Five-year mission continues

ALONG with all the movies they know so well, fans will see something new at the four-day “Star Trek” marathon that begins tonight at the Fine Arts Theater in Beverly Hills: a freshly made episode of the legendary sci-fi series, featuring some of the original cast members.

Directed by sci-fi writer Marc Scott Zicree, “World Enough and Time” is an hourlong homage to the 1966-69 TV show, based on a story that Michael Reaves had come up with in 1976 when Paramount was thinking of reviving the series. It features George Takei, Grace Lee Whitney and Majel Barrett Rodenberry from the original “Star Trek,” with new actors in the roles of Capt. Kirk, Mr. Spock and Dr. McCoy.

The episode screens at the Fine Arts tonight and also will be streaming on the Internet free at www.StarTreknewvoyages.com and www.magictimeonline.com.

Screening Friday are “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” and “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.” The next four movie installments follow on Saturday, and the final four screen Sunday.

For those with more down-to-earth tastes, there’s the Broad Humor Festival, a celebration of comedies written and directed by women. The three-day event, which kicks off Friday night at the Electric Lodge in Venice, features full-length and short films, a screenplay lab, industry panels and a closing-night awards ceremony.

The festival, now in its second year, received more than 70 entries from around the globe.

UCLA Film and Television Archive’s ambitious tribute to international film preservation continues Saturday with a program of films from the Anthology Film Archives, including Paul Sharits’ “T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G,” and the works of Wallace Berman. Tosh Berman, the publisher and son of the filmmaker, will be present.

The Archive follows that Sunday with the 1920-21 German version of “Hamlet.” Asta Nielsen plays the Danish prince in this loose, gender-bending adaptation of the Shakespeare tragedy. Also on the bill is 1918’s “The Floor Below,” a comedy starring Mabel Normand as a newspaper copy girl who searches for a burglar, only to find her Prince Charming.

The prolific, Oscar-winning composer James Horner (“Titanic,” “A Beautiful Mind,” “Braveheart,” “Glory”) screens Roland Joffé’s 1986 drama “The Mission” Sunday as part of the Skirball Center’s and AFI’s Cinema’s Legacy series. Ennio Morricone received an Oscar nomination for his evocative score of this historical epic, penned by Robert Bolt and set in South America during the 18th century. Jeremy Irons and Robert De Niro star.

The Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame pays tribute Sunday at the Aero Theatre to the Budapest-born production designer Alexandre Trauner, who was invited to America by Billy Wilder to design his 1960 Oscar-winner “The Apartment.” Trauner received an Oscar nomination for 1975’s “The Man Who Would Be King,” as well as Cesar Awards for “Monsieur Klein,” “Don Giovanni” and “Subway.”

Screening Sunday is 1986’s “ ‘Round Midnight,” on which Trauner served as production designer. Bertrand Tavernier directed this melancholy drama set in Paris in the 1950s, about a black American saxophonist (jazz great Dexter Gordon, who received an Oscar nomination) with a self-destructive streak who is befriended by a French fan.

susan.king@latimes.com

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Screenings

‘Star Trek’ Marathon

When: 7 p.m. tonight; 7:30 p.m. Friday; 3 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday.

Where: Fine Arts Theater, 8556 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills

Price: Single film, $5 matinees, $10 evenings; discounts available for 1-, 2- and 3-day package.

Information: (310) 360-0455; www.startreknewvoyages.com

UCLA Preservation Festival

Films From the Anthology Film Archives: 7:30 p.m., Saturday

“Hamlet” and “The Floor Below”: 7 p.m. Sunday

Where: Billy Wilder Theater, UCLA

Price: $9

Information: www.cinema.ucla.edu

Elsewhere

Broad Humor Festival: 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Electric Lodge Performing Arts Center, 1416 Electric Ave., Venice. www.channelsusan.com/broad humor/films.htm

Cinema’s Legacy: “The Mission,” 2 p.m. Sunday. Skirball Center. www.afi.com

Art Directors Guild: “ ‘Round Midnight,” 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Aero Theatre, Santa Monica. www.artdirectors.org