Posted on 03/11/2023 10:24:52 AM PST by nickcarraway
The 'Star Trek' legend says his new documentary ‘You Can Call Me Bill’ is “a way of reaching out after I die”
Star Trek legend William Shatner has said he doesn’t “have long to live”.
The 91-year-old recently finished his new documentary You Can Call Me Bill, which is described as ”an intimate portrait of William Shatner’s personal journey over nine decades on this Earth”.
While wider release plans have yet to be finalised, the film will air at this year’s SXSW festival.
Speaking about his decision to make the doc, Shatner said: “I’ve turned down a lot of offers to do documentaries before. But I don’t have long to live.“
He went on to tell Variety that “whether I keel over as I’m speaking to you or 10 years from now, my time is limited, so that’s very much a factor. I’ve got grandchildren. This documentary is a way of reaching out after I die.
“The sad thing is that the older a person gets the wiser they become and then they die with all that knowledge.”
Speaking about his decision to attend a fundraiser in 2015 instead of going to Leonard Nimoy’s funeral, Shatner reiterated what he said at the time: “People ask about a legacy. There’s no legacy. Statues are torn down. Graveyards are ransacked. Headstones are knocked over,” before adding “but what does live on are good deeds.”
“If you do a good deed, it reverberates to the end of time. It’s the butterfly effect thing. That’s why I have done this film,” he continued. In 2021, Shatner became the oldest person ever to go into space.
Shatner flew on a Blue Origin rocket, which was developed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos who was also on the flight. The trip lasted about 10 minutes.
“You look down, there’s the blue down there and the black up there – and it’s just, there is Mother Earth. This is life and that’s death, and in an instant, you know that’s death,” Shatner said after he landed.
I am 75. I have less than 100% of making it to 100. but, more than 100% chance of voting Bolshekrat after I am dead.
Star Trek II AKA the intergalactic battle of the hams. William and Ricardo in epic battle of over acting and scene stealing
True but still the best Star Trek movie ever!
Denny Crane ...
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For me as a kid watching Star Trek Shatner was perfect for the tough decisive star faring captian. What was funny was the prime directive to never interfere with another race was constantly shredded by Kirk. He couldn’t wait to slap some space justice on those lame aliens.
I’d give him Maybe another 10 years, max.
Just PLEASE don’t go on Picard and ruin your legacy.
When I was a kid I used to watch TOS re-runs and cringe at Shatner’s over-acting - yeah, it was bad enough for a kid to recognize it. Now I see the actors on all of the many, many un-testosterone’d Star Trek spin-offs and I wish Shatner was 60 years younger.
Yeah l think so too
Not long to live? Maybe he should ask the devil fortune telling machine in Twilight Zone, ...”How long?”
Nick of Time
Episode aired Nov 18, 1960
TV-PG
25m
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734597/
I *love* those. 😂
Live long and prosper Captain!
Mad cow!
Well yeah he’s 91.
I'm 65, and understand I don't have 30+ years left, maybe 20.
At least I know where I'm going when I die.
Too old soon, too late smart.
He seems to understand this.
A lot of people just live and die expecting their monuments and others to remember them.
Hardly any of us will do enough to be remembered long at all.
He played my b0yhood hero.
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