2010 (1984)

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:

The blue spacesuit, a holdover from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), is missing its helmet, apparently because the producers thought that Dave used that helmet while trying to disable HAL in the original film. But Dave actually used a green helmet - part of a green spacesuit which was stowed in the emergency airlock.

Goofs:

Factual errors: During the Leonov's/Discovery's acceleration leaving Jupiter, Chandra was shown as having difficulty holding on due to the force of acceleration. In actuality, neither ship as depicted was capable of that much acceleration, and when linked and only one ship accelerating would be even less. He would have to fight anywhere from .01 to .1 gravity of force, much less than was shown.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Justice League: The Greatest Story Never Told (#3.7)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRAI

Fine film.

The reactions to this film sum up a problem of perception that many film buffs seem to have. To such people, Kubrick was a genius. Kubrick made 2001. 2001 is a *Kubrick* story. Therefore 2010 is by definition a presumptuous attempt to explain what Kubrick deliberately left unsaid. etc. etc.

Sorry, 2001 is an *Arthur C Clarke* story. He wrote a sequel to his own story, called it "2010" and *he* explained what Kubrick left unsaid. I'd say he had a right. Then someone buys the film rights and produces a fine movie from it.

And it *is* a fine movie. Intelligence far in excess of the usual Hollywood SciFi garbage (Independence Day or Starship Troopers anyone?).

The scenes with Keir Dullea were far more chilling than anything in the original.

Arteur theory is still alive and well, I see.