[source: http://www.fathomevents.com/details.aspx?eventid=685 ]


Boldly go where no man has gone before to see two of the most famous ³Star
Trek: The Original Series² episodes ­ your local movie theatre! By popular
demand a second night has been added!! ³Star Trek: The Original Series² will
be beamed onto the big screen for two nights only in select movie theatres
nationwide on Tuesday, Nov. 13th at 7:30PM (local) and on Thursday, November
15th at 7:30PM & 10:30PM (local). This event features the original Season 1
episodes ³The Menagerie² Part 1 and 2, digitally re-mastered in
High-Definition and Cinema Surround Sound.   Also included is greeting from
creator Gene Roddenberry¹s son, Eugene ³Rod² Roddenberry and an exclusive
behind-the-scenes look at how the episodes were digitally re-mastered.
Please note ­ to purchase tickets for the 11/13 show, please search from
this page. If you are looking to purchase tickets to either of the 11/15
shows, please choose ³Star Trek: The Menagerie ENCORE² from the drop down
menu above.
 
Event Synopsis:
 
³The Menagerie² features footage from the original ³Star Trek² pilot
episode titled ³The Cage.² Leonard Nimoy as Spock is the only character that
made it from the pilot to the ³Star Trek² series ­ as well as Jeffrey Hunter
in the role of the original commander of the starship Enterprise, Captain
Christopher Pike. 
 
The two-part episode features Spock and the familiar crew of the Enterprise
including William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk, DeForest Kelley as Dr.
McCoy, James Doohan as Scott, and Nichelle Nichols as Uhura. In this
episode, Spock is on trial for hijacking the Enterprise, telling a strange
tale of former Enterprise Captain Pike's imprisonment on Talos IV 13 years
earlier and the past crew's attempts to rescue him ­ shown in ³flashback²
footage taken from the original pilot episode.
 
An in-theatre exclusive greeting from creator Gene Roddenberry¹s son,
Eugene ³Rod² Roddenberry is included, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at
how the episodes were digitally re-mastered from the original negatives ­
including the reinvention of the old TV show special effects using new CGI
animation, and the orchestral re-recording of the show¹s theme music.
 
Please note: The event content will be shown in its original (TV) format,
4x3.
 


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