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Second death anniversary of space visionary:
Remembering Sir Arthur C Clarke
A program to commemorate Sir Arthur C Clarke on his second death
anniversary will be held tomorrow at the British Council Auditorium, 49,
Alfred House Gardens, Colombo 3.
The event is jointly organised by the Sri Lanka Astronomical
Association (SLAA) and the Arthur C Clarke Estate in partnership with
the British Council.
The event will feature an illustrated talk titled ‘Sir Arthur C
Clarke: Man Who Lived in the Future’ by Nalaka Gunawardene, science
writer and research assistant to Sir Arthur Clarke for 21 years (1987 -
2008). The talk will be followed by the screening of feature film 2010:
The Year We Make Contact (116 mins, 1984).
Directed by Peter Hyams on a screenplay co-written by Peter Hyams and
Arthur C Clarke, the film starred Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen
Mirren and Keir Dullea.
This is the movie adaptation of the best selling science fiction
novel 2010: Odyssey Two that Arthur C Clarke wrote in 1982. |
