KIESCHE@RU-BLUE.ARPA (05/10/84)
Peter Hymans is writing AND directing 2010. He is also (yes) the director of Capricorn One--and--The Star Chamber and Outland... Special Effects are being handled by the Doug Trumbull group... Music is being done by Tony Banks, of the rock group Genesis. It will most likely be a totally "synthetic" score, instead of the recent trend in 64- piece orchestras... Re--a recent message on why in 2001 the Discovery went to Jupiter and not Saturn. The author of that message was partially correct. In Jerome Agel's Making of 2001 (Signet Books), it is stated that the main difficulty was the RINGS of Saturn, not the coloration of the planet. After all (as it is stated in the book), the two planets look fairly alike...gas giants with lost of bands of clouds. The problem was finding a way of depicting the rings so that they did not look *fake*. It should be noted that Trumbull was eventually able to solve this problem, and sent a ship to Saturn in the movie Silent Running... Respectfully submitted, Frederick Paul Kiesche III -------
demillo@uwmacc.UUCP (07/15/84)
A question to the panel:
The upcoming movie version of "2010" is, I realize, to
be released in December. I also realize that the original
group of "Odsseiers" are back for their second trek out
to the gas giants. However, could someone in the know
answer the following question:
Is Kubrick the Director????
Should be a fun movie...I heard MGM spent a fortune
reconstructing the sets for the Discovery...it seems that
the original blueprints have been lost/destroyed/stolen/whatever.
So, they painstakingly blew up several hundred frames from the
original film, and built the new sets from those...talk about
going at it the long way....
- Rob DeMillo
MACC
Question: If all the world were brothers,
would you let one marry your sister...?atc@ut-sally.UUCP (Alvin T. Campbell III) (07/23/84)
The director of 2010 is Peter Hyams. His SF-related credits include
Capricorn One and Outland. His most recent film was The Star Chamber.
A. T. Campbell
(atc@ut-sally!uucp)steven@ism70.UUCP (07/27/84)
Information from Lotusland You'll probably get lots and lots of responses, but just in case you don't: 2010 Starring Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren and Bob Balaban. Also starring Keir Dullea (Dave), Douglas Rain (HAL), two Russian actors from _M_o_s_c_o_w_ _o_n_ _t_h_e_ _H_u_d_s_o_n and one Russian actress. Tentative release date by MGM/UA: December 7, 1984 Directed by Peter Hyams. Screenplay by Peter Hyams. From the novel by Arthur C. Clarke. Produced by Peter Hyams. Photographed by Peter Hyams. Quite an auteur, eh? Supposedly Hyams blackmailed the A.S.C. by threatening to take the production out of Culver City and over to England for studio work if they didn't let him be Director of Photography. Kubrick gave his approval for a sequel to Hyams, but never visited the set. Steven Spielberg did, however, and wasn't allowed to see the model of the Discovery ship. Prince Andrew also visited the 2010 set on his recent visit to Los Angeles, but Hyams wouldn't even let him enter the command bridge set. Hyams insisted on recreating the exact costumes as well, using a computer to embroider the command patches to match the exact colors of the originals. Cost him 20 grand to get the patches right. Source of information: Onscreen performer on _2_0_1_0 whom I talked to.