Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

1984
PG
1h 45m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

88K

YOUR RATING

Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Merritt Butrick, and Robin Curtis in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

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Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned U.S.S. Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis Planet to recover Spock's body.Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned U.S.S. Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis Planet to recover Spock's body.Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned U.S.S. Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis Planet to recover Spock's body.

Director
- Leonard Nimoy
Writers
- Gene Roddenberry
- Harve Bennett
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

88K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Leonard Nimoy
Writers
- Gene Roddenberry
- Harve Bennett
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 7 nominations total

User reviews271

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Not the best yet not the worst

Star Trek 3:The Search for Spock is well done movie it just doesn't stand out. I do admit Leonard Nimoy is good director. Look out for Taxi's Christopher Lloyd as the Klingon captian Kruge. I give this movie a 3 out of 5.

mjos1
Jun 30, 2002
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Trivia
In the opening credits, there is a six-second-long pause between William Shatner and DeForest Kelley's names, where Leonard Nimoy's name would normally be. It's only one second between each of the other names.

Goofs
As the Grissom discovers Spock's tube on the planet, the display for sector 3 misspells Celsius as Celcius, although the other 2 displays are correct.

Quotes
[Witnessing the destruction of the Enterprise]
Kirk: [1:15:58] My God, Bones... what have I done?
McCoy: What you had to do, what you always do. Turn death into a fighting chance to live.

Crazy credits
Leonard Nimoy is credited as director in the opening credits, but is not included in the cast list. There is a long gap between the names of William Shatner and DeForest Kelley, which lasts for the length of time Nimoy's name would have been displayed.

Alternate versions
Some network broadcasts are noticeably truncated. In particular, the scene where Kruge destroys the female mercenary for looking at the Genesis information is deleted. The scene ends instead with the two characters expressing love for each other. The scene where McCoy refers to "that green-blooded son-of-a-bitch" is also censored.