Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (2007) (V)

Director:

Gary Leva

Genre:

Documentary | Short

Plot:

Stanley Kubrick's groundbreaking 2001: A Space Odyssey opened the door to all the films and filmmakers who followed it...

Cast

John Baxter	...	Himself
Ben Burtt	...	Himself
John Calley	...	Himself
Jay Cocks	...	Himself
Caleb Deschanel	...	Himself
Ernest R. Dickerson	...	Himself (as Ernest Dickerson)
Paul Duncan	...	Himself
John Dykstra	...	Himself
Roger Ebert	...	Himself
Roland Emmerich	...	Himself
Anthony Frewin	...	Himself
William Friedkin	...	Himself
Jan Harlan	...	Himself
David Hughes	...	Himself
Peter Hyams	...	Himself
Janusz Kaminski	...	Himself
George Lucas	...	Himself
Dennis Muren	...	Himself
Dan O'Bannon	...	Himself
Sydney Pollack	...	Himself
Steven Spielberg	...	Himself
Phil Tippett	...	Himself
Douglas Trumbull	...	Himself

Directed by
Gary Leva

Produced by
Frankie Glass	....	co-producer
Gary Leva	....	producer
Michael Crawford	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Cinematography by
Yoram Astrakhan

Film Editing by
Sean Carter

Editorial Department
Yasemin Kasim	....	assistant editor
Rosanne Tan	....	assistant on-line editor

Other crew
Paul De Cham	....	post facilities manager
Julie Faherty	....	production coordinator
Talia Raine	....	titles

Thanks
Tina Mills	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Leva FilmWorks

Distributors

• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Alpha Dogs  post-production facilities
• American Cinematographer  images (as American Cinematographer Magazine)
• American Society of Cinematographers (ASC)  special thanks
• Lucasfilm  images
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  images
• Warner Bros. Archives  images (as Warner Bros. Image Archive)

Runtime:

21 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Company:

Leva FilmWorks

Trivia:

This documentary is featured on the Two-Disc Special Edition DVD, Blu-Ray disc & HD-DVD's for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), released in October 2007.

Movie Connections:

References Do the Right Thing (1989)

Must-see for fans of 2001 or science fiction in general

It's a real treat to see big-name directors (including Lucas, Spielberg, Pollack) and cinematographers sounding like star-struck fans. 2001 has been analyzed to death, but this documentary wisely steps back and puts the film in an almost historical perspective, as these cinema pros talk about both their initial jaw-drop reactions to the film in 1968, and then discuss its influence on everything that came later.

Extremely well-selected clips and images are beautifully edited into a satisfying whole. If you love the movie, you have to see this doc. And younger film fans who may not understand what the fuss was (and still is) all about will gain terrific insight.