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Feature Films

The first feature film made from the Star Trek television series was Star Trek--The Motion Picture in 1979, directed by Robert Wise, and this film followed the general pattern of the series and revived characters and situations dear to fans of the series. This was not the first time a feature film had been made from a television series, but in earlier instances, movies were made in conjunction with a series that was still on the air. The Star Trek franchise has become a major money-making enterprise for the studio and production company involved as well as for an array of related manufacturers, publishers, and others selling goods featuring pictures, logos, and other material derived in some way from the original series.

Feature films had been made from radio series in the 1940s based on the same desire--to appeal to fans of the series and to cross-advertise the series and the movie so each benefited. Among the radio shows made into films while the radio version was still on the air were features using characters from Amos 'n Andy, Fibber McGee and Molly, The Great Gildersleeve, I Love a Mystery, The Fat Man, and others. Many of these became film series--there were four features made from the Gildersleeve radio series in 1943 and 1944, for instance, while others were on-shots. Television series used the same cross-advertising method, among them McHale's Navy (two films), The Munsters, and Ozzie and Harriet. Television series in general were regarded as having a certain life, and producers and networks sought to extend that life as much as possible to produce as many episodes as possible. Once the series was off the air, however, its life was confined to syndication, and usually that only lasted a certain period of time before other series forced it off the air. The story of Star Trek would be different and would grow stronger in syndication than it had been on the network, leading to the revival of the characters in a featu...

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