Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) Review
Star Trek: The Motion Picture is the most expensive screensaver in cinema history. Paramount gave Robert Wise a budget that dwarfed the entire television.
Actor: Persis Khambatta
Persis Khambatta was Miss India and a successful model before acting, and shaved her head for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, playing the navigator Ilia.
She had a contract clause requiring the studio to pay for a wig if her hair did not grow back. Nighthawks gave her a terrorist role opposite Sylvester Stallone, and she was the first Indian national to present at the Academy Awards. She died at forty-nine.