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2010: The Year We Make Contact

  • 19841984
  • PGPG
  • 1h 56m
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2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
A joint U.S.-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn what happened to the Discovery, and H.A.L.
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A joint USA-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn exactly what happened to the "Discovery" and its H.A.L. 9000 computer.A joint USA-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn exactly what happened to the "Discovery" and its H.A.L. 9000 computer.A joint USA-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn exactly what happened to the "Discovery" and its H.A.L. 9000 computer.
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    • Peter Hyams
    • Arthur C. Clarke(novel)
    • Peter Hyams(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Roy Scheider
    • John Lithgow
    • Helen Mirren
    • Peter Hyams
    • Arthur C. Clarke(novel)
    • Peter Hyams(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Roy Scheider
    • John Lithgow
    • Helen Mirren
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 286User reviews
    • 94Critic reviews
    • 53Metascore
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    • Nominated for 5 Oscars

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    Roy Scheider
    Roy Scheider
    • Dr. Heywood Floyd
    John Lithgow
    John Lithgow
    • Dr. Walter Curnow
    Helen Mirren
    Helen Mirren
    • Tanya Kirbuk
    Bob Balaban
    Bob Balaban
    • Dr. R. Chandra
    Keir Dullea
    Keir Dullea
    • Dave Bowman
    Douglas Rain
    Douglas Rain
    • HAL 9000
    • (voice)
    Madolyn Smith Osborne
    Madolyn Smith Osborne
    • Caroline Floyd
    • (as Madolyn Smith)
    Dana Elcar
    Dana Elcar
    • Dimitri Moisevitch
    Taliesin Jaffe
    Taliesin Jaffe
    • Christopher Floyd
    James McEachin
    James McEachin
    • Victor Milson
    Mary Jo Deschanel
    Mary Jo Deschanel
    • Betty Fernandez
    Elya Baskin
    Elya Baskin
    • Maxim Brajlovsky
    Saveliy Kramarov
    Saveliy Kramarov
    • Dr. Vladimir Rudenko
    • (as Savely Kramarov)
    Oleg Rudnik
    • Dr. Vasili Orlov
    Natasha Shneider
    Natasha Shneider
    • Irina Yakunina
    Vladimir Skomarovsky
    Vladimir Skomarovsky
    • Yuri Svetlanov
    Victor Steinbach
    • Mikolaj Ternovsky
    Jan Tríska
    Jan Tríska
    • Alexander Kovalev
      • Peter Hyams
      • Arthur C. Clarke(novel)
      • Peter Hyams(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      During the planning stage of this movie, an e-mail connection was provided for writer, producer, and director Peter Hyams (in Hollywood) and Sir Arthur C. Clarke (in Colombo, Sri Lanka) so that Hyams could regularly consult with Clarke about how to adapt the novel to the movie screen. In 1983/4, such an e-mail correspondence was practically unheard of outside the academic community, and it was certainly the first for the movie world. Edited highlights of the e-mails were published as a book, "The Odyssey File", in 1984.
    • Goofs
      No pods should be in the pod bay in 2010. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) showed 3 pods. All were lost. The first was lost with Poole's body. The second was lost when Bowman blew the exploding bolts to enter the airlock. The third transported Bowman into the worm hole/monolith. When the crew enters the pod bay in 2010, one pod is is still sitting in it's storage area. (Although ignored in the movie, this is explained in the book (section 4, chapter 24). Dave Bowman is supposed to have retrieved pod #3 on remote while preparing his departure.) It is entirely possible that Bowen could have remotely piloted the pod back to the Discovery.
    • Quotes

      Heywood Floyd: My response is, we don't have enough fuel for an earlier departure.

      HAL 9000: The answer is, "I am aware of these facts. Nevertheless you must leave within two days."

      Heywood Floyd: HAL, who the hell is sending this?

      HAL 9000: I'm sorry, Dr. Floyd, I don't know.

      Heywood Floyd: Well, tell whoever it is that I can't take any of this seriously unless I know who I'm talking to.

      HAL 9000: Dr. Floyd?

      Heywood Floyd: Yes?

      HAL 9000: The response is, "I was David Bowman."

    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Buddy Hackett/John Lithgow (1984)
    • Soundtracks
      Also Sprach Zarathustra!
      By Richard Strauss

    User reviews286

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    Fine film.
    The reactions to this film sum up a problem of perception that many film buffs seem to have. To such people, Kubrick was a genius. Kubrick made 2001. 2001 is a *Kubrick* story. Therefore 2010 is by definition a presumptuous attempt to explain what Kubrick deliberately left unsaid. etc. etc.

    Sorry, 2001 is an *Arthur C Clarke* story. He wrote a sequel to his own story, called it "2010" and *he* explained what Kubrick left unsaid. I'd say he had a right. Then someone buys the film rights and produces a fine movie from it.

    And it *is* a fine movie. Intelligence far in excess of the usual Hollywood SciFi garbage (Independence Day or Starship Troopers anyone?).

    The scenes with Keir Dullea were far more chilling than anything in the original.

    Arteur theory is still alive and well, I see.
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    • Jun 14, 2000

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    • What was the source of the chlorophyll on Europa?
    • Why didn't William Sylvester reprise his role as Dr. Floyd?
    • Why didn't Leonov just bring enough fuel on board so they wouldn't have to slingshot?

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      • December 7, 1984 (Canada)
      • United States
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    • Filming locations
      • Plains of San Augustin, Magdalena, New Mexico, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • 1 hour 56 minutes
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