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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
8.4
Ratings: 8.4/10 from 204,774 users
Metascore:
86/100
Reviews: 1,445 user | 197 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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Leonard Rossiter | ... | |
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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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Bill Weston | ... | |
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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:
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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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for roughly 8 to 10 minutes before the movie began, and Strauss' The Blue
Danube well after the end credits to a black screen. See more »
("Also Sprach Zarathustra")
Music by Richard Strauss
Performed by Wiener Philharmoniker (uncredited)
Conducted by Herbert von Karajan (uncredited) See more »
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Trivia
The last movie made about men on the moon before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked there in real life. 40 years later, conspiracy theorists insist that this is not a coincidence, claiming that all footage of Armstrong's voyage was a hoax film directed by Stanley Kubrick using leftover scenes and props from this movie. See more »Goofs
Plot holes: Spacecraft will always have redundant computer systems. Even with the HAL9000 series having had up until then flawless operations, no craft in deep space would be without one or more back up systems, especially for life support on the crew that were in suspended animation. See more »Crazy Credits
The original theatrical release had Ligeti's Atmospheres to a black screenfor roughly 8 to 10 minutes before the movie began, and Strauss' The Blue
Danube well after the end credits to a black screen. See more »
Soundtracks
"Thus Spoke Zarathustra"("Also Sprach Zarathustra")
Music by Richard Strauss
Performed by Wiener Philharmoniker (uncredited)
Conducted by Herbert von Karajan (uncredited) See more »
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