2001: A Space Odyssey

Movie

1968

2h 29m

English

Science Fiction, Mystery, Adventure

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8.2

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Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

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2001: A Space Odyssey

Movie

1968

2h 29m

English

Science Fiction, Mystery, Adventure

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Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

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Cast

Dr. David Bowman

Dr. Frank Poole

Dr. Heywood Floyd

HAL 9000 (voice)

Moonwatcher

Dr. Andrei Smyslov

Elena

Dr. Ralph Halvorsen

Dr. Roy Michaels

Mission Controller

Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain

Aries-1B Stewardess

Stewardess

Stewardess

Stewardess

Stewardess

Voiceprint Identification Girl

Alan Gifford

Poole's Father

Ann Gillis

Poole's Mother

Vivian Kubrick

Floyd's daughter (uncredited)

Kenneth Kendall

BBC-12 Announcer

Kevin Scott

Miller

Martin Amor

Interviewer Martin Amor

Bill Weston

Astronaut

Glenn Beck

Astronaut

Directed By: Stanley Kubrick

Written By: Stanley Kubrick (Screenplay), Arthur C. Clarke (Novel), + 1 more

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patozf says...

8 years ago

Despite it being visually and conceptually stunning, the film turned out to be extremely slow and actionless for my taste. Many people think that the aforementioned positive qualities outweight the negative, but personally, I think that narrative must prevail over visuals,soundtracks, effects or symbolisms.

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duanepatrick says...

10 years ago

I have seen this film many many times, last night on my hd tv in blu ray, and looked absolutely amazing, this is a masterpiece, this is cinema's mona lisa, absolutely spellbound watching it, gets better with every viewing

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aristigueta76 says...

10 years ago

Even my 6-year-old son watches it in complete silence.. There are no words to describe it.

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mcnippleson says...

8 years ago

It makes me feel like an unsophisticated swine but this was so incredibly boring. Took me 2 months to watch the first hour, maybe when I am old I'll be able to appreciate it.

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pjonsson

6/10 6 years ago

I got this movie recently when it came out on Ultra HD Blu-ray simply because it was missing in my collection and, being a Sci-Fi fan, missing 2001 in my collection simply would not do. It is a movie that was made to rely almost entirely on the visuals. It could be said that it is a visual symphony More

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Filipe Manuel Dias Neto

2 years ago

**A magnificent film, with beautiful music and great visuals... but smug, empty and unforgivably overrated.**

Stanley Kubrick is, for me, one of those directors who so quickly impresses us with a great film, as it makes us doubt his competence with an absolutely pathetic trash. I know that the di More

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Per Gunnar Jonsson

6 years ago

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markuspm

6 years ago

There are many great predictions hinting to future (it is from 1968 - can you believe it?) innovations throughout the movie. I might not have found all them because I keep falling asleep while watching it but I will keep trying to find them all.

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