The View from the Bridge, Nicholas Meyer
The View from the Bridge, Nicholas Meyer
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The View from the Bridge
Memories of Star Trek and a Life in Hollywood

Author: Nicholas Meyer

Narrator: Nicholas Meyer

Unabridged: 10 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/02/2021

Synopsis

When Nicholas Meyer was asked to direct the troubled second Star Trek film, he was something less than a true believer. A bestselling author and successful director, he had never been a fan of the TV series. But as he began to ponder the appeal of Kirk, Spock, et al., he realized that their story was a classical nautical adventure yarn transplanted into space and-armed with that insight-set out on his mission: to revitalize Trek.

About The Author

NICHOLAS MEYER is a noted author, screenwriter, and director. In addition to the Star Trek films, his many credits include an Oscar nomination for the screenplay of The Seven Per-Cent Solution (adapted from his New York Times bestseller), writing and directing the classic SF thriller Time After Time, and directing The Day After, the controversial film about nuclear war that became the most watched movie ever televised. Most recently, he adapted Philip Roth's novella The Dying Animal for the screen as Elegy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on January 04, 2012

While Star Trek fans may never agree on which series is the best (it will always be Original Series, hands down), most fans will agree that Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is the best entry in the long-running film franchise. In fact, were it not for Khan and it's success, it's likely we'd only have......more

Goodreads review by Dan on May 17, 2023

I think the title of this book was foisted on Nicholas Meyer by the publisher, because there's maybe a chapter devoted to each of the three Trek movies he was involved with, and most of those chapters are spent in describing his writing process, and how the Writer's Guild determines screen credit,......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on August 09, 2014

As the author himself notes at one point, “Everyone connected with Star Trek writes a memoir.” Some have been honest and candid, others perhaps more self-serving than others. The View From The Bridge by Nicholas Meyer, the man who brought us not only three of the better Trek films but the Sherlock H......more

Goodreads review by Grace on May 31, 2013

I didn't want to have to say this: there is more to this book than Star Trek. So, it should get a wider read. If you are a movie fan at all, a writer of any kind, or appreciate the mediums they operate in, then you would enjoy this little peek behind the curtain. That being said, I bought it *specifi......more

Goodreads review by Barry on May 23, 2021

Director, screenwriter and novelist, Nicholas Myer, has had a distinguished career with films like The Seven Per Cent Solution, Time After Time, The Day After (TV show) and others but he's probably best known for the Star Trek films. He directed Star Trek: The Wrath Of Khan, and Star Trek: The Undis......more

Quotes

Though the title plays up Meyer's work as writer and director on the second and fourth Star Trek films (arguably the best of them), there's plenty in this breezy, enjoyable showbiz memoir for non-Trekkers to enjoy. Meyer wisely focuses on the range of his Hollywood accomplishments, including devastating television movie The Day After and Oscar-nominated film The Seven Per-Cent Solution (adapted from his best-selling book). Ingratiatingly humble-"I assume that people who get to make a film are a) doggone lucky and b) doing this job because they want to do it"-Meyer's clear joy for his work never edges into ego-inflation or pretension. William Shatner, Malcolm McDowell, Mary Streenberg, Leonard Nimoy, Kirstie Alley, Gene Hackman and other stars pop in and out of his narrative, as does Meyer's family, but the films take center stage, as well as Meyer's grounded but exuberant affection for the community that allowed him to make them.
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