2001: A Space Odyssey
Year: 1968
Country: UK, USA
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, Leonard Rossiter, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter, Margaret Tyzack
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Runtime: 149 min.
Age: 12+
Country: UK, USA
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, Leonard Rossiter, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter, Margaret Tyzack
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Runtime: 149 min.
Age: 12+
Humanity finds a mysterious, obviously artificial object buried beneath the Lunar surface and, with the intelligent computer HAL 9000, sets off on a quest.
"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.
Awards & Festivals:
Academy Award — Best Effects, Special Visual Effects
BAFTA Awards — Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Track
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA — Best DVD Collection
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain — Best Foreign Film
Directors Guild of America — Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
David di Donatello Awards — Best Foreign Production
Hugo Awards — Best Dramatic Presentation
BAFTA Awards — Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Track
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA — Best DVD Collection
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain — Best Foreign Film
Directors Guild of America — Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
David di Donatello Awards — Best Foreign Production
Hugo Awards — Best Dramatic Presentation