"2001: A Space Odyssey" Cast Interview • 'Up Late With Alec Baldwin' (Full Program)

[@HeisMertz_]

“The movie that still inspires audiences 45 years later” is so true. I’m 22 and I just watched this movie for the first time last week and I’ve already watched it 2 more times, and even bought the book! No movie has ever affected me as much as this one has!

[@dodgedforgottenn]

I did the same thing twenty five years ago at age 19

[@conniethomas4753]

Me too! It’s amazing :-)

[@MicahMann]

Terrific to hear. I just watched Dr. Strangelove today again. Kubrick’s movies almost get better with age.

[@John-gq7vt]

Greatest movie ever from greatest director ever. Just my humble opinion of course, but I'm glad it's shared by many.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

Agreed....

[@bchick7598]

I agree with half your statement but I agree with your zeal completely. I think the movie is one of the best ever I don't think Cooper was one of the best directors ever if if you look at a lot of his shots he was really corny in a lot of ways you know but the ingmar Bergman David Lynch part of him when that would take over that's when the movies would become great.

[@dangibson906]

Glad i saw this -- sure, Alec could have let Gary & Keir expand a little more, but just to see these two return and talk about their work and Stanley Kubrick is a TREAT ! There will never be another film like 2001: A Space Odyssey. I saw it the night of its debut in the U.S. and was blown away ...

[@MeBeTheDB]

Not to play 'Let's Top Dan' ... but I was lucky to have seen this at a 'SNEAK PREVIEW' at the Golden Gate Theater in San Francisco, CA at age 9. I left there stunned, amazed and wondering how soon 2001 was from 1967. In later years, my late 20's ... I got to work for the Special Visual Effects jeffe Douglas Trumbull, (well one of the many on, 2001: A Space Odyssey) -- and that was an honor too. For what it's worth, Dan -- there's nothing like working on Film, TV or the Legit Stage ... and the memories, friends and sometimes enemies last for the rest of one's life ... ... or (no pun intended, as this is 'Hollywood') until, 'They Need You Again ...' Happy 2022, amigo-! D.A.

[@alouettedemer5366]

Nice to see Dave and Frank again.

[@nothingandmore]

I watched both films just last weekend.

[@r.c.anderson5632]

Brilliant interview.... especially enlightening to any film-maker. Both actors are thinkers and authentic in their portrayals in the film.

[@Eliot451]

Only 8,483 views? This interview deserves much more attention.

[@pawleymediaconsultantsllc5]

The problem is Alec Baldwin :)

[@kamuelalee]

Alec just needed to shut up and let Dullea and Lockwood SPEAK! Lockwood looked like he wanted to beat Alec, the twerp, up.

[@r.c.anderson5632]

I completely agree. Every filmmaker should see this, as well.

[@Taketimeout3]

Our secret.:}

[@anthonythompson9741]

@@kamuelalee - Disagree. I thought it was a very interesting *conversation* among the actors; I think all three of them got along swimmingly!

[@dynamitedave1438]

Kubrick employing these 2 actors for their particular roles was pure genius ! All the movie is genius , everything is done for a reason !

[@johnspooner1403]

Amazing how Keir just swings right into that line at the end!

[@jamescollinson2179]

Something I noticed is that Keir Dullea's voice is perhaps a bit deeper but nearly identical with his voice in the film while Gary Lockwood's voice has really aged. He has an old man's voice. Strange how that happens to some people and not others.

[@jorgefiguerola1239]

Back in 1989, as a student of industrial design at KU, I had the chance to see a live synchronization of Coppola's Koyanasskatsi by Phillip Glass. After all its grand perfect performance, dressed in black, but with its persistent droning, on and on, it put me to sleep. From the rush of applause, I awoke with Glass staring right at me. No joke.

[@viborgvee8399]

Uff

[@DougToppin]

Excellent interview by Alec with Keir and Gary. I have studied this film and story for many years and always enjoy hearing and seeing more about it. Alec interviews well as evidenced by this and his Here’s The Thing podcast.

[@j.d.lafrance831]

I've been looking for this ever since it aired! Thank you!

[@taki384]

Great interview and I think keir really is the star child that came back to earth I mean he looks no older than 40.

[@jkorshak]

21:35 Baldwin does a great impression of Anthony Hopkins doing a Laurence Olivier impression. Great interview!

[@Daisypetal100]

I love Keir Dullea. He's an incredibly versatile actor in all his films. The most gorgeous leading man too. He's very charming in this interview.

[@andrewwardle7634]

Would have been a perfect interview if Douglas Rain was there too. But as it is, it is brilliant. Excellent to see both men again and Alec Baldwin all in great shape. I can't thank them enough for their acting in this very important film.

[@beyond_the_infinite2098]

Thanks for posting this interview. Great stuff.

[@HambonianStudios]

Thanks for taking the time to watch & comment, Gregory.

[@jnaveira59]

Timothy Carey was the actor whose name they were trying to remember.

[@JohnPKING-nj8nc]

Really good interview. They must have lost count years ago how interviews they have done but I suppose being together after all those years and hearing how much of a true fan Alec Baldwin is plus the great format - it even kind of fits with the movie - which is in a strange way a fantastic set driven movie. I never knew Gary Lockwood had just worked on the pilot of Star Trek before he got the part in 2001. Alec Baldwin's show didn't last but I bet he's glad he did this one. Yep you could argue that he interjected his own career heights into the discussion a couple of times but it also seemed like he was pretty excited to be getting a chance to talk with these guys - they look like they've lived pretty well - interesting how Gary Lockwood didn't care to be tied down to any particular tv show - so he met tons of people on all different kinds of shows and got to live as a free spirit Californian. The story about someone holding up their iPhone after seeing 2001 and saying they understood what the misterious slab is supposed to represent. It's even strangely prescient how when people wake up in the morning and the first thing the do is reach for that slab - just like at the end of the movie when Keir Dullea is near death and he points to the slab at the end of his bed.

[@HeathcliffBlair]

Wonderful interview and valuable for cinema history. Thanks.

[@hughgreentree]

Wow...I spent some time talking with Gary Lockwood at a science fiction convention; must have been in the early 90s (so long ago...but it feels like it was just last year). We talked about shooting the STAR TREK episode but, damnit, I wish we had talked about what it was like filming 2001. Gary was in much better shape...time catches up with all of us. It is hard for me to match the man from my memories with the man in this video. Be that as it may, I hope Gary has good health and good spirits for a long time.

[@beyond_the_infinite2098]

I met Gary at the Star Trek Convention in Nov 2018. My wife and I talked with him for at least 20 minutes about 2001 and Star Trek. I bought an autographed photo of him and Keir in the pod conspiring against HAL. Gary was friendly and quite funny. He said was getting old and probably would not be touring anymore, yet I think he was at Comicon this year. 2001 has been my favorite movie since I saw it 1968 in Cinerama at age 13. Keir and Gary have been my heroes. It super cool to meet one of your heroes.

[@sdmackpictures]

Great interview. Alec was perfect for this. My favorite movie and actors.

[@Daisypetal100]

Keir Dullea is still a handsome man 💙

[@richardscally694]

Great interview great actors. A masterpiece of filmmaking.

[@JamesClark1991]

This was brilliant.

[@roquefortfiles]

Some of the most iconic movie dialogue ever. Keir looking at the camera and,.."Open the pod bay doors Hal" And then what that means for them.

[@chrisdenton3493]

So fantastic!!!! Alec is such a fan This is like the interview I have wanted to see since 1980.

[@tiffsaver]

One of the greatest things about Kubrick is his brilliant choice of actors. For example, I would have NEVER picked Tom Cruise or Ryan O'Neal for their respective roles, but look at the results. If you want to see Keir Dullea at his absolute best, be sure to check out "David & Lisa." Incredible acting, incredible movie. About 100 years ago when I was still a bartender, one night Keir walked into my bar, all alone. There was nobody else there, only the two of us. He was an absolutely lovely man, completely open and friendly. When I asked him what the last scene of 2001 meant, he told me this: "I can't tell you, because even I don't know. Stanley wanted me to look confused in the scene, and I was."

[@bchick7598]

Alec does unbelievably great impressions! De niro, Hopkins, olivier, he was amazing! This was a great show all the way around! And one of my favorite movies of all time and three of my favorite people, alec, kier and Gary. Thank you for doing such a great show Alec baldwin, and thank you for whoever posted this!

[@fivizzano]

I just watched the Liutenant series … it is a great gem, Lockwood ranges from the stone face to the contorsions of emotional pits in a blink of an eye

[@ironduke2000]

Kubrick told Lockwood he cast him because he did a lot with a little. And I've watched all of The Lieutenant and Lockwood has a couple of crying scenes in it and clearly the tears were authentic, not glycerine -- in fact in one of those scenes he turns his back to the camera for a moment almost as if embarrassed by the tears -- so he was capable of emotional fireworks but either he didn't get much of a chance to show them off or he generally chose a different course.

[@seavoyeur]

Excellent interview!

[@tonym994]

saw Lockwood the other night on GUNSMOKE, where he goes crazy in the desert (w/ water)because of DILLON'S sheer tenacity. an outstanding early career effort. the RAID. 2 episodes.

[@tonym994]

yes, er...what I meant was he lost it over his peach cobbler. sorry for the spelling.

[@thomaslogan1624]

Fantastic upload!!!

[@bchick7598]

What a great show! What a great interview! There's no one quite like a great actor that knows the great questions to ask other great actors about great works they were in. Did I use the word great enough? Anyway, this is a wonderful show, I enjoyed it very much almost well probably just as much as I enjoyed the movie because the opportunity to hear both actors and like a great interviewer, Alec Baldwin let them talk as much as they wanted to he didn't step on their answers and he asked great questions he wasn't a microphone hog like so many interviews are they ask him semi-okay question and then they end up talking over the whole answer that the person is trying to give. But when is a great interviewer here, I've never seen the show before and it's a real treat to hear Chevrolet and Gary Lockwood talk about anything they want to talk about for the specially the movie. I would love to see an actual interview with Douglas rain. Does one exist? Anyway, 2001 is like being there you really did think you were watching what was happening in space. This movie and the incredibly strange creatures who stopped living and became mixed up zombies are without a doubt the two finest films ever made. I also like mst3k San Francisco international. You pick some other films didn't do much for me. I mean I would say The shining was creepy but everything else just I thought was there full metal jacket was horrific it was like watching something horrific but I always kind of look forward to an unpleasant time when I heard of a movie with his name on it so would see bits and pieces of them through the years. 2001 is more watchable than the rest only because of its lack of unpleasantness not that it doesn't have unpleasantness but compared to the other films it's probably the least. When I think of great filmmakers I think of people like George Romero, Richard donner ingmar Bergman, Jimmy olp Jimmy peeveyz, you know what I mean. Think about it...........

[@sreenivaskamath4243]

21:56 Alec doing Anthony Hopkins' impression gave me goosebumps

[@mannyespinola]

Alec Baldwin has more lines than his interview subject. He asks probing questions, but manages to make it all about him eventually.

[@patrowan7206]

Having just finished rewatching 2001, I came here for perspectives from these two actors, not every possible name-drop and unrelated personal story of his own Baldwin could think of in the process.

[@arricammarques1955]

Alec adores the sound of his own voice.

[@brianarbenz1329]

After almost four minutes into this video and still seeing nothing from Kier Dullea or Gary Lockwood, I was going to post this very thought. Glad you already did.

[@randaljbatty]

Just a couple of small (very small) things. I appreciate it when anyone refers to 2001: A Space Odyssey without saying two-thousand AND one. Second, William Sylvester who plays the part of Haywood Floyd does a remarkable job, and I was really disappointed that he was not used in 2010 -- although I always enjoyed Roy Scheider (particularly in Sorcerer).

[@sclogse1]

Read the Michael Clayton book n 2001. It tells a Sylvester story. He had some tough days.

[@dantyler6907]

I think Sylvester died before 2010 was made. Regardless, 2010 is a wholly diffirent type of movie than 2001. Totally different type of movie and not disserving of ANY Kubrick details. 2001 stands on its own.

[@eagleone493]

I am not sure why you appear to dislike a certain pronunciation of years - in my part of the world we are taught in school to put the "AND" in 2001 and other year references.

[@johnspooner1403]

Thor Odinson - I agree about Sylvester, and great to have a Sorcerer mention. Little known and under-appreciated film. I have the soundtrack by Tangerine Dream.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

@@dantyler6907 >>> I read somewhere that Sylvester was offered the role of Floyd in *2010,* but he declined.

[@withnail-and-i]

Wait a minute imma have to check the Vatican's top 45 lmao

[@MissPerriwinkle]

god bless thems who had anything to do with this masterpiece !!

[@ZENmud]

Thanks to the item discussed at about the 16m mark, I just scored a mint condition 1st Edition hardback volume, in French and English (je suis bilangue), of :::Michel Ciment's Kubrick:: (now I can enjoy the rest of the film)

[@squatch545]

Open the pod bay doors HAL.

[@sclogse1]

Please.

[@johnperrigo6474]

You know I can't do that Dave.

[@HardRockMiner]

I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. 🔴

[@Zeusdattilo]

@John Terrino Alright Hal. I'll go in through the emergency airlock.

[@P_B___]

I’m afraid, Dave.... I’m afraid

[@salvadordalinian1986]

Fantastic interview!

[@stevejorfi9086]

The most hypnotic movie ever made.

[@FirstPlace97]

Thanks for uploading. Always been a fan of Alec. Great that he appreciates classics.

[@HambonianStudios]

Appreciate you stopping by, fp 169.

[@sclogse1]

These and more stories of the film are in Michael Clayton's new book on 2001. Having. Great time with it. How many of you think the physical sets themselves are game changers? They're insanely perfect. The pod bay....the command deck, the centrifuge....we have to thank the outsourced companies that created them. Just the way the pod arms worked...the detail of the door to Hal's brain...it just never stops. Read the book. The film changed my brain, back in 1968, in Cinerama. In 2013, I made a short film, Bum Rap - A Noir Fantasy. It's influenced by this film. Here on KZbin, but only works on laptops and desktops. Read that book. And let's talk about that leopard....

[@ernestolombardo5811]

"Shall I be the California guy? The New York guy? The actor?" "I want you to be the Gary Lockwood we worship." On the one hand Baldwin knocks it out of the ballpark with this interview. On the other, if I had to go to Jupiter and choose the crew, I'd put those two men on it, not their characters but their real selves, both deep and serene while also fun and funny.

[@paulzendo6079]

Great conversation ! But where is HAL...? 👽🤖

[@threesixnine1673]

HAL = IBM

[@paulzendo6079]

@@threesixnine1673 :

[@threesixnine1673]

@@paulzendo6079 fuck off

[@mr_k4tz]

The Monolith representing smart phones isn’t such a bad observation. Every time it shows up in the movie, it represents the next stage of humankind’s evolution. It can’t be argued that smartphones haven’t had a massive impact on society.

[@allenjones3130]

Alex North's score was majestic and dramatic, but it lacked the dramatic impact that the Richard Strauss/Johann Strauss/Aram Khachaturian/Gyorgy Ligeti score had.

[@jamesweber8537]

Also, Baldwin was in a movie with Dullea and he forgot? What a slap in the face.

[@danjameson1572]

I would just love to know how Robert Mitchum handled Preminger while shooting "Angel Face"

[@dionnegonsalves8188]

beautifully done.

[@jacqueline23788]

2001 is like a metaphysic movie

[@waltdill927]

A masterpiece that is going to be discussed in history and philosophy seminars long after the monolith returns. The monolith, or genome, comprises the complete hereditary information of an organism, or the information of just about anything, encoded in its DNA. Does any of this sound familiar? This would also be the most efficient way for an advanced species to engineer and propagate packets of information across stellar distances, I imagine. A planet, we may discover, is an organism according to just such a definition.

[@Mr06261984]

this is great

[@sclogse1]

At about 35:00, how can these guys not Tim Carey's name? Just check my little pic to your left....

[@Doones51]

great interview. Wish Alec was President. Good to see and hear Gary and Keir again. very entertaining.

[@kamuelalee]

Baldwin is Trump!

[@lizanomura6430]

I love Keir

[@johncarambat4762]

Good stuff!

[@Prettyfunny40]

What is with Alec interrupting so much with his own anecdotes? This is about Odyssey 2001. Jeez!

[@quebon2]

Alec loves to hear himself talk. He has great taste in interview subjects but I too wish he wouldn't interject so much.

[@jeffnichols6448]

Dullea and Lockwood- 2001: A Space Odyssey. Alec Baldwin: Schweddy Balls. I would have preferred to hear the actors talk.

[@pocoapoco2]

Hey, it’s Pete Schweddy.

[@pauljackson2409]

Of course Arek Bardwin starred in another great movie 'Team America, World Police'.

[@jamesweber8537]

No wonder this show didn't last longer than five episodes. This was all about Alec. Keir tried to relay anecdotes and was a consummate professional. Gary was trying as well, but was cut off by Baldwilly & Co. at every turn via editing or otherwise. And you could tell Lockwood just wasn't having it, and shut it down.

[@09nob]

Kier must have incredible jeans he only looks about forty and he's 82.

[@sclogse1]

Genes.

[@canturgan]

Pretty good impressions from Baldwin.

[@canturgan]

I'd like to hear the Cockney Hal.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

Re-do all of HAL's dialog with Michael Caine doing cockney...😝

[@canturgan]

@@Allan_aka_RocKITEman Michael Caine is always doing a Cockney because he is one.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

@@canturgan >>> Well, there you go...😄

[@charlesforbin6937]

Keir is lookin a lot like....The Amazing Randy.....I'm so old.....

[@anthonythompson9741]

I wonder if Alec tried to get Douglas Rain for the interview?

[@susanmarie2231]

What does the ending of the film mean to you? I’m not saying I believe in reincarnation one way or the other, but I interpreted the ending as the old man dying and being reincarnated into the fetus.

[@casc0006]

To follow up about the fetus being reincarnated, I imagined the fetus being sent back to earth to start a new, better society.

[@plasmaarmelund]

Not just a "fetus" but a starchild. A truly enlightened being.

[@thrummer1953]

He was reborn as the Starchild, the next big step in Human evolution.

[@susanmarie2231]

@@thrummer1953 Interesting perspective. Does a Starchild have a traditional human birth and grow into an adult?

[@allenjones3130]

What happens is this: Dave Bowman travels through a psychedelic space/time warp, ages, dies and is reborn as the embryonic Starchild.

[@BIASED_YOUTUBE]

someone needs to to AI michael caine voice for HAL scenes

[@majorred5433]

Didnt that guy shoot somebody?

[@admiralsemmes6939]

I'm so thankful to Alec Baldwin for not touching any handguns during the filming of this video. 🙌

[@dantyler6907]

Sad that the host can't leave the focus on Dullea and Lockwood. How many times did the host interject his personal stories? He even talks like HE worked with Kubirick (never did). A show like this should be left to let the main characters contribute THEIR comments. Not simply serve as a vehicle for the host. This would be really bad if the artists were from a bad TV show. When it's a movie from Kubrick, it should be flat illegal. As bad as many shows like this are, at least 2001 (or any movie) is there and can be apperalled to, watched and enjoyed. I feel like I need to wash the crap from my shorts and watch the best movie ever made...

[@allybally0021]

The intro hit the target.

[@francisneron9968]

Ur fckg right... Thats life... It will be our (small group) secret. (Thats why poeple that notice...NOTICE....and others just have NO CLUE.)...:)

[@JimHopper]

Fun interviews, but leave it to Baldwin to make large chunks of this about him.....

[@vhs6055]

“Clever but respectful comment about how Alec Baldwin killed someone and how that somehow retroactively affects his previous works and how I perceive them”

[@delona6485]

I loved Gary in They came to rob Las Vegas !

[@rareform6747]

Alec Baldwin : Hello Ass Hole ! " My God It's Full Of Stars "

[@allenjones3130]

Get a load of Keir's beard!

[@francisneron9968]

Wow... Why this show didnt continue???..... Baldwin is perfect..and unique vision of questioning actors.... So much good insight! Listen carfully /shut up / and learn. (With all doo respect..). "This is stuff of LEGENDS!".... (SHUT Up...Stop criticizing and take IT IN!!!...or dont !!- ur loss..i dont care.) have a good life.:) bye bye...:))

[@rareform6747]

MSNBC A Matter HAL ..Still Blowing My Mine ..

[@ablazedark]

alec, let the actors talk ffs!! they are the source, they have the first hand experience, your insights are trivial.

[@andreshuayta9496]

Pero por favor ese peinado Alec Balwin!!! visite una peluqueria y nada menos entrevistando

[@trissloan2340]

I watched an unaired 1990 roundtable dinner panel show, featuring masters of horror. Clive Barker thought 2001 was sterile and uninspiring. Barker also said he did not find The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, to not be frightening. I will stop reading and being a fan of Clive Barker. Stephen King was a better horror writer, anyway. Barker's, The Great and Secret Show was dull, overdrawn out and nonbelievable.

[@dantyler6907]

alec baldwin? There must be SOME law being broken putting baldwin in anything done with Kubrick. Tough putting it in the same sentence...

[@lelehiko]

i think the title should be changed 2100 a space odyssey.

[@chel3SEY]

An interview of Alec Baldwin interviewing two actors.

[@apolodoro11]

An ego talking with itself, at bottom, he is deeply insecure and lost inside of himself, and now maybe in jail for killing someone unintentionally...

[@felixcat4346]

Bombastic Baldwin.

[@charleswinokoor6023]

Hey Alec, word of advice: talk less.

[@MediaBuster]

An interview is when you ASK questions, not give long monologues or your own stories. Too bad Gary couldn't leave his idiotic political views out...

[@cafinario]

Alec, can you speak less please?

[@deadrafa333]

I love the movie but this is 43 minutes of Alec making it about himself

[@ralphalbrecht8272]

444

[@rkeith9150]

This interview - and this shortly-lived talk show - was a total embarrassment, I remembered this when it aired. I won't even attempt to rewatch it. I think the most cringeworthy part was Baldwin asking if the movie helped them get laid after it came out. Love 2001, I like Alec Baldwin as an actor, I have no problem with his politics...but this was a trainwreck,as far as Im concerned. I remember this was one of the first episodes of his show, it was hyped all week....and then I was just cringing throughout. You'd think an actor would have better questions for other actors. I like Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood, but their commentary track for 2001 is also a dud. (to be fair, they shot their scenes and were done with it, probably circa 1965, 1966. Kubrick and company labored over that film for three years).

[@CC-jy4gr]

terrible movie and probably;ly the worst interview I've ever seen. Give me my life back!!!

[@manbehindthemask2010]

Alec Baldwin, typical Hollowood LEFTIST A#HOLE .END OF STORY.

[@danieltallon5087]

He's going to jail !