Harve Bennett

Meyer's childhood friend Karen Moore, then a Paramount executive, suggested that since he wanted to direct he should meet Harve Bennett, who was producing the second feature spinoff from Gene Roddenberry's "Star Trek" TV series. "That...

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..."kicked upstairs" to the ceremonial position of executive consultant. Harve Bennett, a new Paramount television producer, was made producer for the next Star Trek film. According to Bennett, he was called in front of a group including...

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...the core cast, Roddenberry, and fans. Bennett claimed that after he rewrote the script to include Shatner and Nimoy, Paramount had still rejected it and that he decided it was time he left the franchise. He said, "My term was up. I was...

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...screen. But the designs proved unpopular with their wearers, and when he took over as producer of the motion pictures, Harve Bennett ordered the uniforms redesigned because he did not want "an all-gray crew on an all-gray ship." The...

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...million budget was considered excessive. Part of the blame was laid at Gene Roddenberry's feet; Harve Bennett was made ''The Wrath of Khan''s producer after he promised to make a sequel for much less. b. In early drafts of ''The Wrath of...

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