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One film critic called the 1968 epic 2001: A Space Odyssey "the best informed dream" because to an extent unprecedented, and never duplicated, writer Arthur C. Clarke and director Stanley Kubrick sought to "get the science right." Now, in its namesake year, it is fascinating to ask: How close did their vision match the actual developments in computer science of the intervening 33 years? |
Where have technologists lived up to the high goals set by Kubrick and Clarke? Where have they fallen short? Why?
A unique and visually rich blend of science documentary, film history and celebration, 2001:HAL's Legacy will take the film's central character, the HAL 9000 computer, as a springboard for the world's leading scientists to explain the current state of areas such as artificial intelligence, computer speech and language understanding, computer vision, computer emotion, ethics and prospects for technology of the 21st century. |
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This documentary special was filmed in multiple locations across the United States, and in Sri Lanka with Arthur C. Clarke, from September to December 2000. The program will premiere on public television in 2001.
 Written & Presented by...David G. Stork - Dr. David G. Stork, a graduate of MIT and the University of Maryland, is Chief Scientist of Ricoh Innovations, and Consulting Associate Professor of both Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford University. He has published five books, including PATTERN CLASSIFICATION (2nd ed.) by Duda, Hart and Stork (Wiley), SPEECHREADING BY HUMANS AND MACHINES edited by Stork and Hennecke (Springer), and HAL's LEGACY: 2001's COMPUTER AS DREAM AND REALITY (MIT). He sits on the editorial boards of four international journals, has published numerous scholarly papers on machine learning, neural networks, pattern recognition and related fields, holds fifteen patents and has given over three dozen plenary and distinguished lectures worldwide.
Executive & Senior Producer...David Kennard - David Kennard, an Executive Producer of Africa's Children, has more than 25 years of international experience as a Producer, Writer, Director and Marketing and Communications Consultant. He has played a leading role in the creation of numerous television specials, books, multimedia products and media campaigns, and has produced fifteen major international documentary series. His work includes:
- Cosmos, Connections, The Ascent of Man, We The People, Joseph Campbell: The Hero's Journey, Things to Come, The Heart of Healing, The Final Hours : Amelia Earhart's Last Flight, and The Promise of Play.
- His work has won the National Emmy, International Emmy, Dupont Columbia, American Historical Association, National Education Film Festival, International Science Film Festival, Houston Worldfest, Alexander Hamilton, Cine Golden Eagle, BAFTA and Peabody Awards.
- Kennard is the co-founder and President of InCA (Independant Communications Associates Inc), a worldwide non-fiction production company with offices in London, San Francisco, Toulouse (France) and Nairobi (Kenya), with a fifteen-year track record of documentary excellence.
Director & Producer...Michael O'Connell - Michael O'Connell, editor of Africa's Children, has played a key role in the production of over a dozen documentary programs and series for PBS, TBS, The Discovery Channel and British Channel Four.
His credits include: 2001: HAL's Legacy, a one-hour PBS special on artificialintelligence (premiering in Fall 2001); The Promise of Play, a 3-part series exploring the role of play in learning, creativity, and health (PBS premiere Fall 2000); and The Final Hours: Amelia Earhart's Last Flight, a one-hour special recreating Amelia Earhart's 1937 world flight. (PBS premiere Fall 1999).
Line Producer ... Amy Little, Line Producer on 2001: HAL's Legacy, first joined InCA in 1992 as an Associate Producer for the series The Heart of Healing which was produced for TBS. She then went on to work as a Producer on numerous productions for National Geographic and Discovery Communications based in Washington DC.
Associate Producer...Victoria Simpson - Victoria Simpson joined Inca San Francisco in 2000. She has been working as an Associate Producer on the public television documentary special 2001: HAL's Legacy, as well as the development of new series.
Presented on PBS by South Carolina ETV
Produced by InCA Productions (Independent Communications Associates, Inc.)
Tel: 415-389-5000 Fax: 415-383-9275
www.inca-productions.com |
