A four-million-year-old black monolith is discovered on the moon, and the government sends a team of scientists on a fact-finding mission while hiding the truth from the public. Later, another team is sent to Jupiter in a ship controlled by the perfect HAL 9000 computer to further investigate the giant object--but something .. Read more
| Starring | Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter |
|---|---|
| Director | Stanley Kubrick |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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A four-million-year-old black monolith is discovered on the moon, and the government sends a team of scientists on a fact-finding mission while hiding the truth from the public. Later, another team is sent to Jupiter in a ship controlled by the perfect HAL 9000 computer to further investigate the giant object--but something goes terribly wrong. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY is a masterpiece of filmmaking. Director and coscreenwriter (with Arthur C. Clarke) Stanley Kubrick has created a visual and aural spectacle that stands as one of the greatest achievements ever put on celluloid. The film begins with the "Dawn of Man" segment, about the evolution of apes, and then ventures into the future, taking a look at what the world might be like in the first year of the 21st century. Kubrick's film is a triumph of technological storytelling, a marvel of stunning sets and a brilliant soundtrack with the power to overwhelm and mystify. Long dialogue-free scenes sparkle with indelible images and powerful orchestral music, culminating in an unforgettable, inscrutable tale of birth and rebirth, human evolution and artificial intelligence, the past and the future.
| Starring | Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter, Robert Beatty, Leonard Rossiter |
|---|---|
| Director | Stanley Kubrick |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 16 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 16 mins Watch Online: 2 hrs 22 mins HD DVD: 2 hrs 28 mins |
| Certificate | DVD: , Watch Online: |
| Collections | 100 must-see movies, American Film Institute's top 100 |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English Watch Online: English HD DVD: English |
| Dubbed | German |
| Hearing-impaired | English, German |
| Subtitles | DVD: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish HD DVD: English, Castillian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, French, Finnish |
| Released | Production year: 1968 To Watch Online: Watch Online: 30 Jul 2010 To Rent: DVD: 01 Sep 2001 Blu-ray: 10 Mar 2008 |
| Watch now | £2.49 |
This seminal sci-fi work from Stanley Kubrick is now considered by many to be less a supreme piece of cinema than an interesting, innovative product of the 1960s. But the memorable celluloid images still strongly resonate, such as the giant, vulnerable foetus floating through space and the tribe of apes painfully putting two and two together. It is Kubrick's haunting, stylised combination of music and visuals that gives 2001 its eerie, mesmerising quality, but even its most devoted disciples are hard pressed to tell you what it's actually about, and, as a slice of philosophy on how we all got started and where we ultimately go, the movie has little credence. However, it's a must-see if you never have, even though its visual impact is seriously hampered by the small screen.
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The 1984 of films
A fundamental film. The computer HAL (one letter removed from IBM) is the villain, and is masterfully chilling. Very much ahead of its time and one of those ... read more »
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2001 - A Space Odyssey
One of Kubrick's best, a long (2 1/2 hours, but it will feel longer) eerie daddy-of-sci-fi.
Featuring ground-breaking effects (for it's time... read more »
Excellent
The first, the original, one of the best, simply outstanding.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Very confusing
Basically this is about evolution of mankind and rebirth. Visually this film is stunning with a great soundtrack and amazing effects, however despite being very... read more »
The climax of Stanley Kubrick's widely acclaimed film 2001: A Space Odyssey, in which unhinged artificial intelligence computer HAL finally descends into insanity, has been rated as the most important moment in science fiction history by a panel of illustrious experts. The crowning glory of the1968 classic was chosen by a panel of sci-fi experts which included Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson and, less convincingly, a number of UFO investigators. The film beat a long list of significant sci-f Read more
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