In an insightful article for the Hollywood Reporter, writer David Weiner revisits the production of "Star Trek: The Motion Picture", which hit theaters 40 years ago this month. The film had a mixed reception from "Trek" fans and critics but the story behind the movie is a fascinating one. The article features extensive comments from William Shatner and visual effects wizard Douglas Trumbull who was dragooned into reluctantly saving the production when the special effects proved problematic. Director Robert Wise was an Oscar winner but he found that the new technologies called for him to step aside and let Trumbull conceive and direct the complex special effects-laden sequences. The result was a film that, although not the blockbuster Paramount had anticipated, proved profitable enough to launch more "Trek" films on the big screen. Click here to read the story.