Posted on 05/30/2016 5:11:04 PM PDT by EveningStar
American actor Keir Dullea turns 80 today.
He is best known for his role of David Bowman in "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "2010: The Year We Make Contact" as well as his role as David Clemens in the 1962 film "David and Lisa" which also starred Janet Margolin and Howard Da Silva. He also appeared in the 1974 cult film, "Black Christmas."
In television, he made guest appearances in many shows. Also, science fiction fans might remember him as Devon in the short-lived series, "The Starlost."
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HAL: I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.
Look Dave, I can see you’re really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over.
Oh, happy birthday, “Dave”!
I always name my desktops Hal, and my laptops Sal. Once, I even downloaded sound clips so that my computer would talk like Hal. The error messages would be “What do you think you are doing, Dave?”
Daves not here man
Open the pod bay door, HAL.
I saw that movie first run when I was about 12 on a YUGE! screen it one of the old Cinema theaters. It made quite an impression.
Is Poole’s family going to sing to him, too?
Happy Birthday, Dave.
If she uses a walker, I’d hit that...
haha that’s awesome
Same here. I was 12 also. The Clairidge theatre in Montclair, N.J. It was a Cinerama road show. Single projection 70 MM print. HUGE!
David and Lisa was a classic. Made the women cry.
Happy birfday.
Our high school Aerospace Science class took a field trip to see 2001 at the Cinerama in Seattle. I’ll never forget Dave Bowman slowly unplugging Hal.....
Have met him and the fellow who played Poole a couple times at movie conventions, where they are often seated together. Both very nice fellows who seem to be friends.
I saw it in my early 20's and it made a huge impression on me as well. It also set the bar for following SF movies.
Me neither. So satisfying! I loved how grim he was, he'd totally, completely had it. HAL was going down if it was the last thing Bowman ever did. All while HAL kept prattling on, trying to stop him. Beautiful scene.
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