To celebrate this year’s 40th anniversary of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, special-event theatrical distribution company Fathom Events is bringing the inaugural Trek film back to cinemas for two nights only this September.

Returning to theaters on September 15 and 18 across the United States, Fathom Events has announced that the 1979 theatrical edition of The Motion Picture will be back on screen for fans to revisit for this year’s big anniversary. Along with the film, the special presentation will include a screening of “The Longest Trek: Writing the Motion Picture,” a special feature included on the Blu-ray edition of the movie.

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Star Trek: The Motion Picture on the big screen with the original 1979 theatrical cut, featuring Jerry Goldsmith’s rousing overture.

When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) returns to a newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command. The legendary cast of the original Star Trek television series, including Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, and James Doohan, mobilize at warp speed to stop the alien intruder from its relentless flight toward Earth.

This is not going to be the 2001 Directors’ Edition of the film, recently announced as being considered for a 4K remastering — from comments made by the team involved in those negotiations with Paramount, the earliest a release of that (still-unofficial) remaster of The Motion Picture could come to market would be sometime in 2020.

Tickets for the Motion Picture screening events are available for purchase directly from hosting theaters, and will become available through Fathom Events’ website on August 2.