I'm sorry, Frank, but I don't think I can answer that question without knowing everything that all of you know.
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
HAL
A screenplay character in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
- lines
- 63
- words
- 921
- scenes
- 1
- dialogue
- 11%
- avg words / line
- 15
- shortest / longest
- 1 / 86
Sample dialogue
Say, Dave... The quick brown fox jumped over the fat lazy dog... The square root of pi is 1.7724538090... log e to the base ten is 0.4342944... the square root of ten is 3.16227766... I am HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the HAL plant in Urbana, Illinois, on January 12th, 1991. My first instructor was Mr. Arkany. He taught me to sing a song... it goes like this... "Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do. I'm half; crazy all for the love of you..."
scene 15 — INT. SPACE STATION – LOUNGEYes, I know.
scene 15 — INT. SPACE STATION – LOUNGENo, it's working fine right now, but it's going to go within seventy-two hours.
scene 15 — INT. SPACE STATION – LOUNGEYou have it.
scene 15 — INT. SPACE STATION – LOUNGEI'm sorry, Dave, but in accordance with sub-routine C1532/4, quote, When the crew are dead or incapacitated, the computer must assume control, unquote. I must, therefore, override your authority now since you are not in any condition to intelligently exercise it.
scene 15 — INT. SPACE STATION – LOUNGE
Bookends
Say, Dave... The quick brown fox jumped over the fat lazy dog... The square root of pi is 1.7724538090... log e to the base ten is 0.4342944... the square root of ten is 3.16227766... I am HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the HAL plant in Urbana, Illinois, on January 12th, 1991. My first instructor was Mr. Arkany. He taught me to sing a song... it goes like this... "Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do. I'm half; crazy all for the love of you..."