- Title: ALE-12
- Summary: GENE RODDENBERRY INTERVIEW: INTERVIEWS FILMED RELATED TO FILM MAKER GEORGE PAL
- Description:00:59:57 - BLANK 01:00:02 - MS OF GENE RODDENBERRY, SEATED, TALKS ABOUT FIRST MEETING GEORGE PAL IN THE 1960, WORKING ON STAR TREK, "OLD SCHOOL EUROPEAN GENTLEMAN", WAS INTERESTED IN WHAT OTHERS DID AND WANTING TO HELP -MENTIONS "DESTINATION MOON", CORPORATE SPACE TRAVEL, "TIME MACHINE", CALLS HIM A "REMARKABLE MAN", "DISAPPEARANCE", DISCUSSES SEXUALITY 01:05:34 - INTERVIEW WITH GENE RODDENBERRY CONTINUES: HE TALKS ABOUT GEORGE PAL BEING FULL OF LIFE 01:06:32 - BLANK 01:06:34 - INTERVIEW CONTINUES: DISCUSSES GEORGE PAL'S CLASSIC MOVIES "THE TIME MACHINE", "WAR OF THE WORLDS" AND "DESTINATION, MOON", STARTS OVER A FEW TIMES -TALKS ABOUT THE USE OF SOUND EFFECTS IN STAR TREK, RODDENBERRY LEARNED A LOT FROM GEORGE PAL. -DISCUSSES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY 01:11:49 - GENE RODDENBERRY INTERVIEW CONTINUES: DISCUSSES HOW HE MET WAH CHANG AND HOW INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT HE WAS. DISCUSSES HIS PROBLEMS WITH STUDIOS, PARAMOUNT. CHARACTERIZES GEORGE PAL AS LOVING BEAUTIFUL LADIES 01:14:25 - GENE RODDENBERRY TALKS ABOUT GEORGE PAL'S INFLUENCE AND IMPACT ON SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY, HAS TROUBLE REMEMBERING, MANY DIFFERENT STARTS, YELLS AT DOG OFF CAMERA 01:17:44 - INTERVIEW CONTINUES: GENE RODDENBERRY CONTINUES TO TALK ABOUT INFLUENCE OF GEORGE PAL, MAKES MORE MISTAKES 01:20:13 - GENE RODDENBERRY CHECKS HIS NOTES, TALKS ABOUT GEORGE PAL'S EFFECT ON HIM AND HIS TECHNICIANS -RELATES THAT GEORGE PAL WAS VERY INTERESTED, NO ARTIFICE, CHARMED WOMEN -TELLS ABOUT MEETING FOR LUNCH, HAVING SPAGHETTI, PHONE RINGS AND INTERRUPTS 01:23:08 - INTERVIEW WITH GENE RODDENBERRY CONTINUES: REPEATS HOW HE ADMIRED GEORGE PAL, MENTIONS HIS BEING DRIVEN OUT OF EUROPE BY THE NAZIS, COUPLE OF TAKES. "AMAZING VITALITY AND YOUTH TIL HIS VERY LAST DAYS" ***INTERVIEW ENDS*** 01:25:45 - SCULPTURE IN RODDENBERRY'S HOUSE 01:26:55 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1990
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1990s
- File Name: ALE-12