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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
8.4
Ratings: 8.4/10 from 202,429 users
Metascore:
86/100
Reviews: 1,442 user | 196 critic | 14 from Metacritic.com
Mankind finds a mysterious, obviously artificial, artifact buried on the moon and, with the intelligent computer HAL, sets off on a quest. Director:Stanley Kubrick |
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Cast
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Margaret Tyzack | ... | |
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Robert Beatty | ... | |
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Sean Sullivan | ... | |
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Douglas Rain | ... |
HAL 9000
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Frank Miller | ... |
Mission Controller
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Ed Bishop | ... |
Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain
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Glenn Beck | ... | |
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Alan Gifford | ... | |
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Ann Gillis | ... | |
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Storyline
"2001" is a story of evolution. Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth (presumably elsewhere throughout the universe as well). Evolution then enabled humankind to reach the moon's surface, where yet another monolith is found, one that signals the monolith placers that humankind has evolved that far. Now a race begins between computers (HAL) and human (Bowman) to reach the monolith placers. The winner will achieve the next step in evolution, whatever that may be. Written by Larry Cousins
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Still The Ultimate Trip. [2001 re-release] See more »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
(USA) See more »Also Known As:
2001: Odisea del espacio See more »Box Office
Budget:
$10,500,000 (estimated)Gross:
$190,700,000 (Worldwide) (31 December 1984)Company Credits
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Runtime:
| (premiere cut)Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | DTS 70 mm (2001 re-release)Color:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1
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Instead, the newly designed corporate logo for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was
used, along with the letters "MGM", all in white against a blue background. See more »
Music by Aram Khachaturyan
Performed by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Courtesy Deutsche Grammophon See more »
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Trivia
There is no dialogue in the first 25 minutes of the movie (ending when a stewardess speaks at 25:38), nor in the last 23 minutes (excluding end credits). With these two lengthy sections and other shorter ones, there are around 88 dialogue-free minutes in the movie. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: A weightless environment like the Discovery, which was built in orbit, would have no need for ladders anywhere on the ship other than the centrifuge. See more »Crazy Credits
The traditional "roaring lion" logo for MGM was not used in this film.Instead, the newly designed corporate logo for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was
used, along with the letters "MGM", all in white against a blue background. See more »
Soundtracks
"Gayaneh Ballet Suite"Music by Aram Khachaturyan
Performed by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Courtesy Deutsche Grammophon See more »
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