2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Taglines:

Man's colony on the Moon... a whole new generation has been born and is living there... a quarter-million miles from Earth. See more »

Parents Guide:

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Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English | Russian (only a few words)

Release Date:

6 April 1968 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

2001: Odisea del espacio See more »

Filming Locations:

Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK See more »

Budget:

$10,500,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$190,700,000 (Worldwide) (31 December 1984)

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Stanley Kubrick Productions See more »

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Runtime:

141 min  | 160 min (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

Trivia

According to Stanley Kubrick biographer John Baxter, Kubrick decided to use the Sinar Front Projection system for the desert backdrops during the animal/ape scenes. This method was selected because rear projection of the desert scenes would have proved too murky for Super Panavision. The use of the Sinar system explains why in the scene where the leopard is sitting next to the dead zebra (in reality a painted dead horse) the leopard's eyes glow a bright color. The Sinar system used glass transparencies as backdrops; however, the projectors necessary for this system were so hot that a draft or a breath could crack the glass. As a result, crew members were required to wear face masks, which started a long-persistent rumor that Kubrick had a paranoia of catching infections. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Dr. Floyd has finished flipping through photographs on his way to the TMA-1 moon base, during the cut where he says "Deliberately buried," he is holding a different photograph from the one he is holding in the preceding and succeeding shots. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Aries-1B stewardess: Here you are, sir, main level please.
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Crazy Credits

"Thus Spake Zarathustra" is the only musical piece in the film whose conductor and orchestra are not mentioned in the closing credits. For all other pieces, the orchestra which plays it, and the conductor who leads it, are given screen credit. See more »

Connections

Referenced in "Danger Mouse: Close Encounters of the Absurd Kind (#2.2)" (1982) See more »

Soundtracks

"Atmospheres"
(1961)
Music by György Ligeti
Performed by the Southwest German Radio Orchestra
Conducted by Ernest Bour See more »