For the Love of Spock
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| Directed by | Adam Nimoy |
| Produced by | Joseph Kornbrodt Kevin Layne David Zappone Kai de Mello-Folsom |
| Music by | Nicholas Pike |
| Cinematography | Kevin Layne |
| Edited by | Janice Hampton a.c.e. Luke Snailham |
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455 Films
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1 hour 51 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
For the Love of Spock is a 2016 American documentary film produced by 455 Films and directed by Adam Nimoy.
The film looks at the life and career of actor Leonard Nimoy, and his iconic character Mr. Spock. It includes interviews with cast, crew and people connected with Star Trek, fans at conventions, as well as personal memories.
As Odie Henderson from RogerEbert.com points, "'For the Love of Spock' is more than just catnip for Trekkies. It’s also an often painful examination of the rocky father/son relationship that existed between filmmaker Adam Nimoy and his famous father, Leonard."
By Thanksgiving 2014, Adam Nimoy started working with his father in a documentary about Spock, to commemorate Star Trek: The Original Series’s 50th anniversary. After Leonard Nimoy's passing on February 27, 2015, the outpouring of affection from Star Trek fans prompted him to widen the film’s scope to encompass his father’s life and career beyond Spock.
To license Spock's still photographs and film clips from television and feature films in time to complete the documentary by 2016, Adam Nimoy launched a Kickstarter campaign in June 2015, aiming to collect US$600,000 in one month which attracted worldwide interest. By the end of the campaign, 9,439 backers pledged US$662,640, making it the most successful crowdfund of the period.
Production continued with interviews of William Shatner, George Takei, Walter Koenig,Nichelle Nichols, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Zoe Saldana, Jim Parsons, Jason Alexander, Neil deGrasse Tyson and J.J. Abrams.
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