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Run time: 49 minutes
Director: Phil Stebbing
Release date: 30 June 2013
Rating(s): TV-PG
Language: English

The Real Story was a documentary series that aired on the Smithsonian Channel for five seasons from 2009 through 2013, for a total of twenty-six episodes:

They've thrilled us, horrified us, and devastated us. They've raised questions about our past and given us hope for a brighter future. They are five of Hollywood's biggest hits, all works of fiction, but all inspired by real events more dramatic than anything a screenwriter could dream up. Join us as we go behind the scenes of "Live Free or Die Hard," "Scream," "Platoon," "The Da Vinci Code," and "Star Trek," and uncover the actual characters and true stories that inspired some of Hollywood's most famous blockbusters.

The first episode of Season 5, entitled "Star Trek", entreats the viewer to "Imagine a "Star Trek" where Mr. Spock is the lieutenant of SS Yorktown, and he has a tail. Leonard Nimoy and others tell the Real Story".

Summary

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The biggest movie and TV franchise of all time, Star Trek spawned more than 700 TV episodes and twelve films. Creator Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future helped inspire today's scientists to develop the first scientific principles of teleportation, the creation of artificial intelligence, androids, and more. Now, scientists, series producers, the first Trekkies, and Spock himself, Leonard Nimoy, provide new insights into a show that inspired audiences everywhere to create a better world.

Excerpts of copyrighted sources are included for review purposes only, without any intention of infringement.

Cast and crew

  • Phil Stebbing - Director
  • Duncan O'Neill - Editor
  • Clemens Seiz - Colorist
  • Markus Thüne - Online Editor
  • Tobias Fritzsch - Dubbing Mixer
  • James Sandy - Assistant Producer
  • Luc Tremoulet - Assistant Producer
  • Will Pugh - Director of Photography
  • Dave Prevost - Camera Assistant
  • Nick Green - Lighting
  • Alex Ward - Art Director
  • Cara Stevens - Costume Designer
  • Hannah Phillips - Make-Up Artist
  • Oli Bailey - Runner
  • Corey Johnson - Narrator
  • Audio Network - Music
  • Liam Jacobs - Graphics
  • Mani Shirazi - Archive Producer
  • Rapid Pictures - Post Production Services
  • Cine Plus Media Services GmbH - Post Production Services
  • Looks Films - Online Post Production Services
Stock Footage & Stills
  • Star Trek - Courtesy of CBS Television Studios
  • Star Trek: The Motion Picture Courtesy of Paramount Pictures
  • Albert Einstein used with permission of HUJ
  • BBC Motion Gallery
  • Corbis Images
  • Harry Chase
  • Los Angeles Times
  • NASA
  • NASA/ESA
  • Astrophotography by Martin Pugh
  • Astrophotography by Robert Gendler
  • A. Fuji, A. Dyer, NASA, ESA, and H. Weaver (the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory)
  • A. Nota (ESA/STSCI)
  • Astromania de Yave
  • ESA/Hubble (L. Calçada)
  • ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser)
  • T. Borders, L. Frattare, Z. Levay
With thanks to
  • CERN
  • Dr. Harrison Solow
  • Motion Picture & Television Fund
  • New York State Department of Health
  • Wake-Forest Medical Center
For Blink Films
  • Deborah Weavers - Production Manager
  • Libby Daker - Production Coordinator
  • Sarah Vaughan - Production Coordinator
  • Georgia Braham - Researcher
  • Sarah Sapper - Head of Production
  • Dan Chambers - Executive Producer
  • Andra Heritage - Executive Producer
For LOOKS Filmproduktionen GmbH
  • Jan Müller - Head of Production
  • Cecelia Valensise - Production Coordinator
  • Gunnar Dedio - Executive Producer
  • Martina Haubrich - Executive Producer
For Smithsonian Channel
  • Greta S. Pittard - Director of Production Management
  • Addie Moray - Vice President of Production Management
  • Joy Galane - Executive Producer
  • Linda Goldman - Executive Producer
  • Chris Hoelzl - Vice President of Development
  • Charles Poe - Vice President of Production
  • David Royle - Vice President of Programming and Production

A Blink Films / LOOKS Filmproduktionen GmbH production in association with Smithsonian Channel, Discovery Europe, ZDF in collaboration with Arte, Channel Five and BBC Worldwide

© 2012 Blink Entertainment

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