- Title: For the Love of Spock
- IMDb: link
Begun before his father’s death as part of Star Trek‘s 50th Anniversary, Adam Nimoy takes a look at Leonard Nimoy‘s life and career, most notably his role as Spock. Including interviews from a wide swath of new and classic Trek actors, Nimoy interviews William Shatner, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, and Zoe Saldana, along with famous fans of Star Trek including Jim Parsons, Jason Alexander, and Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Although it doesn’t go into much depth about Nimoy’s life or his career, there are some nice anecdotes here and some fun classic stills and footage from his early career. Fans of Star Trek should enjoy themselves.
Available on both Blu-ray and DVD, extras include here are commentary by Nimoy, the panel from the Tribeca Film Fetival (where the documentary premiered), trivia with Jason Alexander, a gallery from the Kickstarter campaign which helped fund the project, and trailers.
[FilmRise, Blu-ray $29.95 / DVD $24.99]
I liked this but didn’t learn much about him