The View from the Bridge: Memories of Star Trek and a Life in Hollywood
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The critically acclaimed directorand writer shares his account ofthe making of the three classicStar Trek filmsThe View from the Bridgeis Nicholas Meyer's enormouslyentertaining account of his involvement withthe Star Trek films: STII: The Wrath of Khan, STIV: TheVoyage Home, and STVI: The Undiscovered Country,as well as his illustrious career in the movie business.The man best known for bringing together SherlockHolmes and Sigmund Freud in The Seven Per-CentSolution had ironically never been interested in StarTrek until he was brought on board to save the filmseries.Meyer shares how he created the script for TheWrath of Khan, the most revered Star Trek film of all, intwelve days—only to have William Shatner proclaimhe hated it. He reveals the death threats he receivedwhen word got out that Spock would be killed,and finally answers the long-pondered...
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