2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Keir Dullea
Dr. Dave Bowman
Gary Lockwood
Dr. Frank Poole
William Sylvester
Dr. Heywood R. Floyd
Daniel Richter
Moon-Watcher
Leonard Rossiter
Dr. Andrei Smyslov
Margaret Tyzack
Elena
Robert Beatty
Dr. Ralph Halvorsen
Sean Sullivan
Dr. Bill Michaels
Frank Miller
Mission Controller
Douglas Rain
HAL 9000
Frank W. Miller
Mission Controller
Ed Bishop
Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain
Edwina Carroll
Aries-1B Stewardess
Stanley Kubrick
Director
Heather Downham
Stewardess
Arthur C. Clarke
Writer
Penny Brahms
Stewardess
Maggie London
Stewardess
Geoffrey Unsworth
Cinematographer
Chela Matthison
Stewardess
Judy Kiern
Voiceprint Identification Girl
Ray Lovejoy
Editor
Alan Gifford
Poole's Father
Ernest Archer
ProductionDesigner
Ann Gillis
Poole's Mother
Harry Lange
ProductionDesigner
Vivian Kubrick
Floyd's daughter (uncredited)
Anthony Masters
ProductionDesigner
Kenneth Kendall
BBC-12 Announcer
Kevin Scott
Miller
Martin Amor
Interviewer Martin Amor
Bill Weston
Astronaut
Glenn Beck
Astronaut
Mike Lovell
Astronaut
John Ashley
Ape
Jimmy Bell
Ape
David Charkham
Ape
Simon Davis
Ape
Jonathan Daw
Ape
Péter Delmár
Ape
Terry Duggan
Ape Attacked by Leopard
David Fleetwood
Ape
Danny Grover
Ape
Brian Hawley
Ape
David Hines
Ape
Tony Jackson
Ape
John Jordan
Ape
Scott MacKee
Ape
Laurence Marchant
Ape
Darryl Paes
Ape
Joe Refalo
Ape
Andy Wallace
Ape
Bob Wilyman
Ape
Richard Woods
Ape Killed by Moon-Watcher
S. Newton Anderson
Young Man (uncredited)
Sheraton Blount
(uncredited)
Ann Bormann
(uncredited)
Julie Croft
(uncredited)
Penny Francis
(uncredited)
Marcella Markham
(uncredited)
Irena Marr
Russian Scientist (uncredited)
Krystyna Marr
Russian Scientist (uncredited)
Kim Neil
(uncredited)
Jane Pearl
(uncredited)
Penny Pearl
(uncredited)
Burnell Tucker
TMA-1 Site Photographer (uncredited)
John Swindells
TMA-1 Site Technician #1 (uncredited)
John Clifford
TMA-1 Site Technician #2 (uncredited)
Anthony Jackson
Ape
H.L. Bird
Sound mixer
Victor Lyndon
Producer
Les Bowie
Special Effects
Brian Johnson
Special Effects
Winston Ryder
Sound Editor
John Hoesli
Art Direction
James Liggat
Casting
Robert Cartwright
Set Decoration
Dick Frift
Construction Coordinator
Stuart Freeborn
Makeup Artist
Malcolm Stewart
Sound Designer
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 2, 1968
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 29m
Content RatingG
Budget$12,000,000
Box Office$71,923,560
Filming LocationsArizona · Monument Valley, United States of America · Namibia · Utah, United States · Shepperton Studios · Amalgamated Studios · Harris, United Kingdom · Tabernas Desert, Spain
Genres
Wiki.
2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay was written by Kubrick and science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, and was inspired by Clarke's 1951 short story "The Sentinel" and other short stories by Clarke. Clarke also published a novelisation of the film, in part written concurrently with the screenplay, after the film's release. The film stars Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, and Douglas Rain and follows a voyage by astronauts, scientists, and the sentient supercomputer HAL to Jupiter to investigate an alien monolith.
The film is noted for its scientifically accurate depiction of space flight, pioneering special effects, and ambiguous imagery. Kubrick avoided conventional cinematic and narrative techniques; dialogue is used sparingly, and there are long sequences accompanied only by music. The soundtrack incorporates numerous works of classical music, including pieces by composers such as Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss II, Aram Khachaturian, and György Ligeti.
The film received diverse critical responses, ranging from those who saw it as darkly apocalyptic to those who saw it as an optimistic reappraisal of the hopes of humanity. Critics noted its exploration of themes such as human evolution, technology, artificial intelligence, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning Kubrick the award for his direction of the visual effects. The film is now widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made. In 1991, it was selected by the United States Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry. In 2022, 2001: A Space Odyssey placed in the top ten of Sight & Sound's decennial critics' poll, and topped their directors' poll. A sequel, 2010: The Year We Make Contact, was released in 1984, based on the novel 2010: Odyssey Two.