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A Cinematic Coincidence or Something More? The Curious Case of HAL 9000

This new HAL 9000 T-shirt pays homage to one of cinema’s more intriguing theories. In Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, the letters H, A and L each precede I, B and M in the alphabet, leading to speculation that the infamous computer’s name was a deliberate nod to IBM. Arthur C. Clarke always maintained that the connection was purely coincidental, but it’s a theory that has fascinated film fans for decades. Buy it »