2001: A Space Travesty
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2001: A Space Travesty is a 2000 satirical science fiction comedy film directed by Allan A. Goldstein and starring Leslie Nielsen, Ophélie Winter, Peter Egan, and Ezio Greggio. The film has a few sequ
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Leslie Nielsen
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Leslie William Nielsen was a Canadian and American actor and comedian. With a career spanning 60 years, he appeared in more than 100 films and 150 television programs, portraying more than 220 charact
2001: A Space Travesty
…2001: A Space Travesty is a 2000 satirical science fiction comedy film directed by Allan A. Goldstein and starring Leslie Nielsen, Ophélie Winter, Peter Egan, and Ezio Greggio. The film has a few sequences satirizing elements of 2001: A Space Odyssey, but is not focused on parodying…
Nielsen in 1982
Nielsen's half-uncle Jean Hersholt (pictured here in the 1936 film His Brother's Wife) inspired him to become an actor.
Nielsen and Anne Francis in his second film, Forbidden Planet (1956). Nielsen: "Supposedly a science-fiction version of Shakespeare's The Tempest, it was all about the id, or something like that. Who knows? The Trekkies today regard it as the forerunner of Star Trek. I just had to wear a tight uniform and make eyes at Anne Francis. I was pretty thin back then."
Nielsen and Nancy Malone in Bonanza (1967)