Star Trek IV at 40: The Making of The Voyage Home
1h 9m | Oct 13, 2026Go behind the scenes of Star Trek IV with John Tenuto and Maria José Tenuto, authors of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home: The Making of the Classic Film.
Recorded on Star Trek Day, the 60th anniversary of the original series, this conversation covers how "the one with the whales" almost starred Eddie Murphy, how a toy engineer built the humpback whales that fooled Leonard Nimoy himself, why the probe's eerie call is actually Nimoy's own voice, and how Paramount dug up a parking lot to bring back the legendary Blue Sky Tank.
Released November 26, 1986, on a budget of $21 to $25 million, The Voyage Home earned $133 million worldwide. That made it the highest-grossing Star Trek film at the time, and it earned four Academy Award nominations. It also closes out what fans call the Genesis Trilogy (Star Trek II, III and IV).
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