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The 6th Star Trek film was released to theaters on December 6, 1991. The original plan was a reboot of sorts involving telling the story of how Kirk and Spock met in their early days in the Federation with the main cast recast with younger actors. This idea was ultimately rejected, but would return in a modified form in Star Trek (2009). It has been said that Walter Koenig also presented a proposal for a story but was turned down. Ultimately it was decided to make the film a farewell film for the original cast (William Shatner - Kirk, Leonard Nemoy - Spock, DeForest Kelly - McCoy, James Doohan - Scotty, Walter Koenig - Chekov, Nichelle Norris - Uhura, and George Takei - Sulu) and Paramount went with a story by Leonard Nimoy and Screenplay by Nicholas Meyer (also directed by) and Denny Martin Flinn. This was the first Star Trek film directed by Meyer since Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn (III and IV were directed by Leonard Nimoy and V was directed by William Shatner). Meyer used the title of "The Undiscovered Country", which he had wanted to use for Star Trek II. After James Horner and Jerry Goldsmith both passed on returning to score the film, Cliff Eidelman, who had his first screen score credits only a few years previous, was chosen. Series creator Gene Roddenberry was in declining health when he saw a rough cut of the film and supposedly got in a heated debate with Meyer over several things in the film. Roddenberry would pass on only a few days after this encounter. It's also said there was conflict with Meyer and Nimoy over the edit. It has been said that Nichelle Nichols pushed back on saying racist lines about Klingons as well as being confused as to why her character wouldn't either be fluent or at least have access to the Klingon language given her background. George Takei claimed that a scene where Captain Sulu and his crew helped save the day was rewritten at the insistence of William Shatner. It has also been said that Shatner wanted to add a hand gesture after his line "kill them all" to show regret at his outburst, but Meyer had cut that part out. The film took place in 2293 and was a murder mystery as well as a cold war ending analogy that explored the events that lead to peace between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. A character that had been considered originally for Saavik, was changed into the new character Valeris and was played by Kim Catrall. Michael Dorn, who played Worf on Star Trek the Next Generation, played his character's grandfather in the movie. Star Trek fan Christian Slater played a communications officer. Star Trek alum Mark Lenard returned as Sarak as well as the film saw the return of Grace Lee Whitney. Depending on which version you watch, you may or may not see future Deep Space Nine actor Rene Aberjonois as Colonel West. Other sci-fi actors who appeared in the film included Brock Peters, Leon Russom, Kurtwood Smith, Christopher Plummer, Rossana DeSoto, David Warner, John Schuck, Robert Easton, William Morgan Sheppard (who is also the father of sci-fi familiar face Mark Sheppard), Brett Porter, and Jeremy Roberts. The film marked the final theatrical appearance of DeForest Kelly and was dedicated to the memory of Gene Roddenberry. Shatner, Doohan, and Koenig would go on to appear theatrically one more time in Star Trek Generations that handed off the film franchise off to the cast of Star Trek the Next Generation. ("Star Trek V: The Undiscovered Country", Star Trek Film Event)