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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
A space-opera spanning the dawn of man to humanity reaching the stars, 2001: A Space Odyssey tells the story of the Black Monolith, humanity's evolution and the rise of A.I.'s ultimate supercomputer HAL 9000.
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Poole's Mother
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Director:
Stanley KubrickWriters:
Stanley Kubrick (screenplay), Arthur C. Clarke (screenplay)All Cast & Crew
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Trivia
HAL 9000 never once says, "Good Morning, Dave," despite this line being one of his most recognized quotations.
Quotes
Aries-1B stewardess:
Here you are, sir, main level please.
Goofs
When the spaceship is docking at the station, the ship and the station are rotating at the same speed as can be seen in the scenes from the ship's point of view. But in the exterior, zoomed out shot of both of them, they are clearly rotating at radically-different speeds.
Crazy Credits
"Thus Spake Zarathustra" is the only musical piece in the film whose conductor and orchestra are not mentioned in the closing credits. For all other pieces, the orchestra which plays it, and the conductor who leads it, are given screen credit.
Alternate Versions
Some versions have title cards on-screen during the Overture and Entr'acte sections, while other versions omit these titles and simply play the music over a black screen.
Soundtracks
Gayaneh Ballet Suite
(1941-2)
Music by Aram Khachaturyan
Performed by Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (as the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra)
Conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Courtesy Deutsche Grammophon
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Genres
Adventure | Sci-FiDetails
Release Date:
12 May 1968Language
English, Russian
Country of Origin
UK, USAFilming Locations
Desierto de Tabernas, Almería, Andalucía, SpainBox Office
Budget:
$12,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£69,567 (UK) (30 November 2014)
Gross:
$56,954,992 (USA)
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