Vulcans beaming to Calgary for sneak peek of film

300 hundred residents in Vulcan, Alberta, will go where no one has boldly gone before. The residents got the chance to preview the new Star Trek movie, after their bid to bring a special preview to the small town was granted.

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Vulcan, Alta. had applied to host the official premier of the Star Trek movie but logistics prevented that. Paramount however invited 300 residents of the town to participate in a screening in Calgary.

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The residents of Vulcan, Alta., are getting their own private showing of the new Star Trek movie.

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The Canadian Press

Date: Wed. May. 6 2009 3:07 PM ET

CALGARY — Some 300 lucky Vulcans were ready to beam to Calgary on Wednesday for a sneak peak at the new Star Trek movie.

They won a lottery in the southern Alberta town that shares a name with the home world of popular Star Trek character Mr. Spock.

The town has built a tourism industry on that fact and had wanted to hold the movie's premiere.

Film company Paramount turned down the request but agreed to the private showing after actor Leonard Nimoy -- the original Spock -- went to bat for the town.

Canadian actor Bruce Greenwood, who has a role in the movie as a starship captain, was expected as a special guest at the advance screening.

The movie doesn't officially hit theatre screens until Thursday.

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