2010 (1984)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Peter Hyams

Writers:

Arthur C. Clarke (novel)
Peter Hyams (screenplay)

Release Date:

7 December 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller | Adventure

Tagline:

Something wonderful is about to happen [Australia Theatrical]

Plot:

A joint American-Soviet space expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn what happened to the Discovery.

Plot Keywords:

Jupiter | Space | Computer | Monolith | 2010s

Awards:

Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Roy Scheider	...	Dr. Heywood Floyd
John Lithgow	...	Dr. Walter Curnow
Helen Mirren	...	Tanya Kirbuk
Bob Balaban	...	Dr. R. Chandra
Keir Dullea	...	Dave Bowman
Douglas Rain	...	HAL 9000 (voice)
Madolyn Smith Osborne	...	Caroline Floyd (as Madolyn Smith)
Dana Elcar	...	Dimitri Moisevitch
Taliesin Jaffe	...	Christopher Floyd
James McEachin	...	Victor Milson
Mary Jo Deschanel	...	Betty Fernandez, Bowman's Wife
Elya Baskin	...	Maxim Brajlovsky
Saveli Kramarov	...	Dr. Vladimir Rudenko (as Savely Kramarov)
Oleg Rudnik	...	Dr. Vasili Orlov
Natasha Shneider	...	Irina Yakunina

Also Known As:

2010: Odyssey Two (USA) (original script title)
2010: The Year We Make Contact (USA) (promotional title)

Runtime:

116 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian

Colour:

Colour (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Certification:

Argentina:13 | New Zealand:PG | Australia:PG | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Finland:K-8 | France:U | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Norway:12 (original rating) | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Brazil:Livre

Filming Locations:

Plains of San Augustin, Magdalena, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Final cinema film of James McEachin.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Bowman's "My God, it's full of stars" is distorted, presumably because he is rapidly accelerating to near light speed as he falls into the worm hole (the book actually describes it as a "worm hole"). Actually, what an Earth observer would hear (and record) would be your voice rapidly slowing down (Like a cassette player running on dead batteries). Also the carrier wave signal would red shift to lower and lower frequencies forcing you to constantly adjust your receiver.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Dave Bowman: My God! It's full of stars!

Movie Connections:

Features 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Soundtrack:

LUX AETERNA

This film deserves more attention.

I looked this film up before renting it since I had never seen it. The comments I saw for a review saying it was boring as the original (first one) and ..."uninvolving"? This movie blew me away, I really thought it was great. This is NOT an action movie and for that matter neither was "2001". If you're looking for a fast paced and, well.. shallow movie this isn't that either. You thinkers, this movie is for you. The acting is wonderful and special effects are very convincing and not diverting. The story is very interesting although it certainly dates it more than special effects. I can probably name about 120 sci-fi movies that aren't as enjoyable to me as 2010 and most of those are still more than worth seeing. Not only worth seeing but for genre fans it is worth owning on DVD.