The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. SHAPIRO: Actor Douglas Rain died yesterday morning at the age of 90.Ĭopyright © 2018 NPR. But he says Rain also had warmth and humanity. He performed for decades with the Stratford Festival in Ontario.ĬHANG: Its artistic director, Antoni Cimolino, says Rain had much in common with HAL - precision, strength of steel, enigma and infinite intelligence as well as a wicked sense of humor. SHAPIRO: HAL might be Douglas Rain's most famous role, but the actor devoted most of his career to the stage and Shakespeare. I know that you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen. RAIN: (As HAL 9000) This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it. When the last surviving astronaut plots to shut the renegade computer down, HAL becomes wise to it. SHAPIRO: Douglas Rain died yesterday at the age of 90.ĬHANG: He had a long, varied career, but today most remembrances focus on the life he gave to the space-traveling computer maintenance system that develops a murderous glitch. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY")ĭOUGLAS RAIN: (As HAL 9000) I'm sorry, Dave. He found the voice in the Canadian actor Douglas Rain.
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But for the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey," director Stanley Kubrick needed to create one that could. My only remaining problem is working out a justification for buying one for the office.Fifty years ago, long before Apple's Siri or Amazon's Alexa, computers did not talk. See the video to get a clearer idea of this highly-prized gadget:
This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it." I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do. "I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.In terms of functionality HAL 9000 not only talks, producing one of 15 movie quotes at random, it also responds to your voice - say something to HAL longer than 1.2 seconds to activate a sound clip.Īlternatively you can point almost any IR remote at him and press a button for a sound clip. It has a custom-ground glass lens with red LED eye and a sticker is included to make this lens have the Nikkor wording as seen in some close-ups.
Before we invite Alexa, Google, and Siri The speaker by itself was a hefty 600, while an optional Command Console, which introduced. Machined in 6061 aircraft-grade aluminum with the black components being anodized. HAL 9000 is the original suspicious digital assistant. It is based on the 1967 blueprints and studio files from the 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey and is about the idea of having a HAL eye answer your queries to Google Now or Siri.
A film memorabilia company claims to have created an 'an. Anyone who has seen 2001: A Space Odyssey will easily remember HAL 9000. This new gadget has a price tag of $499.99 so what can you expect? If you have ever wanted to have your own version of Hal 9000, the deranged super-computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey, youre in luck. It would be more accurate to call it a HAL 9000 sensor replica but who would want a huge mainframe - having a wall mounted HAL with a red LED eye seems much more attractive. Is this a must-have gadget?įollowing on from Iris 9000, its Siri Voice Control module with a glowing red eye reminiscent of HAL, ThinkGeek has gone the extra mile to produce the "movie-accurate" HAL 9000 Life-Size Replica. ThinkGeek has produced a handcrafted replica of HAL 9000, the (fictional) homicidal robot from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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