2010 (1984)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Peter Hyams

Writers:

Arthur C. Clarke (novel)
Peter Hyams (screenplay)

Release Date:

7 December 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller | Adventure

Tagline:

Something wonderful is about to happen [Australia Theatrical]

Plot:

A joint American-Soviet space expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn what happened to the Discovery.

Plot Keywords:

Jupiter | Space | Computer | Monolith | 2010s

Awards:

Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

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

Also Known As:

2010: Odyssey Two (USA) (original script title)
2010: The Year We Make Contact (USA) (promotional title)

Runtime:

116 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

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

Filming Locations:

Plains of San Augustin, Magdalena, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

The score was originally composed by Tony Banks (of Genesis), but Banks' score was ultimately dropped & has never been released. David Shire was brought on board to do the final score for the film.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When the Soviet Space Council's Dimitri Moisevitch tells Dr Heywood Floyd "This is very bad for my asthma", Moisevitch in his heavy Russian accent unaccountably pronounces "asthma" in the usual American way, "azma", instead of in the Russian way, "astma".

Quotes:

[first lines]
Dave Bowman: My God! It's full of stars!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Samson vs. the Vampire Women (#7.24)" (1995)

Soundtrack:

LUX AETERNA

If Clarke's a part of it, it's good enough for me

I measure sci-fi flicks after the amount of correctness and scientific expertise (with the exception of fun but brainless sci-fi such as "Armageddon" or "Starship Troopers"), and if something is good enough for Clarke or Sagan, it's good enough for me.

This sequel to "2001" is much less of a mystery and is not so tedious. It follows the book very well, right up to the fantastic ending that thrilled me beyond belief when I read it. I actually wish for the rest of the series to be made into films as well, especially 2064, which is a fantastic space adventure with crash landings on the forbidden moon, mentioned in "2010", a rescue mission and a chance to get a closer look at the biological experiment that the makers of the monolith have undertaken by "lighting" Jupiter, the failed second star of the Solar System.

A good film, no more, no less, and though overshadowed by it's infamous prequel, it is a tad easier to watch.