Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime is a 2001 American documentary film in which actors William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy discuss the Star Trek science fiction franchise and its effects on their lives. The film’s title refers to a fictional practice in Star Trek—a mind meld is a telepathic link that Vulcans are able to create with other organisms. It was in this film that Nimoy first publicly revealed that he had struggled with alcoholism while he was acting in the original television series.
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Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime is a 2001 American documentary film in which actors William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy discuss the Star Trek science fiction franchise and its effects on their lives. The film’s title refers to a fictional practice in Star Trek—a mind meld is a telepathic link that Vulcans are able to create with other organisms. It was in this film that Nimoy first publicly revealed that he had struggled with alcoholism while he was acting in the original television series. Mind Meld attracted some notoriety because of an unintended sound in one scene that became a popular subject of flatulence humor among Star Trek fans and on morning zoo radio programs. It received mixed reviews from critics, with one critic giving it an ‘F’ and saying that the only people likely to watch the film were extreme Star Trek fan and people interested in hearing Sh atner’s supposed flatulence. It is now available for sale on Shatners’ personal website, and Nimoy’s library is featured in the title sequence of the film, which is composed entirely of the two actors in conversation. The two actors portrayed the characters James T. Kirk and Spock respectively in the 1960s Star Trek television series, the 1970s animated TV series, and their film sequels. They talk about differences they had with Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, and about the strained relationships between ShAtner and some of the other cast members.
They also talk about Star Trek’s origins and the death of DeForest Kelley, who had portrayed Leonard McCoy in both The Original Series and The Animated Series. Both men describe Star Trek as having put personal pressures on them that negatively affected their family lives. They discuss interactions between themselves and others on the set ofStar Trek, including conflicts. The conversation is mostly guided by ShatNER, who prompts Nimoy to discuss issues he had regarding the legitimacy of consistently portraying an extraterrestrial. It took me a while to get rid of all that anger when I realized that I had had ever since Star Trek went on the air, says Nimoy. He says he has been a teetotaler since divorcing Zober in 1988, and has been married to Susan Bayeter since 1987. He says that he became dependent on alcohol because of the deterioration of the marriage to his first wife, Sandra Zober, and that he has never been able to get over the loss of his third wife, Nerine Kidd, who accidentally drowned in a pool in 1999 after suffering from alcoholism. He also talks about his struggles with his acting career at the time, and how he became an alcoholic, probably during the second or third year of the original Star Trek series—something that was something that was probably never publicly known before the time of the series. He talks about how he never worried about work while on the show.
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