# I met Keir Dullea tonight! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 17, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-keir-dullea-tonight/589324 "2011-07-17T05:11:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-keir-dullea-tonight/589324/21 "2012-08-21T06:48:35Z")
Cool. Are his eyes still so blue? Dullea and Lockwood did the commentary for the latest DVD release of 2001, separately it seems, and were badly mixed together. Dullea did a much better job of it. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-keir-dullea-tonight/589324/22 "2012-08-21T13:15:24Z")
I saw him in an old episode of “Naked City”…long time ago! ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-keir-dullea-tonight/589324/23 "2012-08-21T13:30:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The large _2001: A Space Odyssey_ posters are now going for a song: [http://www.historicaviation.com/product\_info.po?ID=25022&product=Art&category=civil&subcategory=Space](http://www.historicaviation.com/product_info.po?ID=25022&product=Art&category=civil&subcategory=Space) Thank you! I just ordered one! ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-keir-dullea-tonight/589324/24 "2012-08-21T13:56:52Z")
> [@Dr\_Doom](#): > > Thank you! I just ordered one! If they only had a 2-sheet in French! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-keir-dullea-tonight/589324/25 "2012-08-22T01:08:35Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Cool. Are his eyes still so blue?.. Y’know, I didn’t really notice his eyes. I guess they were unremarkable. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-keir-dullea-tonight/589324/26 "2012-08-22T01:36:52Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > I met Keir Dullea at a science fiction convention in 2001 (here’s a [pic](http://www.mortalwombat.com/TrekExpo2001/KeirDullea_and_Me.jpg)). Unlike most of the other fans, I was most interested in talking to him about his breakthrough film, _David and Lisa_. He seemed pleased to learn that anyone still remembered _David and Lisa_, and we had a very pleasant conversation. Of all the celebrities I’ve met, Keir Dullea was one of the standouts. He was courteous, kind, and seemed genuinely interested in talking with his fans. I saw this movie in middle school - which caused a bit of a furor among the parents. I don’t recall anything inappropriate. They may have been confusing the film with a similarly named one. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-keir-dullea-tonight/589324/27 "2025-01-23T17:21:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I spoke with him briefly afterwards, shook his hand, thanked him for coming back to Cleveland, and got his autograph. I talked briefly with and got a signature from Keir Dullea at the AFI Silver Theater in Silver Spring, Maryland on November 7, 2015 at a screening of _2001_. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-keir-dullea-tonight/589324/28 "2025-01-23T18:01:20Z")
I wonder why he wasn’t in more stuff. I’ve barely seen him outside 2001. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-keir-dullea-tonight/589324/29 "2025-01-23T22:59:31Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > > [@pinkfreud](#): > > > > I met Keir Dullea at a science fiction convention in 2001 (here’s a [pic](http://www.mortalwombat.com/TrekExpo2001/KeirDullea_and_Me.jpg)). Unlike most of the other fans, I was most interested in talking to him about his breakthrough film, _David and Lisa_. He seemed pleased to learn that anyone still remembered _David and Lisa_, and we had a very pleasant conversation. Of all the celebrities I’ve met, Keir Dullea was one of the standouts. He was courteous, kind, and seemed genuinely interested in talking with his fans. > > I saw this movie in middle school - which caused a bit of a furor among the parents. I don’t recall anything inappropriate. They may have been confusing the film with a similarly named one. Not expecting an answer from 12 years ago. If I had to guess I would say the people who had a problem with it were the “We don’t come from monkeys” crowd. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-keir-dullea-tonight/589324/30 "2025-01-24T01:44:57Z")
David and Lisa has been made twice as a movie. The first time was in 1962, and that version was shown in movie theaters. The second version was made in 1998, and that version was a made-for-television movie. Both versions are available on YouTube for free. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-keir-dullea-tonight/589324/31 "2025-01-24T01:55:55Z")
I loved him in _Bunny Lake is Missing_. Also loved the groovy discotheque scene with The Zombies. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-keir-dullea-tonight/589324/32 "2025-01-24T02:19:00Z")
I liked that scene from “Black Chritmas” where he’s frantically pounding away at the piano in front of some skeptical panel. Liked to have met him too! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-keir-dullea-tonight/589324.md?page=1)