07,040
probably within
two to three years.
1513
01:11:07,040 --> 01:11:09,800
Uh, it is now 2022.
1514
01:11:10,000 --> 01:11:13,960
Uh, so I've been on the project
for over 12 years.
1515
01:11:13,960 --> 01:11:15,120
[Woo] Integrity.
1516
01:11:15,120 --> 01:11:18,319
That's John's
best quality there.
1517
01:11:18,319 --> 01:11:20,559
He's a straight shooter.
1518
01:11:20,559 --> 01:11:24,239
[boy]
Where did this guy come from?
1519
01:11:24,239 --> 01:11:25,559
From the Klingon planet.
1520
01:11:25,559 --> 01:11:27,800
Well, why does he do
a peace sign?
1521
01:11:27,800 --> 01:11:29,479
[Atkin] Why does he got
the bumps on his head?
1522
01:11:29,479 --> 01:11:30,559
[boy] No. Why does...
1523
01:11:30,559 --> 01:11:31,880
[Atkin] So my wife Miranda
1524
01:11:31,880 --> 01:11:34,399
passed away six months ago.
1525
01:11:34,399 --> 01:11:36,840
Uh, my wife had Crohn's disease,
1526
01:11:36,840 --> 01:11:38,840
which was something
that she had had
1527
01:11:38,840 --> 01:11:40,800
since she was about
ten years old.
1528
01:11:40,800 --> 01:11:42,840
Um, a few months ago,
1529
01:11:42,840 --> 01:11:45,239
she had a really bad flare-up,
1530
01:11:45,239 --> 01:11:47,679
which caused a blood clot.
1531
01:11:47,679 --> 01:11:51,399
And it was very sudden
and unexpected.
1532
01:11:51,920 --> 01:11:56,160
The day I found out
about Miranda's death,
1533
01:11:56,160 --> 01:11:57,760
it was, like, devastating.
1534
01:11:57,760 --> 01:11:59,200
I was driving home,
1535
01:11:59,200 --> 01:12:02,559
and my Facebook message
was just..."ding."
1536
01:12:02,559 --> 01:12:04,800
And I couldn't believe
what I saw.
1537
01:12:04,800 --> 01:12:06,439
You know how it fades away.
1538
01:12:06,439 --> 01:12:08,239
And I had to stop the car...
1539
01:12:09,599 --> 01:12:12,359
to see, was it really
what I saw?
1540
01:12:12,359 --> 01:12:14,840
And it was, like,
you know,
1541
01:12:14,840 --> 01:12:16,880
broke my heart to see that.
1542
01:12:16,880 --> 01:12:18,120
Yeah.
1543
01:12:18,120 --> 01:12:19,559
[somber music playing]
1544
01:12:25,519 --> 01:12:27,880
I didn't even mention
Yorktown to him.
1545
01:12:27,880 --> 01:12:30,279
I just wanted him to,
you know, have his space.
1546
01:12:30,279 --> 01:12:32,880
I didn't anticipate him, like,
1547
01:12:32,880 --> 01:12:35,559
still working on the film,
you know.
1548
01:12:35,559 --> 01:12:39,200
My late wife Miranda's
support over the years
1549
01:12:39,200 --> 01:12:41,359
was very special to me,
1550
01:12:41,359 --> 01:12:43,439
and she actually ended up
playing the doctor
1551
01:12:43,439 --> 01:12:45,160
for a quick cameo in the film.
1552
01:12:45,160 --> 01:12:47,080
I want you, yeah,
1553
01:12:47,080 --> 01:12:48,160
right next to him.
1554
01:12:48,160 --> 01:12:49,359
We're cheating, okay?
1555
01:12:49,639 --> 01:12:51,720
[siren wailing]
1556
01:12:51,720 --> 01:12:53,239
[loud crash]
1557
01:12:53,639 --> 01:12:55,599
When she passed away,
I had to step away
1558
01:12:55,599 --> 01:12:57,319
from Yorktown completely.
1559
01:12:57,319 --> 01:12:58,720
I just couldn't work on it.
1560
01:12:58,720 --> 01:13:04,359
Um, and then after about
three months away from it,
1561
01:13:04,359 --> 01:13:06,120
I remembered something my wife
1562
01:13:06,120 --> 01:13:08,479
had teased me about
in the summer.
1563
01:13:08,479 --> 01:13:11,239
Um, I was showing her
a rough cut
1564
01:13:11,239 --> 01:13:12,559
of the film that I had done,
1565
01:13:12,559 --> 01:13:14,239
and she teased me
and said, you know,
1566
01:13:14,239 --> 01:13:16,639
"Are you ever gonna
get this film done?"
1567
01:13:16,639 --> 01:13:18,080
And I assured her,
1568
01:13:18,080 --> 01:13:20,080
"Yes, yes, you know,
it's gonna be done."
1569
01:13:20,319 --> 01:13:22,479
[boy chattering indistinctly]
1570
01:13:22,880 --> 01:13:24,840
After a few months
after she passed away,
1571
01:13:24,840 --> 01:13:27,279
I felt, you know what?
I really need to get this done.
1572
01:13:27,279 --> 01:13:30,319
[Woo] I thought it was gonna
to be maybe a couple of years
1573
01:13:30,319 --> 01:13:31,880
before he could get it done,
1574
01:13:31,880 --> 01:13:34,720
but he's a real trooper.
1575
01:13:34,720 --> 01:13:37,239
Show must go on.
And he finished it.
1576
01:13:37,960 --> 01:13:41,359
I couldn't believe it.
After all these years.
1577
01:13:42,000 --> 01:13:44,599
[Atkin] Her passing away
really gave me, you know,
1578
01:13:44,599 --> 01:13:48,000
I guess you could say a kick
in the pants to get it done.
1579
01:13:48,000 --> 01:13:51,720
Uh, not only for all the fans
and everyone, but also for her.
1580
01:14:02,359 --> 01:14:04,679
[upbeat music playing]
1581
01:14:04,679 --> 01:14:06,920
[man]
Everybody have a seat.
1582
01:14:06,920 --> 01:14:10,760
[Atkin] The movie finally
premiered on April 2nd, 2022.
1583
01:14:10,760 --> 01:14:12,399
[man] Show me that card.
1584
01:14:12,399 --> 01:14:14,200
-Hey, Alan.
-Gaston.
1585
01:14:14,200 --> 01:14:16,000
-How are you doing?
-Is that Gaston?
1586
01:14:16,000 --> 01:14:18,639
-Yeah, that's Gaston.
-How you been, moviemaker guy?
1587
01:14:18,639 --> 01:14:21,279
[Biraben] After all these years
of not knowing what happened
1588
01:14:21,279 --> 01:14:23,599
with this film, he said,
1589
01:14:23,599 --> 01:14:24,920
"You want to come see
the screening?"
1590
01:14:24,920 --> 01:14:26,399
I thought, "What?"
1591
01:14:26,399 --> 01:14:28,279
It's actually finished?
1592
01:14:28,760 --> 01:14:31,479
[Atkin] The film was 36 years
in the making.
1593
01:14:31,760 --> 01:14:33,479
[Takei] Thirty-six years.
1594
01:14:33,960 --> 01:14:37,000
Isn't that something?
Now that's dedication.
1595
01:14:37,239 --> 01:14:38,479
That's what I sensed
1596
01:14:38,479 --> 01:14:40,160
when I first agreed to do it.
1597
01:14:40,519 --> 01:14:41,880
Is that the red carpet?
1598
01:14:41,880 --> 01:14:44,760
It was also an experience
in the sense of,
1599
01:14:44,760 --> 01:14:46,880
what is the memory?
1600
01:14:46,880 --> 01:14:49,800
What is the memory
we have of our life?
1601
01:14:50,200 --> 01:14:53,760
We're talking about something
made three decades before.
1602
01:14:54,359 --> 01:14:58,880
So it's like going back in time
to our youth.
1603
01:15:00,319 --> 01:15:03,439
[Woo] The first time
I saw the entire film,
1604
01:15:03,439 --> 01:15:05,160
I felt kind of sad about it.
1605
01:15:05,160 --> 01:15:08,319
It's been with me
since I was 21 years old.
1606
01:15:08,319 --> 01:15:10,439
Aside from getting beat up
twice by Stan...
1607
01:15:11,559 --> 01:15:13,000
[grunting]
1608
01:15:13,000 --> 01:15:14,639
I really enjoyed the film.
1609
01:15:14,639 --> 01:15:16,279
[laughing]
1610
01:15:16,559 --> 01:15:20,960
My wife seen
snippets of the film.
1611
01:15:20,960 --> 01:15:23,960
I tried not to play it
in front of her too much.
1612
01:15:23,960 --> 01:15:27,840
I'm kind of self-conscious about
seeing myself on the screen.
1613
01:15:27,840 --> 01:15:31,840
And, like everyone brings up,
it's Rambo hair.
1614
01:15:31,840 --> 01:15:34,679
[laughs] I was trying
to be Rambo in that thing.
1615
01:15:34,679 --> 01:15:36,080
Yeah.
1616
01:15:38,120 --> 01:15:40,519
It's got a, you know,
modest reception, you know.
1617
01:15:40,519 --> 01:15:45,960
We got about 65,000 views
on YouTube, yeah.
1618
01:15:45,960 --> 01:15:48,639
The uniforms look pretty good.
They're not bad.
1619
01:15:48,639 --> 01:15:51,160
I really love the aesthetic
and the fact that it was filmed
1620
01:15:51,160 --> 01:15:52,840
however many decades apart,
1621
01:15:52,840 --> 01:15:55,319
they managed
to still keep it cohesive.
1622
01:15:55,319 --> 01:15:56,239
[explosion]
1623
01:15:59,239 --> 01:16:00,800
[beeps]
1624
01:16:00,800 --> 01:16:03,439
Sir, the drone's
sensor clock is offline.
1625
01:16:03,439 --> 01:16:04,840
Remodulating now.
1626
01:16:06,279 --> 01:16:07,960
[applause]
1627
01:16:09,960 --> 01:16:12,720
[Woo] John created
a masterpiece with it.
1628
01:16:12,720 --> 01:16:15,960
I think he really
hit it out of the park.
1629
01:16:15,960 --> 01:16:18,639
It was amazing, exhilarating.
And I loved it.
1630
01:16:18,639 --> 01:16:20,760
It was really well done.
1631
01:16:22,319 --> 01:16:24,599
I don't know what I was
expecting from the film,
1632
01:16:24,599 --> 01:16:26,519
but I didn't think
it was very good.
1633
01:16:26,519 --> 01:16:27,760
And I'm here because
1634
01:16:27,760 --> 01:16:30,000
my best friend
is a Star Trek fan,
1635
01:16:30,000 --> 01:16:32,239
and she dragged me here.
1636
01:16:32,840 --> 01:16:34,880
You know, George Takei
and and James Shigeta
1637
01:16:34,880 --> 01:16:37,840
were very strong
in their performances.
1638
01:16:38,279 --> 01:16:41,000
Uh, some of the college kids,
not so much.
1639
01:16:41,000 --> 01:16:45,000
Scanning magnetic interference
on this planet.
1640
01:16:45,000 --> 01:16:47,519
No tricks,
or you die where you stand.
1641
01:16:47,800 --> 01:16:49,120
Press this button.
1642
01:16:49,120 --> 01:16:51,760
The clock will deactivate
for two minutes.
1643
01:16:51,760 --> 01:16:55,920
I'm not an actor. You can tell
with this interview, right?
1644
01:16:55,920 --> 01:16:57,599
And I think part of the thing
with fan films,
1645
01:16:57,599 --> 01:17:02,399
I think, is that it's kind of
supposed to be bad.
1646
01:17:02,800 --> 01:17:04,599
I hope so, at least.
1647
01:17:04,840 --> 01:17:06,840
Weapons energized
and locked on target.
1648
01:17:06,840 --> 01:17:08,519
Fire.
1649
01:17:08,760 --> 01:17:10,880
[rumbling]
1650
01:17:11,239 --> 01:17:15,960
And no one could have thought
that that was quality acting.
1651
01:17:15,960 --> 01:17:18,319
You have to recognize
1652
01:17:18,319 --> 01:17:22,279
that this is people dressing up
to play Star Trek .
1653
01:17:22,279 --> 01:17:23,920
They're not
professional actors.
1654
01:17:23,920 --> 01:17:25,679
They haven't had
theater training.
1655
01:17:25,679 --> 01:17:27,559
They don't have IMDb pages
1656
01:17:27,559 --> 01:17:28,960
with their list of credits.
1657
01:17:28,960 --> 01:17:32,120
They're just exuberant fans
1658
01:17:32,120 --> 01:17:34,960
who bring a joy to the screen.
1659
01:17:35,479 --> 01:17:38,160
If you want to look at it
as a film critic,
1660
01:17:38,160 --> 01:17:39,279
you want to go in there
1661
01:17:39,279 --> 01:17:41,279
and do the thumbs up,
thumbs down,
1662
01:17:41,279 --> 01:17:45,639
you can do thumbs up on
the latest CGI special effects.
1663
01:17:45,639 --> 01:17:48,080
And you got to do thumbs down
on some other parts of it.
1664
01:17:48,080 --> 01:17:51,040
But that isn't the gesture
that they were looking for.
1665
01:17:51,040 --> 01:17:52,720
They were looking for this one,
1666
01:17:52,720 --> 01:17:54,040
and I'm happy
to give it to them.
1667
01:17:54,040 --> 01:17:56,880
May Yorktown: A Time to Heal
1668
01:17:56,880 --> 01:17:58,359
live long and prosper.
1669
01:18:00,519 --> 01:18:03,279
[Woo laughs]
I'm gonna toot my horn.
1670
01:18:03,279 --> 01:18:07,319
I'm gonna say it's a GOAT
of the fan films, yeah.
1671
01:18:07,319 --> 01:18:10,040
Yorktown is not good
by most standards.
1672
01:18:10,040 --> 01:18:13,200
It's just... It's hard to watch.
1673
01:18:13,200 --> 01:18:14,880
But it is fascinating.
1674
01:18:14,880 --> 01:18:17,080
It is truly fascinating
1675
01:18:17,080 --> 01:18:19,120
that this got made,
and it involved
1676
01:18:19,120 --> 01:18:21,279
people who you would not
associate
1677
01:18:21,279 --> 01:18:25,359
with sort of a super amateur,
low-budget fan film.
1678
01:18:25,359 --> 01:18:27,160
So as a relic,
1679
01:18:27,160 --> 01:18:31,120
as a pure piece of Star Trek
love, it's amazing.
1680
01:18:31,120 --> 01:18:32,439
I can't do a thing!
1681
01:18:34,239 --> 01:18:36,880
We created something,
and it worked.
1682
01:18:37,200 --> 01:18:39,800
[Woo] I think Yorktown
1683
01:18:40,200 --> 01:18:45,239
will survive
like a Star Trek series.
1684
01:18:45,479 --> 01:18:48,880
It's like a fanzine.
1685
01:18:48,880 --> 01:18:50,319
But in celluloid.
1686
01:18:51,479 --> 01:18:54,239
The whole point
of Yorktown, to me,
1687
01:18:54,239 --> 01:18:57,080
was the bounty of friends.
1688
01:18:57,559 --> 01:19:01,399
It felt like a Little House
on the Prairie episode
1689
01:19:01,399 --> 01:19:03,960
where Paul Ingalls was trying
1690
01:19:03,960 --> 01:19:05,760
to fulfill a contract to stack
1691
01:19:05,760 --> 01:19:07,319
all these
bags of grain,
1692
01:19:07,319 --> 01:19:09,080
and he just, like,
got exhausted
1693
01:19:09,080 --> 01:19:10,760
and fell to the ground
1694
01:19:10,760 --> 01:19:12,399
And the town came in
1695
01:19:12,399 --> 01:19:15,000
and helped him
fulfill his contract.
1696
01:19:15,000 --> 01:19:17,160
And I appreciate
and want to thank
1697
01:19:17,559 --> 01:19:20,479
my bounty of friends
all over the world,
1698
01:19:20,479 --> 01:19:23,319
all the people who helped me
get the film done.
1699
01:19:24,359 --> 01:19:25,880
-[woman] Hi.
-[Atkin] Hi.
1700
01:19:25,880 --> 01:19:27,279
[woman] Hi, John.
1701
01:19:27,279 --> 01:19:29,399
-Remember me, John?
-Yeah, of course.
1702
01:19:29,399 --> 01:19:31,040
Nice to see you.
1703
01:19:31,040 --> 01:19:33,319
[Woo] John's like family to us.
1704
01:19:34,120 --> 01:19:35,679
Oh, and he's doing well.
1705
01:19:36,040 --> 01:19:38,160
[Woo] The cast member,
Steve Goodpasture,
1706
01:19:38,160 --> 01:19:39,559
who played one of the heavies,
1707
01:19:39,559 --> 01:19:41,800
I talk to him
almost every morning.
1708
01:19:41,800 --> 01:19:44,000
[indistinct chatter]
1709
01:19:44,439 --> 01:19:48,239
I keep in touch
with our DP, Gaston Biraben.
1710
01:19:48,239 --> 01:19:50,279
This is exactly where we met.
1711
01:19:50,279 --> 01:19:51,519
Yeah.
1712
01:19:51,519 --> 01:19:53,439
I think it was
one of those editing rooms.
1713
01:19:53,439 --> 01:19:55,200
-Yeah.
-I think it was that one.
1714
01:19:55,519 --> 01:19:57,880
[Woo] George Takei sends me
a Christmas card.
1715
01:19:57,880 --> 01:19:59,399
We keep in touch that way.
1716
01:20:00,080 --> 01:20:02,880
-I was doing it to help.
-We call this snowballing.
1717
01:20:02,880 --> 01:20:04,239
[laughs]
1718
01:20:06,080 --> 01:20:08,040
[Woo] Jimmy was at our wedding.
1719
01:20:08,399 --> 01:20:11,359
We kept in touch,
and when he passed away,
1720
01:20:11,359 --> 01:20:16,000
his brother Clarence
found our Christmas cards.
1721
01:20:16,439 --> 01:20:18,479
I was surprised
Jimmy kept those.
1722
01:20:21,319 --> 01:20:24,120
My dad passed away in 2007,
1723
01:20:24,120 --> 01:20:26,479
way before
the film was finished.
1724
01:20:26,479 --> 01:20:30,040
But I think
they'll be proud of seeing
1725
01:20:30,040 --> 01:20:32,239
what we finish after 36 years.
1726
01:20:32,239 --> 01:20:36,040
Yeah, you know,
the fruits of his investment.
1727
01:20:36,040 --> 01:20:37,319
Yeah, would have liked that.
1728
01:20:37,319 --> 01:20:40,120
[tender music playing]
1729
01:20:48,599 --> 01:20:52,319
This is the tunic
that George Takei wore
1730
01:20:52,319 --> 01:20:58,399
July 14th, 1985
for the Chilao Flats location.
1731
01:20:58,399 --> 01:21:01,559
So George did drop this
at the end of the day,
1732
01:21:01,559 --> 01:21:05,359
and there we got
the nicks to prove it.
1733
01:21:05,359 --> 01:21:06,359
[laughs]
1734
01:21:06,359 --> 01:21:08,880
Then this is like
the same jacket
1735
01:21:08,880 --> 01:21:11,000
that I guess
I was inspired by...
1736
01:21:11,000 --> 01:21:14,279
["Forever Young"
by Alphaville fades in]
1737
01:21:19,800 --> 01:21:23,239
♪ Let's dance in style,
Let's dance for a while ♪
1738
01:21:23,239 --> 01:21:24,960
♪ Heaven can wait ♪
1739
01:21:24,960 --> 01:21:27,200
♪ We're only watching
The skies ♪
1740
01:21:27,200 --> 01:21:28,519
♪ Hoping for the best... ♪
1741
01:21:28,519 --> 01:21:30,040
[Takei]
What is it that makes people
1742
01:21:30,040 --> 01:21:31,880
do this Star Trek thing?
1743
01:21:31,880 --> 01:21:35,800
I think Gene Roddenberry's
vision of the future,
1744
01:21:35,800 --> 01:21:40,080
a society that is enriched
by diversity.
1745
01:21:40,679 --> 01:21:42,840
And because the audience
is diverse,
1746
01:21:42,840 --> 01:21:46,679
there's something for everybody
to find themselves in.
1747
01:21:47,840 --> 01:21:50,760
♪ Let us die young,
Let us live forever ♪
1748
01:21:50,760 --> 01:21:54,559
As a writer, you can look
at the whole world and say,
1749
01:21:54,559 --> 01:21:59,200
"I think I'll comment
on selfishness,"
1750
01:21:59,200 --> 01:22:01,880
or, "I think
I'll comment on greed."
1751
01:22:01,880 --> 01:22:05,399
In Star Trek, I was able
to comment on diversity,
1752
01:22:05,399 --> 01:22:07,639
The beauty of diversity,
1753
01:22:07,639 --> 01:22:10,920
and that we should be pleased
that the world has diversity
1754
01:22:10,920 --> 01:22:13,720
rather than longing
that everything be the same.
1755
01:22:15,359 --> 01:22:17,359
[Chong]
I'm playing La'an Noonien-Singh
1756
01:22:17,359 --> 01:22:21,279
to continue
Gene Roddenberry's vision
1757
01:22:21,279 --> 01:22:22,880
of diversity,
1758
01:22:23,239 --> 01:22:26,519
and to continue
to speak that message.
1759
01:22:26,519 --> 01:22:29,040
We are all the same.
It doesn't matter what planet,
1760
01:22:29,040 --> 01:22:32,639
what species you're from,
what alien, you know, you are.
1761
01:22:32,639 --> 01:22:35,720
You probably cast me
from some other dimension.
1762
01:22:35,720 --> 01:22:37,120
[laughs]
1763
01:22:37,120 --> 01:22:41,279
I'm really glad that that things
have changed and progressed
1764
01:22:41,279 --> 01:22:43,880
with society to where we can
openly talk about
1765
01:22:43,880 --> 01:22:46,519
having gay characters
and trans characters,
1766
01:22:46,519 --> 01:22:48,279
and the Asian American actors
have proved
1767
01:22:48,279 --> 01:22:49,800
that we are relevant,
1768
01:22:49,800 --> 01:22:52,319
that people do want to see
stories about us.
1769
01:22:52,319 --> 01:22:54,479
[cheers and applause]
1770
01:22:56,479 --> 01:22:59,479
You know, we all stand
on the shoulders
1771
01:22:59,479 --> 01:23:02,040
of those who preceded us.
1772
01:23:02,040 --> 01:23:05,479
There were other Asian American
actors in Hollywood
1773
01:23:05,479 --> 01:23:10,800
who went through the most
arduous part of opening doors.
1774
01:23:10,800 --> 01:23:14,800
And so I stand on their
shoulders and in turn,
1775
01:23:14,800 --> 01:23:18,479
other Asian American actors
have benefited
1776
01:23:18,479 --> 01:23:20,279
from what I contributed.
1777
01:23:20,279 --> 01:23:22,279
I've got strong shoulders.
1778
01:23:22,279 --> 01:23:23,960
I'm proud of that.
1779
01:23:23,960 --> 01:23:26,439
I admire him so much,
and I'm really grateful
1780
01:23:26,439 --> 01:23:29,080
for George Takei
and for Nichelle Nichols
1781
01:23:29,080 --> 01:23:30,720
and for all of the pioneers
1782
01:23:30,720 --> 01:23:33,319
just leading the way
in representation in Hollywood.
1783
01:23:33,319 --> 01:23:35,439
Because of their work,
I'm able to work
1784
01:23:35,439 --> 01:23:36,760
and do what I do.
1785
01:23:38,880 --> 01:23:41,399
What I'm really trying
to do is to make sure Star Trek
1786
01:23:41,399 --> 01:23:43,200
holds true to its values.
1787
01:23:43,200 --> 01:23:44,800
Star Trek is different
than Star Wars.
1788
01:23:44,800 --> 01:23:46,960
Don't get me wrong,
I love Star Wars.
1789
01:23:46,960 --> 01:23:48,359
Absolutely love it.
1790
01:23:48,359 --> 01:23:49,800
But Star Trek is different.
1791
01:23:49,800 --> 01:23:52,439
It does talk about
this better future.
1792
01:23:52,840 --> 01:23:55,880
And this is why it resonates
with so many of us.
1793
01:23:55,880 --> 01:24:00,479
It is about being
a brotherhood, a sisterhood,
1794
01:24:00,479 --> 01:24:02,720
a them-hood of everybody.
1795
01:24:03,519 --> 01:24:05,239
Where you come from,
are there
1796
01:24:05,239 --> 01:24:06,960
a lot of people my size?
1797
01:24:08,040 --> 01:24:09,279
Where I come from,
1798
01:24:09,279 --> 01:24:11,359
size, shape or color
1799
01:24:11,359 --> 01:24:13,120
makes no difference.
1800
01:24:13,120 --> 01:24:15,000
[Takei] To see that society
1801
01:24:15,000 --> 01:24:16,399
and to see themselves
1802
01:24:16,399 --> 01:24:18,319
as part of that diversity
1803
01:24:18,319 --> 01:24:21,880
is what attracts
that huge support
1804
01:24:21,880 --> 01:24:23,439
and love of the show.
1805
01:24:24,000 --> 01:24:27,559
It is all out of joy
that these people are doing it,
1806
01:24:27,559 --> 01:24:30,439
and we all have our quirks,
and we all have those things
1807
01:24:30,439 --> 01:24:34,000
about ourselves
that people think are weird.
1808
01:24:34,000 --> 01:24:36,080
[chatter and laughter]
1809
01:24:36,080 --> 01:24:38,559
♪ Forever young
I want to be forever young ♪
1810
01:24:38,559 --> 01:24:42,160
At the age of 58, I'm still
dressing as her character.
1811
01:24:42,160 --> 01:24:44,519
Just shows what an impression
1812
01:24:44,519 --> 01:24:47,040
she made as a child to me.
1813
01:24:48,439 --> 01:24:50,519
All throughout my life,
1814
01:24:50,519 --> 01:24:55,000
I have experienced bullying,
discrimination.
1815
01:24:55,200 --> 01:24:58,239
I've always known
that I was different,
1816
01:24:58,239 --> 01:25:03,160
and Star Trek
celebrates differences.
1817
01:25:03,439 --> 01:25:06,519
It just spoke to my heart.
1818
01:25:06,800 --> 01:25:09,279
[Eugene] There's stories
that are heartbreaking
1819
01:25:09,279 --> 01:25:11,840
about people who've gone
through traumatic experiences,
1820
01:25:11,840 --> 01:25:15,399
but they credit Star Trek
with giving them that hope
1821
01:25:15,399 --> 01:25:17,880
and believing
that they could become more
1822
01:25:17,880 --> 01:25:21,000
than what society or the people
around them said they could.
1823
01:25:21,000 --> 01:25:24,960
And rose to the challenge
and became something great.
1824
01:25:24,960 --> 01:25:27,359
You know, doctors
and lawyers and teachers.
1825
01:25:27,359 --> 01:25:29,639
And for a TV show to do that,
1826
01:25:29,639 --> 01:25:32,000
I mean,
that's what I'm so proud of.
1827
01:25:32,000 --> 01:25:33,080
I'm so proud of my father.
1828
01:25:35,000 --> 01:25:37,760
[Kirk] They had a dream.
A dream that became a reality
1829
01:25:37,760 --> 01:25:39,840
and spread
throughout the stars.
1830
01:25:39,840 --> 01:25:42,080
[Eugene] Star Trek
was not just a TV show.
1831
01:25:42,080 --> 01:25:44,120
This became an idea
1832
01:25:44,120 --> 01:25:46,439
of what the future could be.
1833
01:25:46,439 --> 01:25:48,720
We believe that the future
is better,
1834
01:25:48,720 --> 01:25:50,479
and we will push
for a better future.
1835
01:25:50,479 --> 01:25:52,760
And we do that every year
at a convention,
1836
01:25:52,760 --> 01:25:54,800
at a meetup,
at a gathering online,
1837
01:25:54,800 --> 01:25:57,639
because we believe
that the fight is real.
1838
01:25:57,639 --> 01:26:00,639
And we believe that vision that
Gene brought from 1966 to now,
1839
01:26:00,639 --> 01:26:03,000
because it has to be better.
1840
01:26:03,000 --> 01:26:04,679
It has to be better.
1841
01:26:04,679 --> 01:26:06,239
So people can say like,
you know what?
1842
01:26:06,239 --> 01:26:08,399
I'll fight for that, and I'll
fight for that with you,
1843
01:26:08,399 --> 01:26:10,519
and I'll fight for that
with you.
1844
01:26:10,519 --> 01:26:12,160
That's why Star Trek
is important.
1845
01:26:12,399 --> 01:26:14,120
♪ Forever young ♪
1846
01:26:14,120 --> 01:26:17,319
[Sawyer] I am just astonished
by their commitment
1847
01:26:17,519 --> 01:26:19,800
to what ultimately,
1848
01:26:19,800 --> 01:26:23,599
they were legally barred from
ever making a penny off of.
1849
01:26:23,599 --> 01:26:28,120
100%. I always want to put
100% in everything I do.
1850
01:26:28,559 --> 01:26:32,479
I'm inspired by my dad.
He did things like that too.
1851
01:26:34,200 --> 01:26:35,599
[Atkin] Edward's only four,
1852
01:26:35,599 --> 01:26:37,479
so he hasn't seen
the whole film yet,
1853
01:26:37,479 --> 01:26:39,840
but he's seen
all of Daddy's scenes.
1854
01:26:39,840 --> 01:26:41,679
He gets really excited when
he sees Daddy on the bridge.
1855
01:26:41,679 --> 01:26:43,279
It's always hard for me
1856
01:26:43,279 --> 01:26:46,319
to ever say what my father
would think, obviously.
1857
01:26:46,639 --> 01:26:48,519
But he would be
incredibly proud
1858
01:26:48,519 --> 01:26:50,160
of the people
making Star Trek,
1859
01:26:50,160 --> 01:26:51,800
regardless of the quality,
1860
01:26:51,800 --> 01:26:54,239
regardless of how much money
they put into it.
1861
01:26:54,479 --> 01:26:57,319
I think one of the messages
in Star Trek
1862
01:26:57,319 --> 01:27:00,679
is that everyone has something
of value to contribute,
1863
01:27:01,120 --> 01:27:04,880
and it's okay to make mistakes
and not know everything.
1864
01:27:05,120 --> 01:27:09,040
But if you work together,
you can exceed far beyond
1865
01:27:09,040 --> 01:27:12,800
whatever limitations
you might have thought you had.
1866
01:27:17,239 --> 01:27:20,920
Yeah, not a good movie,
but as an expression of love,
1867
01:27:20,920 --> 01:27:22,279
it's fantastic.
1868
01:27:22,760 --> 01:27:25,399
[Biraben]
Before I became a professional,
1869
01:27:25,399 --> 01:27:27,800
we were able
to make films with love.
1870
01:27:27,800 --> 01:27:30,319
Just that,
with no other intentions.
1871
01:27:30,319 --> 01:27:32,040
That's how I remember this one.
1872
01:27:32,399 --> 01:27:35,840
Passion is an important thing.
More people should have that.
1873
01:27:36,040 --> 01:27:37,599
Bravo to Stan.
1874
01:27:38,000 --> 01:27:39,840
He is a determined,
1875
01:27:39,840 --> 01:27:44,239
passionate lover
of what he loves doing.
1876
01:27:45,399 --> 01:27:46,960
[Woo]
If I ran into my younger self,
1877
01:27:46,960 --> 01:27:49,439
I would say, "Just keep on
going what you're doing,
1878
01:27:49,439 --> 01:27:52,639
but don't get
too obsessed with it.
1879
01:27:52,639 --> 01:27:54,720
It will eventually
get finished,
1880
01:27:54,720 --> 01:27:59,040
but I'm not gonna tell you
how long it will take
1881
01:27:59,040 --> 01:28:02,359
because it's gonna freak
you out, kid."
1882
01:28:02,359 --> 01:28:04,239
Scene 14, take three.
1883
01:28:05,920 --> 01:28:07,840
[song fades]
1884
01:28:11,880 --> 01:28:14,519
[upbeat electronic
music playing]
1885
01:29:03,639 --> 01:29:06,080
[music continues]
1886
01:29:50,200 --> 01:29:52,599
[music continues]
1887
01:30:27,720 --> 01:30:30,279
[music fades]