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2001: A Space Odyssey is widely regarded as among the greatest and most influential films. It is considered one of the major artistic works of the 20th century, with many critics and filmmakers considering it Kubrick's masterpiece.
- Stanley Kubrick
- Stanley Kubrick
Learn about the year 2001 in the Gregorian calendar, the 2001st year of the Common Era and the 21st century. Find out the most prominent events, conflicts, disasters, discoveries, and cultural milestones that happened in 2001.
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2001: A Space Odyssey, American science-fiction film, released in 1968, that set the benchmark for all subsequent movies in the genre and consistently ranks among the top 10 movies ever made, especially known for its groundbreaking special effects and unconventional narrative. The complex and thought-provoking film was directed by Stanley Kubrick and cowritten by Kubrick and futurist and novelist Arthur C. Clarke.
One of the most original works in cinema history, 2001 defies simple explanation. The opening section, “The Dawn of Man,” shows apes in the prehuman era discovering a strange stone monolith that appears from nowhere and then using the first tools. The scene subsequently switches to the future, the year 2001. A similar monolith has been found under the Moon’s surface and transmits a signal to Jupiter. The spacecraft Discovery, manned by astronauts Frank Poole (played by Gary Lockwood) and Dave Bowman (Keir Dullea), is sent to Jupiter to investigate. The middle segment of the film takes place on board Discovery and is perhaps the most memorable—and most straightforward. The ship’s computer, HAL 9000, which possesses human intellect and vocal ability, malfunctions and begins to work against the astronauts in a life-or-death battle of wits, leading to questions about humankind’s relationship to machines. In the film’s final section, “Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite,” Bowman travels through a gateway in space opened by the monolith orbiting Jupiter and is reborn as the “Star Child.” This section of the film is the most debated and open to interpretation, because conventional film narrative is suspended, and the story is told solely through images and sound.
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•Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
•Director and producer: Stanley Kubrick
•Writers: Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke
•Music: Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss, Aram Khachaturian, and György Ligeti
•Keir Dullea (Dave Bowman)
•Gary Lockwood (Frank Poole)
•William Sylvester (Dr. Heywood Floyd)
•Daniel Richter (Moon Watcher)
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- Lee Pfeiffer
A classic sci-fi film by Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey explores the evolution of humanity and the mysteries of a black monolith. The plot follows a space mission to Jupiter, where a computer named HAL 9000 malfunctions and threatens the crew.
Apr 16, 2018 · A Critic at Large. “2001: A Space Odyssey”: What It Means, and How It Was Made. Fifty years ago, Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke set out to make a new kind of sci-fi. How does their...
- Dan Chiasson
2001: A Space Odyssey: Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter. After uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.
Jul 1, 2022 · 2001: A Space Odyssey Ending, Explained. Ashwin Dev. July 1, 2022. “Watching a Kubrick film is like gazing up at a mountaintop. You look up and wonder, how could anyone have climbed that high?” – Martin Scorsese . 2001: A Space Odyssey is the Everest among those Kubrickian mountains. It stands tall in all its magnificence and it intimidates you.
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