2001: a Space Odyssey's Dave Returns To Sci-fi In New Film

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday February 27, 2013 @08:29PM from the watch-out-for-monoliths-this-time dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Indie Kickstarter-funded short HENRi stars a sci-fi legend in a role very much like HAL-9000 — with a twist. Wired writes: 'If it sounds a little bit like 2001: The Later Years, then here's the real twist: HENRi, the ship/body, is voiced [by] Dr. Dave Bowman himself, Keir Dullea.' In a making-of video for the film, Dullea says, 'I guess you could say the character of HENRi was a sane version of HAL.' The film itself utilizes a mixture of the old and the new — combining live-action sequences with puppetry, quarter-scale miniatures, and modern CGI. The official trailer has just been released."

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Re:I'm sorry, Dave, by zwei2stein · 2013-02-27 22:31 · Score: 3, Informative

Well, I certainly hope authors can do it.
Many such projects died - which is usually great shame if is episodic sci-fi like L5

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Re:Silent Running ? by SpzToid · 2013-02-27 23:27 · Score: 3, Informative

Confused the title with Cool Runnings, so I'm glad I double-checked:
Silent running:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067756
Cool runnings
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106611

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