Back to Space-Con
MovieTitle | Back to Space-Con |
User score | 6.5 |
Release date | Feb 26, 2011 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Tom Wyrsch |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | November Fire Recordings, Garfield Lane Productions |
Budget | $12,000 |
Run time | 74 min. |
On February 22, 1975, Northern California's very first Star Trek convention was held at Lincoln High School in San Francisco, CA. It was called "The Red Hour Festival." A huge success with the fans of the original TV series (1966-69), the smash event led to much larger conventions in San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles. These "Space-Con" conventions left an indelible mark on the science-fiction fans and "Trekkers" who attended. In the end, conventions like Space-Con helped awaken Paramount from hibernation and led to the creation of the first installment of the major motion picture series "Star Trek" in 1979. This full-length documentary film is the story of how fandom revolutionized an industry.