After uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.After uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.After uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 18 wins & 14 nominations total
Douglas Rain
- HAL 9000
- (voice)
Ed Bishop
- Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain
- (as Edward Bishop)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to Douglas Trumbull, the total footage shot was some 200 times the final length of the film.
- GoofsBowman inhales deeply before attempting to re-enter the ship from the pod. Arthur C. Clarke in an interview later noted that this is incorrect. Bowman should have exhaled, as the vacuum of space would have damaged his lungs had they been full of air.
- Crazy creditsNo opening credits for actors, writers, producer, director, etc. are shown, with the story beginning right after the title. Although by the 1990s it had become quite common for major films to not have opening credits, it was still unusual in 1968.
- Alternate versionsTo create the 35mm general release prints, the Super Panavision image was slightly truncated on the top and bottom to achieve the standard 2.35:1 aspect ratio of 35mm anamorphic ("scope") prints.
- ConnectionsEdited into C'è musica & musica: Nuovo mondo (1972)
- SoundtracksGayane Ballet Suite -- Gayane's Adagio
(1941-2)
Music by Aram Khachaturyan
Performed by Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (as the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra)
Conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Courtesy Deutsche Grammophon
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Leaves the Viewer Thinking for Weeks on End
2001: A Space Odyssey is my favourite film of all time for simply one reason: the ending. Kubrick's ambiguous finish to this suspenseful trip will leave you debating and theorising its purpose for a long time.
Further positive aspects include its eerie score and music throughout (notably at the beginning), the visually pleasing aesthetic, and contrastingly the use of silence to truly prove that "no one can hear you scream in space."
I strongly recommend watching this film in a dark room with no distractions in order to achieve the full cinematic experience, and hopefully it will not disappoint.
Further positive aspects include its eerie score and music throughout (notably at the beginning), the visually pleasing aesthetic, and contrastingly the use of silence to truly prove that "no one can hear you scream in space."
I strongly recommend watching this film in a dark room with no distractions in order to achieve the full cinematic experience, and hopefully it will not disappoint.
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- alexcole10
- Jun 13, 2020
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
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- Also known as
- How the Solar System Was Won
- Filming locations
- Isle of Harris, Western Isles, Scotland, UK(alien planet surface)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $12,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $60,481,243
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $202,759
- May 20, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $66,616,382
- Runtime2 hours 29 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.20 : 1
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