The Captains (2011) on Netflix
NR20111h 37mDocumentary
He portrayed Captain James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek. Now he interviews the performers who later portrayed captains in the franchise, and looks back over his own career.
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From Los Angeles to Oxfordshire, Toronto, Stratford, Las Vegas, New York City and Princeton, the actor who portrayed Captain James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek sits down with the five performers who later played captains in the franchise. They discuss the lives and careers that led to those parts, and the pressures, stigmas and sacrifices that came with the roles. He turns the same attention on his own beginnings at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and in CBC radio and television, his Broadway shows, and his Hollywood break as the star of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek. In Stratford he visits a friend who was instrumental in his early career. Interviews, personal observations and archival footage make up the film.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Captains (2011)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Craig Huxley, who appeared in two episodes of the original Star Trek series and provided special music for the first four Star Trek movies, is uncredited in The Captains; William Shatner encountered him by chance and did not recognize him.
