2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
After discovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the lunar surface, mankind sets off on a quest to find its origins with help from intelligent supercomputer HAL 9000.
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Director:
Stanley KubrickWriters:
Stanley Kubrick (screenplay), Arthur C. Clarke (screenplay)All Cast & Crew
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Trivia
The first design for the monolith was a tetrahedron, but Stanley Kubrick thought that would make people think of pyramids. Next they tried a transparent cube, but it was too hard to keep it from reflecting the camera crew's lights. They tried a Lucite slab, but that didn't look convincing. Finally, they settled on the black slab shown in the film.
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Aries-1B stewardess:
Here you are, sir, main level please.
Goofs
During the intro to the BBC interview, when the announcer says "left on its half-billion mile voyage towards Jupiter", the word "Jupiter" is clearly not what he is saying. It's possible this scene was shot during part of production when the destination of the Discovery was Saturn and not Jupiter, and had to be re-dubbed later.
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
Most current video versions contain the 139-minute general release version plus the original overture, entr'acte, and exit music from the roadshow version.
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Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two)(1893) (uncredited)
Composed by Harry Dacre
Sung by Douglas Rain
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Genres
Adventure | Sci-FiDetails
Release Date:
12 May 1968Language
English, Russian
Country of Origin
UK, USAFilming Locations
Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UKBox Office
Budget:
$12,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£69,567 (UK) (30 November 2014)
Gross:
$56,954,992 (USA)
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