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This was Robert Hewitt
Wolfe's pitch script, and the one which got him hired to
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Brannon Braga on "A
Fistful of Datas" -
"I'm not a Western fan, I never really saw Westerns, and
Patrick Stewart, a British guy who's not familiar with the
Western genre - and here we are doing our big Western
show! But, I think, we brought a fresh sensibility to it." |
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Jeri Taylor on
director Patrick Stewart -
"Patrick approached this with such zealousness - he went
out and rented two classic Westerns every night. The next
morning he'd come in and tell us what great ideas he'd
had, and we could always tell just what he'd watched." |
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The story
originally concerned a greedy land baron, but it was DS9's
Ira Steven Behr who persuaded them to switch themes to a
Rio Bravo homage. |
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An original title was
"The Good, the Bad and the Klingon". [I prefer it
myself!] |
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Michael Piller
on "A Fistful of Datas" -
"This was a hoot! It was never meant to be anything more
than old Star Trek. The tricky part was not to make it
broad parody but make it believable Western storytelling
and still have fun just from seeing the characters in
those situations." |
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Two scenes cut
for time included a homage to "The Ransom of Red Chief"
between Data and Alexander, and a moment where Worf nearly
shoots himself in the foot after a quick draw lesson from
Troi. |
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In a blooper,
Worf's gun switches hands between takes. |
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Eli Hollander
is named for one of Brannon Braga's film school professors
at UC Santa Cruz. |
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The place
names reflect hometowns of Braga's family - Rapid City and
Deadwood, South Dakota. |
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The exterior
scenes were all shot on the Western Street at Warner
Brothers' backlot while the interiors were built on Stage
16. |
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In another
blooper, a map of Arizona is seen hung in the sheriff's
office even though the town is supposed to be South
Dakota. |
