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''Star Trek III: The Search for Spock'' is a 1984 American science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures. The film is the third feature film of the ''Star Trek'' science fiction franchise and is the center of a three-film story arc that begins with ''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'' and concludes with ''Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home''. After the death of Spock (Leonard Nimoy), the crew of the USS ''Enterprise'' returns to Earth. When James T. Kirk (William Shatner) learns that Spock's spirit, or katra, is held in the mind of Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy (DeForest Kelley), Kirk and company steal the ''Enterprise'' to return Spock's body to his home planet. The crew must also contend with hostile Klingons, led by Kruge (Christopher Lloyd), bent on stealing the secrets of a powerful terraforming device. Paramount commissioned the film after positive critical and commercial reaction to ''The Wrath of Khan''. Nimoy directed, the first ''Star Trek'' cast member to do so. Producer Harve Bennett wrote the script starting from the end and working back, and intended the destruction of the ''Enterprise'' to be a shocking development. Bennett and Nimoy collaborated with effects house Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) to develop storyboards and new ship designs; ILM also handled the film's many special effects sequences. Aside from a single day of location shooting, all of the film's scenes were shot on Paramount and ILM soundstages. Composer James Horner returned to expand his themes from the previous film. ''The Search for Spock'' opened June 1, 1984. In its first week of release, the film grossed over $16 million from almost 2,000 theaters across North America. It went on to gross $76 million at the domestic box office, toward a total of $87 million worldwide. Critical reaction to ''The Search for Spock'' was mixed. Reviewers generally praised the cast and characters, while criticism tended to focus on the plot; the special effects were conflictingly received. Roger Ebert called the film a compromise between the tones of the first and second ''Star Trek'' films. ''The Search for Spock'' was released on multiple home video formats, including VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray high definition discs. Nimoy went on to direct ''The Search for Spock''s sequel, ''Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home''. ==Plot== The Federation Starship ''Enterprise'' returns to Earth following a battle with the superhuman Khan Noonien Singh, who tried to destroy the ''Enterprise'' by detonating an experimental terraforming device known as Genesis. The casualties of the fight include Admiral James T. Kirk's Vulcan friend, Spock, whose casket was launched into space and eventually landed on the planet created by the Genesis Device. On arriving at Earth Spacedock, Doctor Leonard McCoy begins to act strangely and is detained. Starfleet Admiral Morrow visits the ''Enterprise'' and informs the crew the ship is to be decommissioned; the crew is ordered not to speak about Genesis due to political fallout over the device. David Marcus (Merritt Butrick)—Kirk's son, a key scientist in Genesis's development—and Lieutenant Saavik (Robin Curtis) are investigating the Genesis planet on board the science vessel ''Grissom''. Discovering an unexpected life form on the surface, Marcus and Saavik transport to the planet. They find that the Genesis Device has resurrected Spock in the form of a child, although his mind is not present. Marcus admits that he used unstable "protomatter" in the development of the Genesis Device, causing Spock to age rapidly and meaning the planet will be destroyed within hours. Meanwhile, Kruge (Christopher Lloyd), the commander of a Klingon vessel, intercepts information about Genesis. Believing the device to be potentially useful as a weapon, he takes his cloaked ship to the Genesis planet, destroys the ''Grissom'', and takes hostage Marcus, Saavik, and Spock. Spock's father, Sarek (Mark Lenard), confronts Kirk about his son's death. The pair learn that before he died, Spock transferred his ''katra'', or living spirit, to McCoy. Spock's ''katra'' and body are needed to lay him to rest on his homeworld, Vulcan, and without help, McCoy will die from carrying the ''katra''. Disobeying orders, Kirk and his officers spring McCoy from detention, disable the USS ''Excelsior'', and steal the ''Enterprise'' from Spacedock to return to the Genesis planet to retrieve Spock's body. In orbit, the undermanned ''Enterprise'' is attacked and disabled by Kruge. In the standoff that follows, Kruge orders that one of the hostages on the surface be executed. David is killed defending Saavik and Spock. Kirk and company feign surrender and activate the ''Enterprise''s self-destruct sequence, killing the Klingon boarding party while the ''Enterprise'' crew transports to the planet's surface. Promising the secret of Genesis, Kirk lures Kruge to the planet and has him beam his crew to the Klingon vessel. As the Genesis planet disintegrates, Kirk and Kruge engage in a fistfight; Kirk emerges victorious after kicking Kruge off a cliff into a lava flow. Kirk and his officers take control of the Klingon ship and head to Vulcan. There, Spock's ''katra'' is reunited with his body in a dangerous procedure called ''fal-tor-pan''. The ceremony is successful and Spock is resurrected, alive and well, though his memories are fragmented. At Kirk's prompting, Spock remembers he called Kirk "Jim" and recognizes the crew.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Star Trek III: The Search for Spock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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