2OO1 SPACE STATION

[HAL9000]

this WILL break your heart..


Trevor Parsons writes
I was at college in Stevenage (about 15 miles away from St Albans in the early 1970's). Our studio, we were studying graphic art, faced the entrance to the local corporation dump. One afternoon in 1974 a truck turned up after the dump was closed & left some crates in the entrance way. They contained 2 of the models used in 2001, the space wheel & one of the pods. Of course they may not have been the only ones but I believe they were genuine (the film had been made about 20 miles away at Boreham Wood the old MGM studios). By the time I got there the pod had been taken, the space wheel damaged & taken out its wooden case. I took pictures of it, its surface had been covered with bits of old plastic construction kits to make it look more technical when filmed. I desperately wanted to take it home, but I only had a motor bike & a room 8 feet by 10 so it was not really workable. It was smashed up by kids a few days later.

photos...
http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/faq/html/spacestation.html

:cry :cry :cry

 

[Star Wars Helmets]

I remember reading that some years back, and specifically the thought of him trying to get the thing on the back of a motor bike.

Kubrick hated the thought that anyone would re-use his props so he ordered that everything be destroyed

Such a waste.

Cheers

Jez

 

[Apollo]

Makes me sick everytime I think about it.

 

[SiR-ROUND]

You could have sold the motorbike and rented a truck?

Man, this is tearjerkin' to say the least...

It does break my heart.

 

[CessnaDriver]

Well if that field has not been totally changed too much, and if those kids pulverized it then.
Might not there bits and pieces of it if someone wanted to dig around a bit?
Maybe find a chunk that is screen recognizable.

 

[Betamin]

Damn, that IS sad....