KIESCHE@RU-BLUE.ARPA (03/09/84)
The following is taken from THE NEWARK OBSERVER (a Rutgers University Newark Campus newspaper), dated March 6, 1984: 2010: AN EXPERIENCE IN SPACE By Bert Roig "Helen Mirren, the distinguished British actress, has been set for a starring role in MGM's "2010", produced and directed by Peter Hyams, it was announced by Freddie Fields, head of Worldwide theatrical production for MGM/UA Enter- tainment Co. "Mirren, whose feature film credits include 'Oh Lucky Man,' 'Excalibur' and 'The Long Good Friday', is well-known for her stage appearances as a leading lady with the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. "She is regularly seen on British television in such productions as 'Mrs. Reindhart' shown on PBS in the US. "MGM's '2010', currently in production at MGM Studios in Culver City, stars Roy Scheider, Bob Balaban and John Lithgow. It is scheduled for a Christmas 1984 release by MGM/UA Entertainment Co. "'2010' is based on the novel 2010: ODYSSEY TWO by Arthur C. Clarke, one of the leading writers of science fiction. He if famous for his 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY which he wrote in close collaboration with director Stanley Kubrick who was simultaneously making the film in 1967. "'2010' is the second part of the story which picks up where its predecessor left off. The novel describes the adventure of Heywood Floyd, an American scientist who dreams of reactiviting HAL 9000, the maniac computer in the first episode. A second voyage to Jupiter, the site of the original story, and the objective of the mission is 'to proceed to the Jovian System and rendezvous with the lost U.S. spacecraft DISCOVERY. A Russian ship, the ALEXI LEONOV is sent with seven Russian cosmonauts and three American experts, including Dr. Floyd. "The story examines Life in Space and such concepts as Life itself. In one part of the novel there is, on an alien moon, a creature which lives under the ice, a kind of "octopus" with many tentacles. It single-handedly destroys a Chinese spacecraft which landed there to refuel (and which was, by the way, trying to get to the DISCOVERY first to learn its technological secrets.). "The novel also explores other kinds of life that multiply at a tremendous rate and completely cover the surface of Jupiter, at the climax of the story, turning it into a second sun. These living brick-like organisms, similiar to the monoliths in the first story, reproduce by dividing and subdividing much like cells do. "The movie version may or may not do justice to the novel that came out in 1982. If it does, then there will be better character interaction and more human relations, maybe even a love story between Floyd and one of the Russian cosmonauts, most probably played by Helen Mirren." --30-- That is quoted directly from the paper. I take no responsibility for accuracy of story line, facts, or the mangled English language. I'm just quoting for you all.... Frederick Paul Kiesche III -------