It Happened in Hollywood Last Night: Nicholas Meyer and STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN at the Aero Theater

( Filmmaker Nicholas Meyer, above.)

by Terry Keefe

The American Cinematheque at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica presented a triple header of Star Trek films last night - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: In Search of Spock, and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Nicholas Meyer, the director of II, was there in person for a Q&A filled with some great stories. Some highlights included Meyer explaining that the script for Star Trek II was composited, in part, from the different elements of five previous drafts, and that it was written in some 12 days.

(Meyer being interviewed onstage by Geek Monthly editor Jeff Bond, above, and meeting with fans in the lobby afterwards, below.)

The upcoming schedule at the Aero Theater can be found on their website. With their near-nightly screenings of both new films and classics, which often include terrific guests who were principals on the films being shown, the Aero is one of the true cinematic treasures of Los Angeles.

("You are also my friend. I have been and always shall be yours." William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy in Spock's death scene from Khan.