Star Trek's Very Special Effects

January, 1980

The roster of special-effects wizards working their magic on Star Trek--The Motion Picture reads like the technical credits behind $600,000,000 worth of box-office receipts. After a shaky start, the picture's visual magic has been turned over to director of special photographic effects Douglas Trumbull, 37, and supervisor for special photographic effects, John Dykstra, 31. Trumbull, who cut his teeth on Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece 2001, also did effects for The Andromeda Strain and Close Encou...