Douglas Rain
Douglas Rain (March 13, 1928 - November 11, 2018) was a Canadian actor and narrator. He was primarily a stage actor, but his best known film role was as the voice of the HAL 9000 computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and its sequel 2010 (1984). Rain was born in Winnipeg,... Read full bio →
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2010
A joint American-Soviet space expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn what happened to the Discovery.
The Man Who Skied Down Everest
A Japanese skier tries to fulfill his dream of sking down Mount. Everest.
Sleeper
Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.
2001: A Space Odyssey
The highly respected and often cited milestone in Science Fiction cinema. Director Stanley Kubrick takes us into the future, into outer space and aboard a spacecraft that’s controlled by a seemingly trustworthy computer named HAL.