2001: A Space Odyssey
Release Date: 1st May 1968 - Australia
(premiere)
(premiere)
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre: Sci-Fi
Rating: G
Runtime: 148 minutes
Budget: $10,120,000Box Office Gross: $146,732,035 (Worldwide)
Plot Summary
The monoliths have
watched us. They gave
us the evolutionary "kick
in the pants" necessary for
survival at the dawn of
time. We discovered a
second lunar monolith in
1999.
Now, in 2001, the S.S.
Discovery and its crew,
Capt. Dave Bowman and
Frank Poole and their
shipboard computer,
HAL 9000, must find out
about the extraterrestrial
power that's watching...
CastKeir Dullea - Dr. Dave Bowman
Dave Lockwood - Dr. Frank Poole
William Sylvester - Dr.
Heywood R. Floyd
Heywood R. Floyd
Daniel Richter - Moon-Watcher
Leonard Rossiter - Dr. Andrei Smyslow
Margaret Tyzack - Elena
Robert Beatty - Dr. Ralph Halvorsen
Sean Sullivan - Dr. Bill Michaels
Douglas Rain - HAL 9000 (Voice)
Frank Miller - Mission Controller (Voice)
Bill Weston - Astronaut
Ed Bishop - Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain
Glenn Beck - Astronaut
Alan Gifford - Poole's Father
Ann Gillis - Poole's Mother
Edwina Carroll - Aries-1B Stewardess
Penny Brahms - Stewardess
Heather Downham - Stewardess
Mike Lovell - Astronaut
Maggie London - Elevator Hostess (Uncredited)
Chela Matthison - Receptionist (Uncredited)
Kenneth Kendall - BBC-12 Announcer (Uncredited)
Vivian Kubrick - Squirt - Floyd's Daughter (Uncredited)
Crew
Screenplay/Producer/Special Photographic
Effects Designer and Director/
Director - Stanley Kubrick
Screenplay/Based on the Short
Story: The Sentinel (Uncredited) -
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
Associate Producer - Victor Lyndon
(Uncredited)
Scientific Consultant - Frederick I. Ordway III
Production Designers - Anthony Masters
and Ernest Archer
Production Designer/Advisor:
Aeronautics (Uncredited) - Harry Lange
Art Director - John Hoesli
Wardrobe - Hardy Amies
Makeup - Stuart Freeborn
Director of Photography - Geoffrey Unsworth
Additional Photography - John Alcott
Camera Operator - Kelvin Pike
First Assistant Director - Derek Cracknell
Choreographer - Daniel Richter (Uncredited)
Choreographer - Daniel Richter (Uncredited)
Special Photographic Effects Supervisors -
Tom Howard, Wally Veevers, Douglas Trumbull
and Con Pederson
Tom Howard, Wally Veevers, Douglas Trumbull
and Con Pederson
Special Photographic Effects Unit -
Colin Cantwell, Bruce Logan, Bryan Loftus,
David Osborne, Frederick Martin and
John Jack Malick
Film Editor - Ray Lovejoy
Sound Supervisor - A.W. Watkins
Sound Editor - Winston Ryder
Sound Mixer - H.L. Bird
Chief Dubbing Mixer - J.B. Smith
Music - Aram Khatchaturyan ("Gayaneh Ballet
Suite"), György Ligeti ("Atmospheres",
"Lux Athena" and "Requiem"), Johann Strauss
("The Blue Danube") and Richard Strauss
("Thus Spoke Zarathustra")
Awards
1969 Academy Awards
Best Effects, Special Visual Effects -
Stanley Kubrick (Won)
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Best Director - Stanley Kubrick (Nominated)
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay -
Written Directly for the Screen - Stanley
Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke (Nominated)
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration -
Anthony Masters, Harry Lange and
Ernest Archer (Nominated)
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay -
Written Directly for the Screen - Stanley
Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke (Nominated)
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration -
Anthony Masters, Harry Lange and
Ernest Archer (Nominated)
Review
The year 1968 saw a new age for the sci-fi genre of film, and two movies came out before the year Neil Armstrong explored the moon for the first time. These old science-fiction films would be Planet of the Apes and 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. This masterpiece from Stanley Kubrick is an out-of-earth experience of cosmic brilliance. The vision came from the minds of director Kubrick and fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, who wanted the movie to be authentic to the realism of space after astrophysicists had discovered its realities.
What's unique in 2001 is the visuals and minimal dialogue that establish the film's depth and appreciation from viewers of its stunning film artistry. It contains psychedelic imagery that only happens in the final sequence. The other profound aspect of the movie is the concept of mysticism and evolution; to me, it keeps the story a mystery. I imagine another film to explore these same qualities is Moon with Sam Rockwell, which I have yet to watch.
What's unique in 2001 is the visuals and minimal dialogue that establish the film's depth and appreciation from viewers of its stunning film artistry. It contains psychedelic imagery that only happens in the final sequence. The other profound aspect of the movie is the concept of mysticism and evolution; to me, it keeps the story a mystery. I imagine another film to explore these same qualities is Moon with Sam Rockwell, which I have yet to watch.
The cinematography is the other groundbreaking feature of 2001 and successfully raises its status. The shots and photography were used as a technique by the director to implicate the underlying themes of space travel, artificial intelligence and evolution. This film engages viewers to understand what is happening. Each person who watches this film will construct a different improbable theory.
It is one of those breathtaking movies you must revisit to understand the story in its four acts and allegories. What makes this film so significant from the rest is its impact on the science-fiction genre. Each time you watch it, you take away a new understanding or idea you do not consider. 2001 is a must-see novelty. If you haven't seen it, I recommend you watch it.
Star rating: (10/10) Best Movie Ever
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