Leonard Nimoy Tribute Thread
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He tweeted this poem Feb. 22. 2015
He Lived Long and Prospered, now he leaves us, for the ultimate voyage, to explore the heavens; The Final Frontier.
He Lived Long and Prospered, now he leaves us, for the ultimate voyage, to explore the heavens; The Final Frontier.
Thanks Captain Pike.
I loved him in Fringe.
He was good in Fringe. Also did some great Simpsons guest spots too.
We will always be blessed to have him in our memories - truly one of Hollywood's giants.
Ever since I saw him in "Zombies From the Stratosphere" I knew he was special.
Fare thee well Friend!
Ever since I saw him in "Zombies From the Stratosphere" I knew he was special.
Fare thee well Friend!
It's been a bad 12 months for Ukraine. And now she's just lost her most famous actor.
I thought that book that he wrote on baby and child care was a bit boring, though. There were no murders in it; or creepy encounters on a mist-shrouded Dartmoor on a midwinter's night. I certainly wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
I thought that book that he wrote on baby and child care was a bit boring, though. There were no murders in it; or creepy encounters on a mist-shrouded Dartmoor on a midwinter's night. I certainly wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
William Shatner says he cannot attend Leonard Nimoy's funeral
Reuters
First posted: Sunday, March 01, 2015 12:14 AM EST | Updated: Sunday, March 01, 2015 02:02 AM EST
LOS ANGELES – William Shatner cannot attend the funeral of his friend and "Star Trek" co-star Leonard Nimoy because of a prior commitment for a charity ball, the actor said on Twitter on Saturday.
Shatner and Nimoy portrayed the two best-known characters on the original "Star Trek" television series launched in 1966 and in a series of films, with Shatner playing the adventurous Captain Kirk and Nimoy as the logic-bound, half-alien Mr. Spock.
Nimoy, who had battled chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), died on Friday at age 83 at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles.
Shatner said in a post on Twitter that he was in Florida, having previously agreed to appear at a Red Cross ball.
"Leonard's funeral is tomorrow. I can't make it back in time," Shatner wrote, adding "I feel really awful. Here I am doing charity work and one of my dearest friends is being buried."
The Florida Weekly reported the ball in Palm Beach would feature Shatner, actress Shirley MacLaine and singer Wayne Newton.
Nimoy's portrayal of Spock became one of science fiction's best-known, most beloved characters. He had many other acting roles, and also was known for his books, poetry and photography.
Shatner, in other posts on Twitter, asked people to go online on Sunday to celebrate and remember Nimoy.
William Shatner says he cannot attend Leonard Nimoy's funeral | Celebrities | En
Leonard Nimoy's son plans Spock doc
Zachary Quinto to narrate
Dave McNary, REUTERS
First posted: Sunday, March 29, 2015 12:46 PM EDT | Updated: Sunday, March 29, 2015 01:08 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES - A month after the death of Leonard Nimoy, his son Adam Nimoy has announced plans to produce and direct a documentary about his father titled For the Love of Spock.
The project is aimed at celebrating the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, which aired for the first time on Sept. 8, 1966. Zachary Quinto, who portrayed the Spock character in last two Star Trek films, will narrate the documentary.
David Zappone, the owner and president of Paramount-based 455 Films, will produce.
"This will be a tribute to my dad and Spock," Adam Nimoy told Variety. "We have plenty to work from because my dad loved telling stories and he was very fond of the role."
Adam Nimoy said that he and his father began discussing the project several months ago and agreed that it should focus on the enduring nature of Spock and Nimoy's portrayal of the relentlessly logical human-alien first officer of the Starship Enterprise. The elder Nimoy had announced last year that he was suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease but had continued working on the project -- even speaking with with his son about it two days before his death.
"He felt as if he had plenty of time, but then he declined precipitously," Adam Nimoy said. "I was struck with the outpouring of affection for him after he died, so this feels like the right thing to do."
The filmmaker said William Shatner, who played Enterprise captain James T. Kirk, had agreed to appear in the doc. "My father wrote two books -- 'I Am Not Spock' and 'I Am Spock' -- and we've got lots of recordings so there's plenty for us to work with."
He's planning to seek conventional film financing, which would be used partly to license portions of the movies from Paramount and TV shows from CBS. But he said he would not be opposed to crowdfunding from a site such as Kickstarter.
Adam Nimoy broke into show business as an attorney in entertainment law specializing in music and music publishing and was a business affairs executive for EMI America Records and Enigma Records before becoming a TV director. He has gone on to direct episodes of NYPD Blue, The Practice, Ally McBeal and Gilmore Girls.
He also wrote his own biography, My Incredibly Wonderful, Miserable Life, published by Simon and Schuster in 2008.
Zaponne has produced Star Trek-related content including The Captains, William Shatner's Get a Life and Still Kicking. He recently produced Chaos on the Bridge, an inside look at the first few tumultuous years of Star Trek: The Next Generation for HBO Canada.
Leonard Nimoy's son plans Spock doc | Movies | Entertainment | Toronto Sun
Zachary Quinto to narrate
Dave McNary, REUTERS
First posted: Sunday, March 29, 2015 12:46 PM EDT | Updated: Sunday, March 29, 2015 01:08 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES - A month after the death of Leonard Nimoy, his son Adam Nimoy has announced plans to produce and direct a documentary about his father titled For the Love of Spock.
The project is aimed at celebrating the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, which aired for the first time on Sept. 8, 1966. Zachary Quinto, who portrayed the Spock character in last two Star Trek films, will narrate the documentary.
David Zappone, the owner and president of Paramount-based 455 Films, will produce.
"This will be a tribute to my dad and Spock," Adam Nimoy told Variety. "We have plenty to work from because my dad loved telling stories and he was very fond of the role."
Adam Nimoy said that he and his father began discussing the project several months ago and agreed that it should focus on the enduring nature of Spock and Nimoy's portrayal of the relentlessly logical human-alien first officer of the Starship Enterprise. The elder Nimoy had announced last year that he was suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease but had continued working on the project -- even speaking with with his son about it two days before his death.
"He felt as if he had plenty of time, but then he declined precipitously," Adam Nimoy said. "I was struck with the outpouring of affection for him after he died, so this feels like the right thing to do."
The filmmaker said William Shatner, who played Enterprise captain James T. Kirk, had agreed to appear in the doc. "My father wrote two books -- 'I Am Not Spock' and 'I Am Spock' -- and we've got lots of recordings so there's plenty for us to work with."
He's planning to seek conventional film financing, which would be used partly to license portions of the movies from Paramount and TV shows from CBS. But he said he would not be opposed to crowdfunding from a site such as Kickstarter.
Adam Nimoy broke into show business as an attorney in entertainment law specializing in music and music publishing and was a business affairs executive for EMI America Records and Enigma Records before becoming a TV director. He has gone on to direct episodes of NYPD Blue, The Practice, Ally McBeal and Gilmore Girls.
He also wrote his own biography, My Incredibly Wonderful, Miserable Life, published by Simon and Schuster in 2008.
Zaponne has produced Star Trek-related content including The Captains, William Shatner's Get a Life and Still Kicking. He recently produced Chaos on the Bridge, an inside look at the first few tumultuous years of Star Trek: The Next Generation for HBO Canada.
Leonard Nimoy's son plans Spock doc | Movies | Entertainment | Toronto Sun
since I've been watching Mission:Impossible on the Binge tv network, lately they have shown episodes where Leonard Nimoy portrayed a member of the IMF force - as usual he did a great job of portraying a hero
the singing may not be so hot but his dressing style sure is classy:
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William Shatner planning a book about Leonard Nimoy
WENN.com
First posted: Sunday, April 19, 2015 09:10 AM EDT
William Shatner is planning to honour his friendship with fellow Star Trek icon Leonard Nimoy by writing about it in a new book.
Shatner upset many fans when he chose to attend a charity event in Florida rather than his late pal’s funeral in February, but now the actor and author is hoping to study his relationship with Nimoy for a potential bestseller.
The veteran actor told reporters at the Middle East Film and Comic Con in Dubai this week, “I’ve been asked to write a book about it, and I think I will.
“Leonard and I knew each other for many, many years and one of the aspects of having a long relationship is, you validate the memories (you share)... When someone dies that is a friend of yours, all those memories begin to shimmer and slide away, because you think, ’Did we kick that tire or did we not?’ and you have nobody to validate it, and gradually the memories evaporate.
“That’s one of the tragedies of a friend of yours dying. Friendship has multi-levels of meanings... That’s the area I would examine in the book.”
William Shatner planning a book about Leonard Nimoy | Books | Entertainment | To
WENN.com
First posted: Sunday, April 19, 2015 09:10 AM EDT
William Shatner is planning to honour his friendship with fellow Star Trek icon Leonard Nimoy by writing about it in a new book.
Shatner upset many fans when he chose to attend a charity event in Florida rather than his late pal’s funeral in February, but now the actor and author is hoping to study his relationship with Nimoy for a potential bestseller.
The veteran actor told reporters at the Middle East Film and Comic Con in Dubai this week, “I’ve been asked to write a book about it, and I think I will.
“Leonard and I knew each other for many, many years and one of the aspects of having a long relationship is, you validate the memories (you share)... When someone dies that is a friend of yours, all those memories begin to shimmer and slide away, because you think, ’Did we kick that tire or did we not?’ and you have nobody to validate it, and gradually the memories evaporate.
“That’s one of the tragedies of a friend of yours dying. Friendship has multi-levels of meanings... That’s the area I would examine in the book.”
William Shatner planning a book about Leonard Nimoy | Books | Entertainment | To
I will always be a HUGE fan of 1950s Class B monster movies. Mr Nimoy made his Hollywood debut in a cult classic known as Zombies of the Stratosphere:
^ in this last pic, just before he as an invading zombie dies, he saves the earth from his fellow invaders
I tell ya, it is getting more difficult for me to keep losing these idols that I have always admired.
this site has good photos from the Zombies movie:
My Weekly Spock 7/29/13 Zombies of the Stratosphere! (1952) | TrekkerScrapbook
^ in this last pic, just before he as an invading zombie dies, he saves the earth from his fellow invaders
I tell ya, it is getting more difficult for me to keep losing these idols that I have always admired.
this site has good photos from the Zombies movie:
My Weekly Spock 7/29/13 Zombies of the Stratosphere! (1952) | TrekkerScrapbook
Leonard Nimoy's son creates Spock documentary
Luqman Adeniyi, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Friday, July 03, 2015 10:52 AM EDT | Updated: Friday, July 03, 2015 11:05 AM EDT
NEW YORK -- Adam Nimoy has found a way to spend countless hours with his late father Leonard Nimoy: He's creating a documentary for the actor who played Spock on "Star Trek."
Nimoy said the "Spockumentary" funded through a Kickstarter campaign that raised over $600,000 will focus on the pop icon and his legacy. The TV director and film professor said it would explore his father's life onscreen and off-screen.
"For the Love of Spock" began as a project for the father and son duo before Leonard's Nimoy's death in February at age 83. Nimoy said his father wanted to keep it Spock-centric, but once he passed he knew he had to include more about his father.
"I think it's going to be a nice kind of way just to work through all these feelings I am having and to move on with my own life," Nimoy said.
Nimoy turned to crowdfunding because he was not getting the financial support he expected from studios. The documentary will include clips from the "Star Trek" films and TV shows, Nimoy's other works and interviews from fans and family as well as William Shatner who played Captain James R. Kirk; J.J. Abrams who directed the 2009 film reboot, and celebrity fans like Seth McFarlane. Zachary Quinto, who plays Spock in the new movie franchise, will narrate the film.
"Dad passed the torch to Zachary. He is the anointed one to carry on the tradition of Mr. Spock and all that entails," Nimoy said. "He's now such a part of the tradition that it just seems like he would be a major force to really come up with a dynamic product."
This will be Nimoy's second project with his dad: He previously produced "Leonard Nimoy's Boston," a documentary about his father's childhood in Boston. His sister Julie Nimoy announced in April she was partnering with her fiance to create a film on COPD, the disease that killed her father.
Nimoy said when he was growing up, his father took on traits of his character and was distant and worked a lot.
"He often said early on in life he ... majored in career and minored in family," Nimoy said.
Nimoy said his father's alcoholism and his own substance-abuse strained their relationship.
"(We had to) work on our own issues before we were able to rebound together and have the loving relationship we had the last five years of our lives," he said.
With this film he hopes he can tie in everything he loves about his father, their lives together and the character he played.
"It's my gift to my Dad, it's my gift to Mr. Spock who I love and adore, it's my gift to the fans who have supported us all these years," Nimoy said. "It's a gift really to myself to say something definitive about an incredibly interesting character who has inspired millions of people."
"For the Love of Spock" is expected to be released in time for the 50th anniversary of the "Star Trek" series in 2016.
Leonard Nimoy's son creates Spock documentary | Home | Toronto Sun
Luqman Adeniyi, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Friday, July 03, 2015 10:52 AM EDT | Updated: Friday, July 03, 2015 11:05 AM EDT
NEW YORK -- Adam Nimoy has found a way to spend countless hours with his late father Leonard Nimoy: He's creating a documentary for the actor who played Spock on "Star Trek."
Nimoy said the "Spockumentary" funded through a Kickstarter campaign that raised over $600,000 will focus on the pop icon and his legacy. The TV director and film professor said it would explore his father's life onscreen and off-screen.
"For the Love of Spock" began as a project for the father and son duo before Leonard's Nimoy's death in February at age 83. Nimoy said his father wanted to keep it Spock-centric, but once he passed he knew he had to include more about his father.
"I think it's going to be a nice kind of way just to work through all these feelings I am having and to move on with my own life," Nimoy said.
Nimoy turned to crowdfunding because he was not getting the financial support he expected from studios. The documentary will include clips from the "Star Trek" films and TV shows, Nimoy's other works and interviews from fans and family as well as William Shatner who played Captain James R. Kirk; J.J. Abrams who directed the 2009 film reboot, and celebrity fans like Seth McFarlane. Zachary Quinto, who plays Spock in the new movie franchise, will narrate the film.
"Dad passed the torch to Zachary. He is the anointed one to carry on the tradition of Mr. Spock and all that entails," Nimoy said. "He's now such a part of the tradition that it just seems like he would be a major force to really come up with a dynamic product."
This will be Nimoy's second project with his dad: He previously produced "Leonard Nimoy's Boston," a documentary about his father's childhood in Boston. His sister Julie Nimoy announced in April she was partnering with her fiance to create a film on COPD, the disease that killed her father.
Nimoy said when he was growing up, his father took on traits of his character and was distant and worked a lot.
"He often said early on in life he ... majored in career and minored in family," Nimoy said.
Nimoy said his father's alcoholism and his own substance-abuse strained their relationship.
"(We had to) work on our own issues before we were able to rebound together and have the loving relationship we had the last five years of our lives," he said.
With this film he hopes he can tie in everything he loves about his father, their lives together and the character he played.
"It's my gift to my Dad, it's my gift to Mr. Spock who I love and adore, it's my gift to the fans who have supported us all these years," Nimoy said. "It's a gift really to myself to say something definitive about an incredibly interesting character who has inspired millions of people."
"For the Love of Spock" is expected to be released in time for the 50th anniversary of the "Star Trek" series in 2016.
Leonard Nimoy's son creates Spock documentary | Home | Toronto Sun