Editing Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (section)

==Home media==
The film was released on [[VHS]], [[Pan and scan|pan-and-scan]] [[LaserDisc]], and [[Betamax]] on December 21, 1989.<ref>{{cite news|last=Clark|first=Mike|date=December 22, 1989|title=Movies|work=[[USA Today]]|page=3D}}</ref> The video was among the top-selling videocassettes for weeks after its release, and it enjoyed a resurgence in popularity in the months leading to the release of its sequel;<ref>{{cite news|last=Nichols|first=Peter M.|date=May 30, 1991|title=Home Video|work=[[The New York Times]]|at=sec. C, p. 17, col. 1|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/30/movies/home-video-906791.html|access-date=February 13, 2017|archive-date=March 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308063401/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/30/movies/home-video-906791.html|url-status=live}}</ref> it was Paramount's top-selling title in the third quarter of 1991.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Jeffrey|first=Don|date=September 21, 1991|title=Home Vid Boosts Paramount; But Theatrical Down In 3rd Qtr|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=8}}</ref> A LaserDisc version of the film was released by Pioneer LDCA; ''The Final Frontier'' was the 21st-best-selling title for the platform in 1990.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Jeffrey|first=Don|date=January 5, 1991|title=TOP Videodisc Sale; The Year In Video 1990|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=V13}}</ref>

The film was released on [[DVD-Video]] on April 20, 1999, as a bare-bones edition with no bonus extras. It was re-released on DVD as a 2-Disc Special Collector's Edition on October 14, 2003, with extras added, including footage of the principal photography wrap press conference, an interview with Shatner the day before filming began, a retrospective documentary and a commentary track by Shatner and his daughter Liz.<ref>{{cite news|author=Staff|date=October 10, 2003|title=More DVD Scans|work=[[The Miami Herald]]|page=18G}}</ref>

Paramount released ''The Final Frontier'' [[Blu-ray|Blu-ray Disc]] in May 2009 to coincide with the release of [[J. J. Abrams]]' ''[[Star Trek (2009 film)|Star Trek]]'', along with the other five films featuring the original crew, packaged as ''Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection''.<ref name="BD">{{cite web|last=Pascale|first=Anthony|date=February 16, 2009|url=http://trekmovie.com/2009/02/16/cbs-paramount-announce-first-star-trek-blu-ray-sets-tos-s1-all-tos-movies-coming-aprilmay/|title=TrekMovie: CBS & Paramount Announce First Star Trek Blu-ray sets&nbsp;– TOS S1 & All TOS movies coming April/May|publisher=TrekMovie|access-date=May 15, 2009|archive-date=October 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021002603/http://trekmovie.com/2009/02/16/cbs-paramount-announce-first-star-trek-blu-ray-sets-tos-s1-all-tos-movies-coming-aprilmay/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Final Frontier'' was remastered in [[1080p]] [[High-definition video|high definition]] from the 2000 high-definition master prepared for the DVD. All six films in the set have the (then) new 7.1 [[Dolby TrueHD]] audio. The disc features a new commentary track by renowned ''Star Trek'' authors and contributors [[Michael Okuda|Michael]] and [[Denise Okuda]], [[Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens]], and [[Daren Dochterman]],<ref name="BD" /><ref>{{cite news|author=Latchem, John|date=February 20, 2009|title=Boldly going onto Blu-Ray|work=[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]]|page=D4}}</ref> as well as the previously recorded commentary track by Shatner and his daughter. Shatner wanted to produce a [[director's cut]] of the movie similar to that of ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'' and ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan#Home media|Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan—Director's Cut]]'' with improved special effects and scenes omitted from the original release; however, he stated in an interview that Paramount would not support the venture.<ref>{{cite web|last=P.|first=Ken|date=November 19, 2002|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/11/19/an-interview-with-william-shatner|title=An Interview With William Shatner|work=[[IGN]]|publisher=Ziff Davis|access-date=January 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223044505/http://www.ign.com/articles/2002/11/19/an-interview-with-william-shatner|archive-date=February 23, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>