Captains Close Up

Shatner Expands His Engaging Documentary Film Into A Five Part Interview Series
Actor William Shatner came up with an inspired idea in the documentary feature "The Captains." Adding a missing piece to the legacy of television's longest running space saga, the film united the six actors that have been featured as Captains in the show's various interpretations. Chris Pine from the current movies appeared in the full length film, but is not a notable part of the documentary series "The Captains Close Up." This five part series that appeared on the EPIX network (yeah, I don't know what that is either) is basically an expansion of the film. Each of the five episodes deals specifically with one of the TV captains. The interviews deal, obviously, with the Star Trek experience but also with their travails as actors in general. And Shatner steps forward both as subject and interviewer using footage he captured for the movie version.

The five included episodes are each approximately 30 minutes in length for a total program content of about 2 1/2 hours. In...

A Spin Off of Shatner's The Captain's Documentary
This is 99% new content and not a rehash of Shatner's wonderful 2012 documentary entitled The Captains The format is 30 minute segments on the 5 Captains; Shatner; Stewart, Mulgrew, Brooks and Bakula (New Captain Kirk, Chris Pine is seen in the Shatner half hour) so we get 2.5 hours of every Captain!

In addition it's not just Shatner in the half hour segments. They are beautifully woven together to tell a story from a 360 degree viewpoint augmented by other actors from the series as well as production team members from the series. This is a very comprehensive and thoroughly enjoyable production for any fan of the Star Trek series.

William Shatner has pulled off a coup yet again!

If you already have Star Trek Captains this is still worth it
This is actually an update and more in-depth version of an earlier documentary done by William Shatner and it does a good job of adding on to the previous stories of the actors that have sat in the center chair. A must for any Star Trek fan. Highly recommended.

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