Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime (2001) on Netflix

NR20011h 15mDocumentary Sci-Fi

William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, the stars of the original Star Trek, sit down to talk. The conversation turns to what the franchise did to their lives, families and careers.

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Plot summary

Leonard Nimoy's home is the setting: the two men talk in his backyard, then in his library of souvenirs. The conversation has no script, and many of its questions came from fans online. Each interviews the other about what Star Trek brought and took: privacy lost, typecasting after the roles that made them famous, and awkward interactions on the set, including conflict with the show's creator, Gene Roddenberry, and with other cast members. Shatner prompts Nimoy on his acting career and on playing an extraterrestrial for so long. They also cover the franchise's beginnings and the hold it has kept on audiences. The title refers to the Vulcan telepathic link Spock can form with other beings.

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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime (2001)

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A sound resembling flatulence can be heard about 52 minutes and 47 seconds into Mind Meld, when William Shatner shifts in his chair while discussing other Star Trek actors disliking him. It was first reported in the New York Post on October 10, 2001, and became a popular subject of flatulence humor among Star Trek fans and on morning zoo radio programs.
Mind Meld was the first time Leonard Nimoy publicly revealed that he had been an alcoholic during the original Star Trek series; he said he developed a major drinking habit in the show's second or third year, and his secretary brought him alcohol in paper cups at the end of each day of filming.
Mind Meld was made to advertise William Shatner's personal website, williamshatner.com, which offered features including the Shatner and Friends fan club's quarterly newsletter, updates on Shatner's life, and a photograph of Shatner with the gorilla Koko.
Shatner said that another reason they decided to make Mind Meld was that Leonard Nimoy was visibly getting old.
Mind Meld's release prompted Wil Wheaton, who had portrayed Wesley Crusher in Star Trek: The Next Generation, to change the name of his comic science fiction improvisational theater company from "Mind Meld" to "EarnestBorg9".