Gene Roddenberry: Up Close and Personal
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Gene Roddenberry: Up Close And Personal was an 82-minute documentary done by Beshert Productions which featured a 1981 long-form television interview with Gene Roddenberry by Ellen and Gene Adelstein. The 1981 footage was originally shot for KZAZ-TV, a Tucson, Arizona television station which held the very first 24-hour Star Trek television marathon.
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2006-10-26
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