Welcome to ODYSSEY ~ KEIR DULLEA ONLINE @keirdullea.org a site dedicated to the career of actor Keir Dullea. Best known for his role as Commander Dave Bowman in Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey. In a career that has spanned five decades, Keir has worked in film and television including Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Castle, Damages, The Hoodlum Priest, Bunny Lake Is Missing, The Fox, Paperback Hero, David & Lisa, Madame X, Isn't It Delicious, and the sequel to 2001, 2010: Odyssey Two. Keir's favourite medium is the stage where he's starred in such projects as the original production of Butterflies Are Free, On Golden Pond, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, P.S. Your Cat Is Dead, Doubles, Dr. Cook's Garden, I Never Sang for My Father, The Shawshank Redemption, Tales from Hollywood, The Cherry Orchard and many other workshop productions.
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Due to some stupid deletions on the Facebook group, I’ve added the stills and posters I have from Keir’s film DESADE from 1969 where he played the controversial Marquis. The film though good, is not a direct biopic of Sade. The film Quills starring Geoffrey Rush was a closer telling of Sade’s life from within Charenton Asylum in France. Keir’s film while definitely showing Sade’s debauchery, does not go deeper into the mindset of the man. If anyone would like to read a good biography on Sade, there is an excellent one I can recommend written by the late Maurice Lever titled Sade. I’ll provide a link to the Amazon listing for you should you wish to get your hands on it. I’m sure for those with an e-reader or Kindle, there might be a version available.
I found this two part video on that bastion of video watching…. Yeah, you know. It’s a comparison between the Arthur C. Clarke book and Stanley Kubrick’s epic film. Enjoy.
There’s more news coming out about Keir’s new film VALLEY OF THE GODS. See below…..
Edited: Keir is starring in this film alongside Josh Hartnett. I don’t know if anyone has seen Josh in the Showtime psycho-sexual series Penny Dreadful, but he’s amazing as the American gunslinger Ethan Chandler. If you’d like more information on the show, please click on the button in the sidebar to go to my site for the show. It’s in the Family Sites section and the bottom rectangular button. Enjoy.
Valley of the Gods: Fantasy Film Casts Berenice Marlohe and Keir Dullea
Apparently in the works for years, the upcoming Valley of the Gods continues to add to its already-impressive cast in a low-key manner that belies its ambitious aspirations. Now, the project will add a stunning former Bond girl and a man who famously tangled with a rogue computer in the depths of space in one of science fiction’s most iconic films.
According to Variety, Berenice Marlohe and Keir Dullea will join the conceptual fantasy film as characters not yet known. The film will be filled with supernatural themes and Navajo mysticism set in the arid American Southwest, specifically the titular sprawling Utah desert valley. Valley of the Gods has already nabbed the likes of Josh Hartnett, Johnathan Rhys-Davies, Joseph Runningfox and the celebrated Charlotte Rampling.
Valley of the Gods will be directed by visionary Polish helmer Lech Majewski (The Mill and the Cross), depicting the story of a legendary but eccentric Navajo figure (played by Hartnett) who also happens to be the richest man on Earth. However, he also seems to possess the ability to alter reality; something that problematically complements his wildly vivid imagination. The film will reportedly split its narrative between three characters across America who will find themselves battling the supernatural phenomenon presumably caused by Hartnett’s character.
For Marlohe, Valley will be one of a handful of gestating major film roles after breaking out as the sultry Severine opposite Daniel Craig in the ultra-lucrative 2012 Bond outing Skyfall. While her docket has been relatively thin in the last three and a half years since that film hit, it’s ready to pick up, notably with a role in Terrence Malick’s upcoming musical drama Weightless, joining an embarrassment of riches cast made up of names like Christian Bale, Michael Fassbender, Natalie Portman, Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mars, Benicio Del Toro and a lot more.
Keir Dullea, on the other hand, is a prolific actor who has remained on the periphery on the big and small screens after having made an indelible impression as the stranded protagonist David Bowman in Stanley Kubrick’s bellwether 1969 space science fiction epic 2001: A Space Odyssey. He was recently seen in 2006’s The Good Shepherd with the likes of Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie and the 2014 low-key 2001-inspired comedy Space Station 76 with Patrick Wilson and Liv Tyler.
Valley of the Gods has yet to pin down a release date. However, filming is reportedly set to commence this summer in Poland, Utah and Italy, which technically makes it 1/3 of a spaghetti western.
I’ve finally gotten around to screencapping Keir’s role as Murray Stuart in the film INFINITELY, POLAR BEAR where Keir played the part of Mark Ruffalo’s father Murray Stuart. Keir was quite funny in this role and I loved his chemistry with the always wonderful Ruffalo.
Keir and Skyfall actress Berenice Marlohe have joined the film VALLEY OF THE GODS, according to Variety. No word as to Keir’s character, but as news becomes available I’ll post. Great news for Keir and us fans.
Berenice Marlohe, Keir Dullea Join ‘Valley of the Gods’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Berenice Marlohe (“Skyfall”) and Keir Dullea (“2001: A Space Odyssey”) have joined “Valley of the Gods” opposite Josh Hartnett, Charlotte Rampling and John Rhys-Davies, Variety has learned.
The high concept fantasy film, which will begin shooting in May in Poland, Italy and Utah, is directed by Lech Majewski (“The Mill and the Cross”).
Royal Road Entertainment’s Filip Jan Rymsza is producing along with Majewski, who is producing on behalf of Angelus Silesius. Peter Safran is executive producing on behalf of the Safran Company and Jan Harlan is co-producing alongside Royal Road’s Carla Rosen-Vacher.
Harlan was Stanley Kubrick’s executive producer on “The Shining,” “Full Metal Jacket” and “Eyes Wide Shut.”
Joseph Runningfox (“Geronimo”) and Steven Skyler have joined the “Valley of the Gods” cast as well.
The story features the richest man on earth, a Navajo legend and a writer (Hartnett) who possesses an unbridled imagination and has the ability to alter reality. It involves three narratives about characters who attempt to escape the drama that follows when supernatural visions clash with reality.
Variety reported that the project was in the works a year ago. Majewski’s 2011 film “The Mill and the Cross” starred Rutger Hauer, Michael York and Charlotte Rampling.
French actress Marlohe first came to international attention when she was cast in “Skyfall” following French TV roles including “R.I.S. Police Scientifique” and “Medical Emergency.” She recently wrapped Joe Miale’s sci‐fi thriller “Revolt” opposite Lee Pace and Terrence Malick’s “Weightless” alongside Christian Bale, Michael Fassbender, Natalie Portman, Ryan Gosling and Rooney Mara.
Dullea is best known for portraying astronaut David Bowman in Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “2010: The Year We Made Contact.” He also starred in “Infinitely Polar Bear.”
