2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
- Science Fiction, Mystery, Adventure
- 149 min
- G
An epic drama of adventure and exploration.
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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Contemplative, epic, earnest and meticulous.
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- rawmeticulous
- gravecomic
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- hollisThe Empath★★★★★
I watched it on a laptop and it still felt like a cathedral. The cut from the bone to the ship is the whole history of the medium in one edit.
Cast
- Keir DulleaDr. David Bowman
- Gary LockwoodDr. Frank Poole
- William SylvesterDr. Heywood Floyd
- Douglas RainHAL 9000 (voice)
- Daniel RichterMoonwatcher
- Leonard RossiterDr. Andrei Smyslov
- Margaret TyzackElena
- Robert BeattyDr. Ralph Halvorsen
- Sean SullivanDr. Roy Michaels
- Frank W. MillerMission Controller (voice)
Crew
- Stanley KubrickDirector
- Arthur C. ClarkeScreenplay
- Stanley KubrickScreenplay
- Geoffrey UnsworthDirector of Photography
- Ray LovejoyEditor
- Victor LyndonProducer
- Stanley KubrickProducer
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