Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country (6/8) Movie CLIP - A Painful Mind Meld (1991) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Kirk (William Shatner) has Spock (Leonard Nimoy) extract information from Lt. Valeris (Kim Cattrall) via mind meld.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
The plot involves a peace conference between the Federation of Planets and the troublesome Klingons. The Klingons are hoping to perform a little damage control after triggering a mining disaster on one of their moons; their spokesman is the seemingly contrite General Chang (Christopher Plummer). All negotiations abruptly cease when a Klingon vessel is attacked, and Capt. Kirk (William Shatner) and Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelley) are accused of the crime. As they stand trial for murder, Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and Vulcanian trainee Lt. Valeris (Kim Cattrall) try to locate the real culprits. It turns out that Kirk and McCoy are victims of a conspiracy to foment further hostilities between the Good Guys and the Klingons.

CREDITS:
TM & © Paramount (1991)
Cast: James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, Kim Cattrall, Nichelle Nichols
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Producers: Brooke Breton, Marty Hornstein, Steven-Charles Jaffe, Leonard Nimoy, Ralph Winter
Screenwriters: Gene Roddenberry, Leonard Nimoy, Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal, Nicholas Meyer, Denny Martin Flinn

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[mudhutproductions]

How Nimoy cracked his voice on that line made it genuinely sound as if he had exerted everything he had to get into her mind. Not only that but there was still the rage and disappointment that the human side of Spock probably pushed in as a lever. Great scene by all involved! Medals for everyone!

[vccstudents]

I wish they didn't cut out the best part. Scotty says, "Then we're dead, " and Spock says, "I've been dead before."

[Scribble]

Lenord Nimoy was awesome in this scene - but Kim really made you believe he was forcing her to give up information. The look on her face as he digs through her mind like that - forces information out of her memory. She's near tears and in pain and then he starts digging for something that isn't there... it's really a powerful scene. The music DEFINITELY contributes as well - not to mention the sound effects in the background... god, love this scene ^-^

[belleayers]

Spock showing emotions, with the sadness and horror in his face and his voice trembling, always gets me incredibly choked up.

[BrainNeedsFood]

I had always thought that the Mind Meld thing was kinda corny... until I saw this scene. Never seen a hostile mind meld before. It's like he's probing her mind but she's resisting, so he takes a far more aggressive approach to it then we've seen before: when he puts the second hand on her face he's done being gentle: he's going to use brute force to rip her mind open to see what's inside. That he reduces another Vulcan to crying out in anguish really gets across what it is happening. Incredible use of non-verbal acting. It's a tense, disturbing and brilliant scene.

[KainMaxi]

I agree, I really liked the fact that the original bridge crew all look disturbed, even shocked by what Spock is doing. They know that he'd never go that far under normal circumstances. Only Kirk shows no surprise; he knows that Spock is capable of something like that if it is the only way to save billions of lives. there's also the fact that Valeris is Vulcan, signatory to their belief system and held to a higher standard by other Vulcans. This is one of the all-time great Star Trek scenes.

[timrhicks]

Definititely one of the best scenes ever in any ST film. He was about to tear her mind apart had he not stopped.

[morbius]

Yes, to a Vulcan, this would be rape. Of the worst kind. You could see Spock regretted doing it. But given the severity of the situation, too many lives rode on what she was perceived to know. Still, I've no doubt it haunted Spock for having done it, at least to some extent. This scene always makes my skin crawl a little....powerful acting.

[joshgellis]

I notice how Spock is brought to tears as she's taken to the point of pain during the meld. epic.

[thedungeondelver]

"What you _want_ is _irrelevant_ . What you have _chosen_ is at hand."

[robertma]

Vulcan mind melds were damned creepy whenever they were forced. I'll never forget the mind meld between the mirror universe spock and the main universe McCoy. The look of abject fear on McCoys' face, and Spocks' forcefulness, in his face and his actions...just like here. The Vulcans don't show emotion often...but when they do...watch out. Tuvok when he temporarily had his emotional control removed comes to mind.

[Bobaklives]

1:01 “…Carrie Bradshaw…Miranda Hobbes…Charlotte York…”
“Dang it, Spock, you’ve gone too deep—that’s a different show!”

[emoryrounds]

A terrifying scene, as much because of how much it wounds Spock to commit the act as the pain it inflicts on Valeris.

[furioussherman]

Something I think a lot of people here are missing is that even though Spock's emotions are running hot by Vulcan standards, he's not enjoying deep-frying Valeris' brain in the slightest. Spock is loathe to hurt anyone, but in this situation it's the only way they're going to find out what they need to know, which only makes her betrayal of Starfleet and his trust all the harder to swallow. It's stuff like this that makes this movie on a near-equal level with Wrath of Khan and First Contact.

[morbius]

I remember how much this scene made my blood chill...the look on Scotty's face at 1:53 says it all...as does Uhura's reaction at 2:06..wow...

[anb]

You know you’re screwed when Spock uses BOTH of his hands for a mind meld. She’s going to have a helluva migraine in the morning!

[tsptl]

This is one of Nimoy's greatest moments portraying Spock.

[laurasaxon]

This scene is very intense and very well done. The part where Scotty and even Uhurah look a bit uncomfortable at how hard Spock is doing the mind meld is a very good touch. They didn't show Chekov's reaction, but he was probably uncomfortable as well. This is the second time Spock has actually shown emotion here. The first time was in Sickbay when Valeris fell for the message and he smacked the phaser out of her hand and now here when he finishes the mind meld and you can tell from his voice that he's disappointed and angry. That's probably why he went down to his cabin later, to meditate and get back into focus.

[thomasthomas]

Reminds me of the words of Kur in "Errand of Mercy";
"It's a mind sifter. Or mind ripper, depending upon how much force is used."

[KeiFox]

This scene was not only disturbing, but very revealing, in that the conspiracy is laid out before Kirk and crew. And despite Valeris' own participation, it's very powerful to see the compassion on the faces of both Scotty and Uhura during Spock's deep mind meld. Even I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pain that Valeris was enduring.