As the Nexus approached closer, Soran and Picard fought hand-to-hand - as Soran successfully launched his trilithium missile probe at the Veridian star, and both men were sucked into the ribbon following the blast; Picard found himself enjoying Christmas with his family (and a reunion with his favorite deceased nephew Renee who died in a fire), but then realized that he was in the unreal temporal Nexus ("This can""t be real"), and was told by Guinan, also in the Nexus, that he needed to get help from Captain Kirk, also happily entrenched there reliving his past (after being drawn into the Nexus 78 years earlier); after convincing Kirk to help him stop Soran ("Make a difference again") and save millions of lives, the two Captains materialized back on Veridian IIIjust beforeSoran was to launch his missile and destroy the star.The silent 155-minute version was the first of four prominent versions of the classic Arabian nights tale - strongly influencing the other films:The Thief of Bagdad (1940), producer Alexander Korda""s inferior remake with sound and Technicolor, starring Conrad Veidt as the evil magician Jaffar, Sabu as the young title character and thief Abu, and John Justin as the romantic lead AhmadThe Thief of Baghdad (1961, Italian) (aka Il Ladro di Bagdad), starring Steve Reeves as the title character KarimThe Thief of Baghdad (1978, UK)(made for TV), directed by Clive Donner, starring Roddy McDowall as Hasan he Thief (top-billed over hero Kabir Bedi as Prince Taj)Other films paid homage, such as Gene Kelly""s "Sinbad he Sailor" segment inInvitation to the Dance (1956), and Disney""s animated featureAladdin (1992)and recent live-action reimaginingAladdin (2019).She first appeared nude in Beverly Hills where she hijacked a rich lady for her purple leather pantsuit and her silver Lexus.Orson Welles served as director, producer, screenplay writer, and actor, basing his screenplay upon Sherwood King""s 1938 novelIf I Die Before I Wake.