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A 2001: A Space Odyssey HAL 9000 logo typewriter image 1
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Lot 1195

A 2001: A Space Odyssey HAL 9000 logo typewriter

10 December 2019, 14:00 PST
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A 2001: A Space Odyssey HAL 9000 logo typewriter

MGM, 1968. Green electric typewriter (not in working order) with "IBM Selectric" to top and back and "HAL 9000" to front above the keys. The "HAL 9000" logo was placed on the typewriter by Con Pederson, a Visual Effects Supervisor on the film who then used the typewriter to write his science fiction screenplays. Pederson oversaw all the effects on the film with director Stanley Kubrick for over 2 years and had an illustrious career in show business. An oft-asked question for fans of this science fiction classic is: Does HAL represent IBM in the film? Here is the definitive answer to the debate in the form of the HAL logo on an IBM Selectric typewriter from an insider who, in 1968 and immediately after working closely with Kubrick in the office just down the hall, applied this HAL logo to his IBM typewriter. Though the logo is not screen-used, it may be the only undamaged "HAL 9000" logo still in existence and straight from one involved with the original 1968 production. Accompanied by a Letter of Provenance from the consignor.
6 x 17 x 21.5 in.

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