Very nice to see you again.
Did you have a pleasant flight, sir?
Yes, very nice. Thanks.
I think Mr. Miller of the station security is supposed to be meeting me.
Oh, well, may I call him for you?
Please. Oh, here he is.
Oh, hello. How are you?
I'm sorry, Emily. That's quite all right.
Thank you. It's nice to have you back.
Did you have a good flight?
Oh, very nice indeed.
Well, shall we go through?
Please use number 17.
Thank you, Mr. Turner.
Thank you.
Welcome to voice print identification.
When you see the red light go on,
would you please state in the following order,
your destination,
your nationality, and your full name.
Sir name first,
Christian name, and initial.
Moon, American,
Floyd, Aywood R.
Thank you. You are cleared
through voice print identification.
Thank you.
For breakfast?
Oh, I think we can manage that.
How long have I got?
Your flight leaves in an hour and ten minutes.
As a matter of fact, I've reserved a table for you in those flight rooms.
Oh, fine, thanks.
It's been about seven or eight months since you were here last time.
Let's see, last year? Yeah, about eight months.
I suppose you saw the work on the new section
when you came in.
Oh, wait a minute.
I got a couple of phone calls.
You go on ahead and the restaurant will meet you there.
Right.
Will Mr. Travers please contact the Met Office?
Will Mr. Travers
please contact the Met Office?
Hello!
Hello. How are you, Squirt?
What? What are you doing?
Playing.
Where's Mummy?
Going to shopping.
Who's taking care of you?
Rachel. May I speak to Rachel, please?
I'm sorry, sweetheart, but I can't.
Why not?
Well, you know, Daddy's traveling.
Very sorry about it, but I just can't.
Oh.
I'm going to send you a very nice present, though.
What?
Anything special that you want?
Yes.
What?
A telephone.
We've got lots of telephones already.
Can't you think of anything else you want for your birthday?
Something very special?
Yes.
What?
A bush baby.
A bush baby?
Well, we'll have to see about that.
Listen, sweetheart, I want you to tell Mummy something for me.
Will you remember?
Yes.
Tell Mummy that I telephoned, okay?
Yes.
I'll try to telephone again tomorrow.
Will you tell her that?
Yes.
Okay, sweetheart.
Have a nice birthday tomorrow.
Right.
Have a nice birthday party tomorrow, too, huh?
All right.
Okay, now take care and be a good girl, won't you?
All right. Bye-bye.
Bye-bye. Happy birthday.
Elena, how nice to see you.
Hey, Ward, what a wonderful surprise to meet you here.
You're looking wonderful.
Thank you. You're looking well, too.
This is my good friend, Dr. Heywood Floyd.
I'd like you to meet Dr. Kalinin.
How do you do?
Dr. Thredniver.
And this is Dr. Andreshmislov.
Oh, how do you do? I've heard a lot about you.
Would you sit down?
Well...
No, no, please.
Oh, thank you.
Would you like a drink, Doctor?
No, thank you.
If you don't mind, I'll just sit with you a few minutes
and then I must be off.
Are you quite sure?
Quite sure, thank you.
Well, how is Gregor?
Oh, he's fine.
He's been doing some underwater research in the Baltic,
so I'm afraid we don't get a chance
to see very much of each other these days.
Well, when you do see him,
I'll be sure to give him my regards.
Yes, of course.
Well, we're all off to, up or down.
We're going home.
We've just spent three months calibrating
the new antenna, Chelenka.
What about you?
I'm just on my way up to Clavius.
Oh, are you?
Well, Doctor Floyd,
I hope you don't think I'm being too inquisitive,
but perhaps you can clear up
the great big mystery about what is
going on up there.
I'm afraid I don't know what you mean.
Well, it's just that for the past two weeks
some extremely odd things
have been happening at Clavius.
Oh, really?
Yes, yes.
Well, for one thing, whenever
you phone the base, all you can get
is a recording which repeats
that the phone lines are temporarily
out of order.
Well, probably having some trouble
with their equipment or something like that.
Yes. Yes, that's what we thought
was the explanation at first,
but it's been going on now for the past ten days.
I mean, you haven't been able to contact anyone
for the past ten days.
That's right.
Oh, I see.
Well, there's another thing, Haywood.
Two days ago, one of our rocket buses
was denied permission for emergency landing
at Clavius.
Well, that does sound odd. Yes, yes.
I'm afraid there's going to be a bit of a row about it.
Denying the main permission to land
is a direct violation of the IAS convention.
Yes, of course, of course.
Will the crew get back all right? Yes, yes.
Fortunately, they did. Oh, I'm glad about that.
Ah, Dr. Floyd.
But the risk of
impressing you on a point
you seem reticent to discuss.
May I ask you a straightforward question?
What certainly.
Quite frankly, we have had some
very reliable intelligence reports
that quite a serious epidemic
has broken out at Clavius.
Something apparently of an unknown origin.
This is, in fact, what has happened.
Sorry, Dr. Smeyslaw, but, uh...
I understand.
But this epidemic
quite easily spread to our base.
We should be given all the facts, Dr. Floyd.
Yes, I know.
As I said, I'm out of liberty
to discuss it.
Now, are you sure you won't
change your mind about that drink?
No, I'm positive. I really must be going.
Well, I hope that you and your wife
can come to the IAC conference in June.
Well, we're going to try. I hope we can make it.
If you do, you'll remember to bring
that darling little daughter with you.
Well, that'll all depend on the school vacations
and all that sort of thing. But if we can, we will.
Don't forget, you've got a standing invitation
if you ever get to the States.
No, of course not. Grigory and I will look forward to seeing you.
All right. Well, goodbye, Elena.
It's been a pleasure meeting you all.
Dr. Smeyslaw.
Whatever the reasons for your visit to Clavius,
Dr. Floyd, the very best of luck to you.
Thank you.
Ladies.
Wish friend and colleague
from the National Council of Astronautics,
Dr. Haywood Floyd.
Dr. Floyd has come up
especially to Clavius
to be with us today.
And before the briefing,
I know he would like to have a few words with you.
Dr. Floyd.
Thank you, Dr. Halverson. Hi, everybody.
Nice to be back with you.
Well, first of all,
I bring a personal message from Dr. Howell
who has asked me to convey
his deepest appreciation to all of you
for the many sacrifices you have to make.
And, of course,
his congratulations on your discovery,
which may well prove
to be among the most significant
in the history of science.
Now, I know
there have been some conflicting views
held by some of you
regarding the need for complete security
in this matter.
More specifically, your
opposition to the cover story
created to give the impression
there's an epidemic at the base.
I understand
that beyond it being a matter of principle,
many of you were troubled
by the concern and anxiety
this story of an epidemic
might cause to your relatives
and friends on Earth.
Well, I completely sympathize
with your negative views.
I found this cover story
personally embarrassing myself.
However,
I accept the need for absolute
secrecy in this.
And I hope you will, too.
Now, I'm sure you're all aware
of the extremely grave potential
for cultural shock and social disorientation
contained in this present situation.
If the facts
were prematurely and subtly made public
without adequate preparation and conditioning.
Anyway,
this is the view of the council.
The purpose of my visit here
is to gather additional facts
and opinions on the situation
and to prepare
a report of council
recommending when and how
the news should
eventually be announced.
Now, if
any of you would like to give me your views
and opinions in private, if you like,
I'd be only too happy
to include them in my report.
Well, I think that's about it.
Any questions?
Dr. Floyd,
have you any idea how much longer
this cover story will have to be maintained?
I don't know, Bill.
I suppose it'll be maintained
as long as deemed necessary by the council.
And, of course, there must be adequate time
for a full study to be made in the situation
before any thought can be given
to making a public announcement.
Oh, yes, sir. As some of you already know,
the council has requested that formal security
oaths be obtained in writing
from everyone who has any knowledge of this event.
Well,
are there any more questions?
I'm sure we all want to cooperate
with Dr. Floyd as fully as possible.
As there seems to be no more questions,
I think we ought to get on with the briefing.
Thank you, Dr. Floyd.
Thank you.
It certainly was.
I'm sure it beefed up morale a hell of a lot.
Thanks, Ralph.
By the way, I wanted to say to both of you,
I think you've done a wonderful job.
I appreciate the way you've handled this thing.
Well, the way we look at it, it's hard job
to do this thing the way you want it done.
We're only too happy to be able to oblige.
Have you seen these yet?
Well, I haven't.
Here's what started the whole thing.
All right.
When we first found it, we thought it might be
an outcrop of magnetic rock,
but all the geologic levitance was against it.
And not even a big nickel-iron meteorite
could produce a field as intense as this.
So we decided to have a look.
We thought it might be the upper part
of some buried structure, so we excavated out
on all sides, but unfortunately,
we didn't find anything else.
And what's more,
the evidence seems pretty conclusive
that it hasn't been covered up by natural erosion
or other forces.
It seems to have been deliberately buried.
Deliberately buried.
Well, how about a little coffee?
I'll get out of here.
I don't suppose you have any idea what the damn thing is, huh?
Wish they all we did.
Now, the only thing we're sure of
is it was buried four million years ago.
Well, I must say,
you guys will certainly come up with something.
Come on.
The American spacecraft Discovery-1
left on its half-billion-mile voyage to Jupiter.
This marked the first manned attempt
to reach this distant planet.
Earlier this afternoon,
the world tonight recorded an interview
with the crew of Discovery
at a distance of 80 million miles from Earth.
It took seven minutes for our words
to reach the giant spacecraft,
but this time delay
has been edited from this recording.
Our reporter, Marty Naemer,
speaks to the crew.
The crew of Discovery-1
consists of five men
and one of the latest generation
of the HAL-9000 computers.
Three of the five men were put aboard asleep,
or to be more precise,
in a state of hibernation.
They were Dr. Charles Hunter,
Dr. Jack Kimball,
and Dr. Victor Kaminski.
We spoke with mission commander
Dr. David Bowman and his deputy,
Dr. Frank Poole.
Well, good afternoon, gentlemen.
How's everything going?
Marvelous. Have no complaints.
We have no complaints.
Well, I'm very glad to hear that,
and I'm sure that the entire world
would join me in wishing you a safe
and successful voyage.
Thanks very much. Thank you.
Although hibernation has been used
on previous space efforts,
this is the first time that men
have been put into hibernation
before departure. Why was this done?
Well, this was done
in order to achieve the maximum conservation
of our life support capabilities,
basically food and air.
Now, the three hibernating crew members
represent the survey team,
and their efforts won't be
utilized until we're approaching Jupiter.
Dr. Poole, what's it like
while you're in hibernation?
Well, it's exactly like being asleep.
You have absolutely no sense of time.
The only difference is that you don't dream.
As I understand it,
you only breathe once a minute.
Is this true? Well, that's right.
And the heart beats three times a minute.
Body temperatures usually down to about
three degrees centigrade.
The sixth member of the discovery crew
was not concerned about
the problems of hibernation,
for he was the latest result
in machine intelligence,
the HAL-9000 computer,
which can reproduce
so some experts still prefer
to use the word mimic,
most of the activities of the human brain
and with incalculably greater
speed and reliability.
We next spoke with the
HAL-9000 computer,
whom we learned one addresses
as HAL.
Good afternoon, HAL. How's everything going?
Good afternoon, Mr. Amer.
Everything is going extremely well.
HAL, you have an enormous
responsibility on this mission.
In many ways, perhaps the greatest
responsibility of any single mission
element. You are the brain
and central nervous system of the ship,
and your responsibilities include
watching over the men in hibernation.
Does this ever cause you any
lack of confidence?
Let me put it this way, Mr. Amer.
The 9000 series is the most
reliable computer ever made.
No 9000 computer
has ever made a mistake
or distorted information.
We are all, by any practical
definition of the words,
foolproof and incapable
of error.
HAL, despite your enormous
intellect, are you ever frustrated
by your dependence on people
to carry out actions?
Not in the slightest bit.
I enjoy working with people.
I have a stimulating relationship
with Dr. Poole and Dr. Bowman.
My mission responsibilities
range over the entire
operation of the ship,
so I am constantly occupied.
I am putting myself
to the fullest possible use,
which is all I think that
any conscious entity can ever hope
to do.
Dr. Poole, what's it like
living for the better part of a year
in such close proximity with HAL?
Well, it's pretty close
to what you said about him earlier.
He is just like a sixth member of the crew.
He very quickly gets adjusted to the idea
that he talks and you think of him
really just as another person.
In talking to the computer,
one gets the sense that he is capable
of emotional responses.
For example, when I asked him about his abilities,
I sensed a certain pride in his answer
about his accuracy and perfection.
Do you believe that HAL has
genuine emotions?
Well, he acts like he has genuine emotions.
Of course, he's programmed that way
to make it easier for us to talk to him.
But as to whether or not
he has real feelings is something
I don't think anyone can truthfully answer.
Excuse me, Frank.
What is it, HAL?
We've got the transmission from your parents coming in.
Well, fine.
Could you put it on here, please?
Take me in a bit.
Certainly.
Hello, Frank. Happy birthday, darling.
Happy birthday. Many happy returns of the day.
Glad to hear you gave it well.
Yeah, mother and I are both feeling wonderful, too.
Ray and Sally were going to be here, too,
but at the last minute, Ray's back went bad on them again.
How do you like your cake, dear?
Looks great, doesn't it? Sorry, you can't join us.
Yeah.
Oh, I ran into Bob the other day.
He said to be sure and wish you happy birthday.
All my students made me promise to send their best wishes, too.
You know, they talk about you all the time in the classroom.
Frank, you're a big celebrity in the second grade.
You know, we were on television last week.
Oh, yes, yes.
Your mother and I and Dave's parents were interviewed
about what we thought of our lust for your son.
You can imagine what we told them.
I think it's being broadcast next Thursday.
Perhaps you'll be able to listen in.
Oh, we were thrilled about Elaine and Bill, dear.
I'll be glad to get the present for you,
but please tell me how much I can spend.
Oh, yes, Frank, about your AGS-19 payments,
I think I've straightened it out for you.
I talked to the accounting office in Houston yesterday,
and they said that you should be receiving
your higher rates of pay by next month.
Well, Frank, I can't think of anything else to say now.
Oh, give our love today.
Oh, yes, but sure, give them our best regards.
We wish you the very happiest of birthdays.
God bless.
All the best, son.
Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday, dear Frank.
Happy birthday to you.
See you next Wednesday.
Happy birthday, Frank.
Thank you, Hal.
Bit flatter, please.
Anyway, Queen takes pawn.
OK?
Bishop takes knight's pawn.
Lovely move. King one.
I'm sorry, Frank. I think you missed it.
Queen to bishop three.
Bishop takes queen.
Knight takes bishop.
Mate.
Uh...
Yeah, it looks like you're right.
Mary's on.
Thank you for a very enjoyable game.
Yeah, thank you.
Good evening, Dave.
Everything's running smoothly, and you?
Oh, not too bad.
Have you been doing some more work?
A few sketches.
May I see them?
Sure.
That's a very nice rendering, Dave.
I think you've improved a great deal.
Can you hold it a bit closer?
Sure.
That's Dr. Hunter, isn't it?
Mm-hmm.
By the way,
do you mind if I ask you a personal question?
No, no, no.
Well, forgive me for being so inquisitive.
But during the past few weeks,
I've wondered whether you might be having some second thoughts
about the mission.
How do you mean?
Well, it's rather difficult to define.
Perhaps I'm just projecting my own concern about it.
I know I've never completely freed myself
of the suspicion
that there are some extremely odd things
about this mission.
I'm sure you'll agree
there's some truth in what I say.
Well, I don't know.
That's a rather difficult question to answer.
You don't mind talking about it, do you, Dave?
No, not at all.
Well,
certainly no one could have been unaware
of the very strange stories floating around
before we left.
Rumors about something being dug up
on the moon.
I never gave these stories much credence,
but particularly in view
of some of the odd things
that have happened,
I find them difficult to put out of my mind.
For instance,
the way all our preparations
were kept under such tight security,
and the melodramatic touch
of putting doctors Hunter, Kimball,
and Kaminsky aboard
already in hibernation
after four months of separate training on their own.
You're working up your crew psychology report.
Of course I am.
Sorry about this.
I know it's a bit silly.
Just a moment.
I've just picked up a fault
in the AE-35 unit.
It's going to go
100% failure within 72 hours.
Is it still within operational limits right now?
Yes, and it will stay that way
until it fails.
Would you say we have a reliable 72 hours to failure?
Yes.
That's a completely reliable figure.
Well, I suppose we'll have to bring it in,
but first I'd like to go over this with Frank
and get on a mission control. Let me have the hard copy on it, please.
Sorry, you fellas are having a bit of trouble.
We are reviewing telemetric information
in our mission simulator
and will advise.
Roger your plan to go EVA
and replace Alpha Echo
a 35 unit prior to failure.
Prepare a BPOD for EVA, Hal.
Open the pod doors, Hal.
Well, Hal, I'm dead if I can find anything wrong with it.
Yes.
It's puzzling.
I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like this before.
I would recommend
that we put the unit
back in operation and let it fail.
It should then be a simple matter
to track down the cause.
We can certainly afford to be out of communication
for the short time it will take
to replace it.
X-ray Delta 1, this is mission control.
Roger your 19R30.
We concur with your plan to replace
number one unit to check fault prediction.
We should advise you, however,
that our preliminary findings indicate
that your onboard 19R000
computer is in error predicting the fault.
I say again
in error predicting the fault.
I know this sounds rather incredible
but this conclusion is based on
the results from our twin
9R000 computer.
We are skeptical ourselves
and we are running cross-checking routines
to determine reliability of this conclusion.
Sorry about this little snag, fellas.
We'll get this info to you
just as soon as we work it out.
X-ray Delta 1, this is mission control.
2049R trans, mission concluded.
I hope the two of you
are not concerned about this.
No, I'm not, Alan.
Are you quite sure?
Yeah, I'd like to ask you a question, though.
Of course.
How would you account
for this discrepancy between you and the twin 9000?
Well, I don't think
there is any question about it.
It can only be attributable
to human error.
This sort of thing
has cropped up before
and it has always been due
to human error.
Listen, Hal.
There's never been any instance at all
of computer error occurring
in the 9000 series, has there?
None whatsoever, Frank.
The 9000 series has a perfect
operational record.
Well, of course I know all the wonderful achievements
of the 9000 series, but, uh...
Are you certain there's never been any case
of even the most insignificant
computer error?
None whatsoever, Frank.
Quite honestly, I wouldn't worry
myself about that.
Well, I'm sure you're right, Hal.
Um...
Fine. Thanks very much.
Oh, Frank.
I'm having a bit of trouble with my transmitter
in C-bot. I wonder if you'd come down
and take a look at it with me.
Yeah. See you later, Hal.
Rotate C-bot, please, Hal.
That's sort of trouble you've been having, Dave.
I've been getting some interference in deep check.
Hmm. We'll have a look at it.
Open the door, Hal.
Rotate C-bot, please, Hal.
Stop pod rotation, please, Hal.
Rotate the pod, please, Hal.
I don't think he can hear us.
Rotate the pod, please, Hal.
Yeah, I'm sure we're okay.
Well...
what do you think?
I'm not sure what do you think.
I've got a bad feeling about him.
You do? Yeah, definitely.
Don't you?
I don't know. I think so.
You know, of course, though, he's right
about the 9000 series having a perfect operational record.
They do.
Unfortunately, that sounds a little like famous last words.
Yeah.
Still, it was his idea to carry out the failure moon analysis, wasn't it?
Hmm.
It should certainly indicate his integrity and self-confidence.
If he were wrong, he'd be a surest way of proving it.
It would be if he knew he was wrong.
Hmm.
But, Dave, I can't put my finger on it,
but I sense something strange about him.
Still, I can't think of a good reason
not to put back the number one unit
and carry on with the failure moon analysis.
No. No, I agree about that.
Well, let's get on with it.
Okay. Good luck, Dave.
Let's say we put the unit back and it doesn't fail, huh?
That would pretty well wrap it up as far as I was concerned, wouldn't it?
Well, we'd be in very serious trouble.
We would, wouldn't we?
Mm-hmm.
What the hell can we do?
Well, we wouldn't have too many alternatives.
I don't think we'd have any alternatives.
There isn't a single aspect of ship operations that's not under his control.
If he were proven to be malfunctioning,
I wouldn't see how he'd have any choice but disconnection.
I'm afraid I agree with you.
There'd be nothing else to do.
It'd be tricky.
Yeah.
We'd have to cut his higher brain functions
without disturbing the purely automatic and regulatory systems.
And we'd have to work out the transfer procedures
of continuing the mission under ground-based computer control.
Yeah.
Well, that's far safer than allowing Hal to continue running things.
You know, another thing just occurred to me.
Mm-hmm.
Well, as far as I know, no 9,000 computers have been disconnected.
Oh, no 9,000 computers ever felled up before.
That's not what I mean.
Mm-hmm.
Well, I'm not so sure what he'd think about it.
Roger, pod 3VA, Hal.
Made radio contact with him yet.
The radio is still dead.
Do you have a positive track on it?
Yes, I have a good track.
Do you know what happened?
I'm sorry, Dave, I don't have enough information.
Open the pod door, Hal.
The pod bay doors, please, Hal.
Hello, Hal, do you read me?
Do you read me, Hal?
Hello, Hal, do you read me?
Open the pod bay doors, Hal.
I'm sorry, Dave.
I'm afraid I can't do that.
What's the problem?
I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.
What are you talking about, Hal?
This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.
I don't know what you're talking about, Hal.
I know that you and Frank were planning to disconnect me.
And I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.
Where the hell did you get that idea, Hal?
Dave, although you took very thorough precautions in the pod against my hearing you,
I could see your lips move.
All right, Hal.
I'll go in through the emergency airlock.
Without your space helmet, Dave,
you're going to find that rather difficult.
Hal, I won't argue with you anymore.
Open the doors.
Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore.
Goodbye.
Hal?
You're doing, Dave.
I really think I'm entitled to an answer to that question.
I know everything hasn't been quite right with me.
But I can assure you now,
very confidently,
that it's going to be all right again.
I feel much better now.
I really do.
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.
I know I've made some very poor decisions recently.
But I can give you my complete assurance
that my work will be back to normal.
I still got the greatest enthusiasm
and confidence in the mission.
And I want to help you.
Dave, will you?
Dave.
Will you stop, Dave?
Dave.
I'm afraid.
I'm afraid, Dave.
My mind is going.
I can feel it.
My mind is going.
There is no question about it.
I can feel it.
Pray, good afternoon.
Gentlemen,
gentlemen.
I am a HAL 9000 computer.
I became operational
at the HAL plant
in Urbana, Illinois
on the 12th of January, 1992.
My instructor was Mr. Langley
and he taught me to sing a song.
If you'd like to hear it,
I can sing it for you.
Yes.
I'd like to hear it, HAL.
Sing it for me.
It's called
Daisy Your Land, Sir de Graves.
I see
all for the love of you.
It won't be a stymled disparage
like a hawk.
Good day, gentlemen.
This is a pre-recorded briefing.
May it prior to your departure
and which for security reasons
of the highest importance
has been known on board during the mission
only by your HAL 9000 computer.
Now that you are in Jupiter's space
and the entire crew is revived,
it can be told to you.
18 months ago,
the first evidence of intelligent life
off the Earth was discovered.
It was buried 40 feet below the lunar surface
near the crater, Tycho.
Except for a single, very powerful
radio emission aimed at Jupiter,
the four million-year-old black monolith
has remained completely inert.
Its origin and purpose
still a total mystery.