35mm STAR TREK VI - Original Theatrical Audio at its BEST!

More than 25 years ago, Keith Wilton (British Film Collectors Convention organizer 1982-2023) and I went 50/50 on this rather battered 35mm print of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. We were told about the serious emulsion scratching but at the time we hoped it would be close enough to the edge of the frame to be hidden by masking. We were wrong. We were so disappointed by the damage, our inability back then to be able to reproduce the Dolby Stereo Spectral Recording sound satisfactorily at home and the apparent poor print quality, that we only ever ran this print the once and then largely forgot about it. Our hopes of screening an extract or two at the BFCC were dashed. Keith sadly died at the beginning of this year (2026) and so I finally became the custodian of the print and because of the standard of the 35mm equipment I have now (thanks to the work of Noel Pratt and Ben Wales) I was hopeful that the soundtrack today would be a lot more successful than our first attempt all those years ago. How right I was! And not only that, the print quality is far better than I realized thanks to the excellent 4K UHD release of this film which was made from the original negative. I would have thought that UHD image quality was disappointing were it not for my memory of this film print; the 4K UHD and the 35mm together had confirmed that Star Trek VI was always of comparatively lacklustre quality. This perception I had of 'lacklustre quality' is because of the dark nature of the story and the fact that just about every scene in the film is intentionally within a low lit set to reflect that dark nature of the story. Increased film grain is a direct result of the low light levels during the shoot and now I appreciate how much this look suits the film. Within this video I have attempted to capture what it is like to watch Star Trek VI on 35mm in my home cinema. Usually I have the soundtrack volume lower when making a video of any film or video but as the quality of the sound is a major factor of Star Trek VI, I left the volume up for this video at the level I watched the film. I've had to disguise the sound in places owing to the music being too obvious but other than that, what you hear is a fairly good representation of what I experienced. I recorded much of my dialogue in competition with the film soundtrack so this may not be entirely discernible at all times. I will try to ensure the YouTube English subtitles are accurate for anyone who wants to turn those on. In spite of the emulsion scratching throughout the film this 35mm copy of Star Trek VI is a true treasure of my film collection. Reel 4 appears to have suffered the most damage during its theatrical distribution days but throughout the entire film I think I can only spot one scene which ultimately had to have a few frames removed. All the other splices have been expertly applied with each frame where a break occurred being accurately stitched back together. Watch closely throughout this video and you will see one of these 'stitches' which is obvious by the vertical white line that briefly (one frame) appears on screen. Glimpses of the film on screen are for illustrative purposes only. To purchase tickets for the British Film Collectors Convention on aturday, 30th May 2026 click here: https://www.ticketsource.com/barn-the... For all the latest details: www.bfcc.biz/next.html