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Dying Fan Gets Private Screening of 'Star Trek Into Darkness'
By Scott Harris | Jan 3, 2013 | 11:13 AM
Right from the first episode of Gene Roddenberry's 1966 TV series, the
"Star Trek" franchise has been devoted to the idea of hope for a
better future through faith in humanity. And according to Cinema
Blend, J.J. Abrams has taken that message seriously, as the director
of the rebooted franchise has granted one fan his dying wish: To see
highly anticipated sequel "Star Trek Into Darkness."
Faith rewarded.
As pretty much any "Star Trek" fan can tell you, "Star Trek Into
Darkness" is the hotly anticipated sequel to Abrams' 2009 "Star Trek"
relaunch; originally scheduled to hit theaters last summer, "Star Trek
Into Darkness" had to be pushed back to this May 17 due to production
delays.
For most fans, of course, the delay has been just a minor irritant.
But for one fan named Dan, it was something more, as Dan has been
diagnosed with a non-treatable form of cancer. On Christmas Day, his
friends and family took to the internet, posting his story on Reddit,
with one plea: Help get Dan an advance screening of "Star Trek Into
Darkness."
And for director J.J. Abrams, that was one request he couldn't deny.
"It was truly amazing that a filmmaker so secretive as J.J. Abrams was
kind enough to show this to us," Dan's wife posted a few days ago. "It
is also so wonderful for his friends & his family to finally hear some
good news from us, they know how important film is to Daniel & could
not think of a better way to please him. So this gesture really has
brought a lot of smiles all around.
"It was a wonderful thing to see with Daniel and a wonderful thing to
see Daniel enjoy - Making someone as ill as he is smile for any length
of time really makes a difference. (At this point making me smile is
good too)," she continued. "This is also so poignant as JJ Abrams took
so much care in the first 'Star Trek' movie to at least TRY to get
everything 'right' for the fans and we were so touched when he was
concerned that we wouldn't 100% enjoy the screening as it's still
being worked on....... Be assured we enjoyed it 110%!
"We are so grateful thank you, thank you, thank you...."
A great story to start the new year.
http://www.nextmovie.com/blog/dying-fan-gets-private-screeni ng-of-star-trek-into-darkness/
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