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:

Stanley Kubrick had all models and sets from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) destroyed to prevent their reuse, thus the model of the spaceship Discovery had to be constructed from pictures.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The way the camera moves through the Leonov interior sets shows that all of the rooms are interconnected on the same level, which does not correspond to the structure of the Leonov miniature as seen from the outside.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Referenced in WALL·E (2008)

Soundtrack:

ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRAI

Actually, it's very good!

Of course it comes nowhere close to the brilliance of "2001: A Space Odyssey", but I don't think that ever was the makers intension. I believe that "2010" was made to tie up the loose ends and answer some of the questions that "2001: A Space Odyssey" left.

While "2001: A Space Odyssey" was more a visual movie, "2010" actually has many dialog but that doesn't mean that the movie isn't visually spectacular. The sets look beautiful and the special effects also have improved a lot.

The story is easier to follow and therefor the movie is more better to watch for a wider range of people then "2001: A space Odyssey" was. And I even think that this movie is pleasant to watch even if you haven't seen "2001: A Space Odyssey". luckily HAL is still scary even though his role is smaller in this one. And the space walk is actually still one of my favorite moments in cinema history!

The performances by the actors are good, and the tension and relation between the Americans and Russians is done very well.

Although not as brilliant, easier to watch as "2001: A Space Odyssey"

8/10