2001: A Space Odyssey

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Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey changed film forever. Its effects created a visual language that would later be built on in George Lucas’ Star Wars, Ridley Scott’s Alien, Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and countless other movies. Yet upon its release it was widely panned, and to this day the film has divided audiences. Some call it a bona fide cinema classic, others call it incomprehensible. Which side is right? Maybe both? Now join Stuart, Arnie, and Jakob on this podcast odyssey and find out!

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2001: A Space Odyssey

1968 G 2h 29m

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.

Release Date

April 2, 1968

Director

Stanley Kubrick

Writer

Arthur C. Clarke, Stanley Kubrick

Stars

Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Douglas Rain, Daniel Richter, Leonard Rossiter, Margaret Tyzack, Robert Beatty, Sean Sullivan, Frank W. Miller , Bill Weston, Ed Bishop, Glenn Beck, Alan Gifford, Ann Gillis, Edwina Carroll, Penny Brahms, Heather Downham, Mike Lovell, John Ashley, Jimmy Bell, David Charkham, Keith Denny, Jonathan Daw, Péter Delmár, Terry Duggan, David Fleetwood, Danny Grover, Brian Hawley, David Hines, Anthony Jackson, John Jordan, Scott MacKee, Laurence Marchant, Darryl Paes, Joe Refalo, Andy Wallace, Bob Wilyman, Richard Woods, Maggie London, Chela Matthison, Judy Keirn, Vivian Kubrick, Kenneth Kendall, Kevin Scott, Martin Amor, S. Newton Anderson, Sheraton Blount, Ann Bormann, Julie Croft, Penny Francis, Marcella Markham, Irena Marr, Krystyna Marr, Kim Neil, Jane Pearl, Penny Pearl, Burnell Tucker, John Swindells, John Clifford, Stanley Kubrick, Harry Fielder

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Producer

Victor Lyndon, Stanley Kubrick

Cinematography

Geoffrey Unsworth

Genre

Adventure, Mystery, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release

Country

United Kingdom, United States of America

Language

English, Russian

Budget

$12,000,000

External Links

IMDb | TMDB

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