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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)  link to 2001: A Space Odyssey on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 106

cover 2001: A Space Odyssey

IMDb Rating:
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8.3/10 (478.8K votes)

Also known as: Two Thousand and One: A Space Odyssey (alternative spelling)

Country: UK, 149 minutes

Spoken languages: English, Russian

Genres: Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director(s): Stanley Kubrick

Storyline:
"2001" is a story of evolution. Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth (presumably elsewhere throughout the universe as well). Evolution then enabled humankind to reach the moon's surface, where yet another monolith is found, one that signals the monolith placers that humankind has evolved that far. Now a race begins between computers (HAL) and human (Bowman) to reach the monolith placers. The winner will achieve the next step in evolution, whatever that may be.

Cast:

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

Medium: DVD R/RW, Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Location: Book 3 Page 3

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.20:1