Star Trek III: The Search for Spock is a 1984 American science fiction
film, written and produced by Harve Bennett, directed by Leonard
Nimoy, and based on the television series Star Trek. It is the third
film in the Star Trek film series, and is the second part of a
three-film story arc that begins with Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
(1982) and concludes with Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986). After
the death of Spock (Nimoy), the crew of the USS Enterprise returns to
Earth. When James T. Kirk (William Shatner) learns that Spock's
spirit, or katra, is held in the mind of Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy
(DeForest Kelley), Kirk and company steal the Enterprise to return
Spock's body to his homeworld. The crew must also contend with hostile
Klingons led by Kruge (Christopher Lloyd) who are bent on stealing the
secrets of a powerful terraforming device.Paramount Pictures
commissioned the film after the positive critical and commercial
reaction to The Wrath of Khan. Nimoy directed the film, becoming the
first Star Trek cast member to do so. Producer Harve Bennett wrote the
script starting from the end and working back, and intended the
destruction of the Enterprise to be a shocking development. Bennett
and Nimoy collaborated with effects house Industrial Light & Magic to
develop storyboards and new ship designs; ILM also handled the film's
many special effects sequences. Aside from a single day of location
shooting, all of the film's scenes were shot on Paramount and ILM
soundstages. Composer James Horner returned to expand his themes from
the previous film.The Search for Spock opened on June 1, 1984. In its
first week of release, the film grossed over $16 million from almost
2,000 theaters across North America. It went on to gross $76 million
at the domestic box office, with a total of $87 million worldwide.
Critical reaction to The Search for Spock was positive, but notably
less so than the previous film. Reviewers generally praised the cast
and characters, while criticism tended to focus on the plot; the
special effects were conflictingly received. Roger Ebert called the
film a compromise between the tones of the first and second Star Trek
films.The Federation starship Enterprise returns to Earth following a
battle with the superhuman Khan Noonien Singh, who tried to destroy
the Enterprise by detonating an experimental terraforming device known
as Genesis. The casualties of the fight include Admiral James T.
Kirk's Vulcan friend, Spock, whose casket was launched into space and
eventually landed on the planet created by the Genesis Device. Upon
arriving at Earth Spacedock, Doctor Leonard McCoy begins to act
strangely and is detained. The commander of Starfleet, Admiral Morrow,
visits the Enterprise and informs the crew the ship is to be
decommissioned; the crew is instructed not to speak about Genesis due
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