cbspt005@abnjh.UUCP (Eric Carter) (05/04/84)
Peter Hyams, the writer, producer and director of the film version of 2010
announced when given the project by MGM/UA that the tone of the film would
not be anything like 2001, i.e. ponderous, enigmatic, even stately. Which
is a fundamental difference between how the two books read, as well. Don't
expect the same sort of film-going experience that 2001 provided. But if
they did their homework, and used some well-bridled imagination, it could
be a bang-up entertainment! One thing for sure, the special effects are
being done by the best in the business, Doug Trumbull's Entertainment
Effects Group, under the tutelage of triple Oscar-winner Richard Edlund("Alien",
"The Empire Strikes Back", "Return of the Jedi").
The cast of 2010:
Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Bob Balaban, Keir Dullea, Helen Mirren, Douglas
Rain, Savely Kramarov, Elya Baskin, Oleg Rudnik, Natasha Shneider, Vladimir
Skomarowsky, Victor Steinbach.
Eric Carter
AT&T-IS
S. Plainfield, NJ
allegra!abnjh!cbspt005barry@ames-lm.UUCP (05/05/84)
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A trivia question for the net - I note in the previous message
that Douglas Rain will be in the cast of "2010"; well, he was also in
"2001". Anybody know what part he played?
I'll post the correct answer in a few days if needed.
Regards,
Kenn Barry
NASA-Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA
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Electric Avenue: {dual,hao,menlo70,hplabs}!ames-lm!barrydp@astrovax.UUCP (Deborah L. Padgett) (05/09/84)
Douglas Rain was the voice of HAL 9000, of course!
rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen) (05/09/84)
Frankly, I prefer "2009: Jupiter & Beyond" directed by Woody Tobias, Jr. as shown on SCTV (Cinemax) last night. Simon & Garfunkel in space combined with Abbott & Costello Go To Mars, Spock's Brain, the Wizard of Oz, and Duck Soup (imagine the famous "mirror" scene from Duck Soup done with Art Garfunkel and a black monolith with legs wearing a read frizzy wig; by the way [SPOILER] the black monolith drops on the Evil Queen killing her) Try and beat THAT, Peter Hyams!!! -- Now I've lost my train of thought. I'll have to catch the bus of thought. Rich Rosen pyuxn!rlr