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Writers:
Arthur C. Clarke (novel)
Peter Hyams (screenplay)
Release Date:
7 December 1984 (USA) more
Tagline:
Something wonderful is about to happen [Australia Theatrical] more
Plot:
A joint American-Soviet space expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn what happened to the Discovery. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 1 win & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Writer Arthur C. Clarke Dies at 90
(From IMDb News. 19 March 2008)
User Comments:
A much different movie than the first one. more (176 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Roy Scheider | ... | Dr. Heywood Floyd | |
| John Lithgow | ... | Dr. Walter Curnow | |
| Helen Mirren | ... | Tanya Kirbuk | |
| Bob Balaban | ... | Dr. R. Chandra | |
| Keir Dullea | ... | Dave Bowman | |
| Douglas Rain | ... | HAL 9000 (voice) | |
| Madolyn Smith Osborne | ... | Caroline Floyd (as Madolyn Smith) | |
| Dana Elcar | ... | Dimitri Moisevitch | |
| Taliesin Jaffe | ... | Christopher Floyd | |
| James McEachin | ... | Victor Milson | |
| Mary Jo Deschanel | ... | Betty Fernandez, Bowman's Wife | |
| Elya Baskin | ... | Maxim Brajlovsky | |
| Saveli Kramarov | ... | Dr. Vladimir Rudenko (as Savely Kramarov) | |
| Oleg Rudnik | ... | Dr. Vasili Orlov | |
| Natasha Shneider | ... | Irina Yakunina |
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Also Known As:
2010: Odyssey Two (USA) (original script title)
2010: The Year We Make Contact (USA) (promotional title)
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Runtime:
116 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)
Certification:
Argentina:13 | New Zealand:PG | Australia:PG | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Finland:K-8 | France:U | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Norway:12 (original rating) | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Brazil:Livre
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The blue spacesuit, a holdover from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), is missing its helmet, apparently because the producers thought that Dave used that helmet while trying to disable HAL in the original film. But Dave actually used a green helmet - part of a green spacesuit which was stowed in the emergency airlock. more
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Continuity: As Floyd (Roy Scheider) and Kirbuk (Helen Mirren) have their first conversation, Kirbuk is initially standing with her arms behind her back. As the camera angle changes to face her, her arms are crossed in front of her. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Dave Bowman:
My God! It's full of stars!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Monster Squad Forever! (2007) (V) more
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LUX AETERNA more
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The first movie in the series, 2001, was a very artistic piece that had only moments of dialogue in its more than two hours of film. 2010 appears nearly apologetic in comparison, explicating somewhat excruciatingly every nuance of the plot through the main character's supposed messages back to planet earth. All of the blurry details of 2001 are made crystal clear in this fashion. It is a very wordy movie.
Nevertheless, 2010 has images that can captivate audiences just as well as they did in 1984. Today's movie goers will notice slight glitches in the special effects as well as a couple of discontinuities. The movie also dates itself because the plot includes a lot of tension between the Americans and Russians.
Because 2001 was such a great movie, 2010 tends to pale in comparison. However, it is still a very good science fiction movie and it is worth viewing (but probably not buying).