Gene Roddenberry desperately wanted screenplay credit for himself on this film. He had written an early draft of the script which Paramount rejected, considering it uncinematic and more of a television script. During production, Roddenberry then used his power as producer to demand script rewrites from Harold Livingston, often completing them himself which led to the animus between the two men. Roddenberry became so myopically focused on getting screenplay credit that he actually began neglecting his producer duties, leaving Robert Wise and Paramount executive Jeffrey Katzenberg to oversee production and post production. The producer also became known for copious use of alcohol, marijuana and cocaine during filming. Roddenberry ultimately received no screenplay credit, but the Writer's Guild did determine he was eligible for story credit, which he rejected. Though the film proved a box office success, the out-of-control production and Roddenberry's behind the scenes maneuverings destroyed his Hollywood career. Paramount removed him from all subsequent "Star Trek" film productions, which made Roddenberry extremely bitter. Only after Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) moved into production did Roddenberry return to work in Hollywood, and the early seasons of that series were plagued by similar problems resulting from Roddenberry's constant rewriting of scripts to gain credit, and from his drug and alcohol abuse.

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