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Introduction: "With the words of the Vulcan character he popularized Leonard Nimoy as lived long and prospered. Mr. Spock and the crew of the Star ship Enterprise became cultural icons. And Nimoy has gone on to appear in and direct some of the Star Trek - feature films."
"It tackles racism, it tackles overpopulation, it tackles pollution; a whole list of concerns
of this planet. And I think that is one of the very important parts that made the series as
popular as it was." Leonard says and the host goes on: "That popularity provided the means
for Nimoy to go where he had not gone before, directing a variety of television-features and
theatrical films including the hugely successful
Three Men and a Baby.
(A scene from 'Three Men and a baby' is shown) Leonard adds: "It's a story about a man who promised his father, who said to him and his brother 'whoever of you kids get out of here has to see to it that this story is not forgotten.' That is why the story is told. That people know what happened here." I wondered for a long time what impact that would have on our society.
Host: "Never Forget is one segment of the Holocaust, then and now. And now a night of programming dedicated to the memory of the Holocaust airing next week on TNT." "The stories we are telling are different because they are sort of post-Holocaust stories. They are 'the result of...' and I hope that is to some extent quite uplifting," Leonard adds. Information: "Nimoy hosts this Special which also features the film... and Stanley Kramer's Judgement at Nuremberg. Nimoy has a personal connection to these stories as a Jew who lost family in Russia during the Second World War."
LN: "I would like to think that even if I were not specifically connected by family and by
tradition to these elements, that I would be concerned…. |