Post by Dimitris on Aug 26, 2004 8:41:20 GMT -5
Trivia for
Star Trek: The Cage (1965) (TV)
This was the first pilot episode of the cult series "Star Trek" (1966). In 1965 it was presented to the NBC executives, which rejected the pilot and asked for a second pilot. (Star Trek - Where No Man Has Gone Before (1966) (TV)).
The first pilot was not aired on TV until 1988, when is was used as a filler episode for "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) due to a writers strike.
Footage of this pilot has been used to create the two part "Star Trek" (1966) episode "The Menagerie". Because of a production delay they had only one week to produce two episodes, and so they edited this pilot into two new episodes.
Leonard Nimoy's Mr. Spock was the only character from the first pilot to survive into the series. The ship's first officer character, Number One, was rejected for the series by the network because she was female. Actress Majel Barrett (Roddenberry's girlfriend at the time and later wife) was recast as Nurse Chapel. When the pilot was recycled as the two-part series episode "The Menagerie," it was established the events in this episode take place 13 years prior to the events of the "Star Trek" series.
In post-production, the Orion Slave Girl footage kept returning from processing with the character's green skin changed to Caucasian. Initially believing that the green makeup was somehow failing to show up on film, the producers learned that the developers at the processing lab hand-corrected the color, believing it to be a processing error.
Spock's emotionless Vulcan nature had not yet been established, therefore this is the only Trek episode where Spock (without any alien influence) grins. Spock is also seen limping throughout the film. Apparently there was to have been a reference to Spock being injured during a recent battle, but this never made it into the final version.
"The Cage" and follow-up pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" were the only episodes that were not filmed at the present-day Paramount Studios in Hollywood. The pilots were filmed at The Culver Studios (now owned by Sony Pictures) in Culver City, California.
The officer rank insignia in this episode (single gold braid for everyone) was intended to be generic so as to imply that the space service of the future had no need for ranks and titles, and was not intended to be a military organization. This concept did not carry over into other Star Trek series, as a classic rank insignia structure was developed and Star Fleet was clearly indicated to be based on the military.
Originally entitled "The Menagerie". After the "Star Trek" (1966) series used that title, fans began referring to the film as "The Cage". This alternate title was made official when Paramount released The Cage on video under that title.
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Star Trek: The Cage (1965) (TV)
This was the first pilot episode of the cult series "Star Trek" (1966). In 1965 it was presented to the NBC executives, which rejected the pilot and asked for a second pilot. (Star Trek - Where No Man Has Gone Before (1966) (TV)).
The first pilot was not aired on TV until 1988, when is was used as a filler episode for "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) due to a writers strike.
Footage of this pilot has been used to create the two part "Star Trek" (1966) episode "The Menagerie". Because of a production delay they had only one week to produce two episodes, and so they edited this pilot into two new episodes.
Leonard Nimoy's Mr. Spock was the only character from the first pilot to survive into the series. The ship's first officer character, Number One, was rejected for the series by the network because she was female. Actress Majel Barrett (Roddenberry's girlfriend at the time and later wife) was recast as Nurse Chapel. When the pilot was recycled as the two-part series episode "The Menagerie," it was established the events in this episode take place 13 years prior to the events of the "Star Trek" series.
In post-production, the Orion Slave Girl footage kept returning from processing with the character's green skin changed to Caucasian. Initially believing that the green makeup was somehow failing to show up on film, the producers learned that the developers at the processing lab hand-corrected the color, believing it to be a processing error.
Spock's emotionless Vulcan nature had not yet been established, therefore this is the only Trek episode where Spock (without any alien influence) grins. Spock is also seen limping throughout the film. Apparently there was to have been a reference to Spock being injured during a recent battle, but this never made it into the final version.
"The Cage" and follow-up pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" were the only episodes that were not filmed at the present-day Paramount Studios in Hollywood. The pilots were filmed at The Culver Studios (now owned by Sony Pictures) in Culver City, California.
The officer rank insignia in this episode (single gold braid for everyone) was intended to be generic so as to imply that the space service of the future had no need for ranks and titles, and was not intended to be a military organization. This concept did not carry over into other Star Trek series, as a classic rank insignia structure was developed and Star Fleet was clearly indicated to be based on the military.
Originally entitled "The Menagerie". After the "Star Trek" (1966) series used that title, fans began referring to the film as "The Cage". This alternate title was made official when Paramount released The Cage on video under that title.
imdb.com/title/tt0059753/trivia