2001: A Space Odyssey
– Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins..
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.
12 May 1968
English, Russian
All ages admitted. Nothing that would offend parents for viewing by children.
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick (screenplay), Arthur C. Clarke (screenplay)
Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter
"2001" is a story of evolution. Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth (presumably elsewhere throughout the universe as well). Evolution then enabled humankind to reach the moon's surface, where yet another monolith is found, one that signals the monolith placers that humankind has evolved that far. Now a race begins between computers (HAL) and human (Bowman) to reach the monolith placers. The winner will achieve the next step in evolution, whatever that may be.
Won 1 Oscar. Another 13 wins & 10 nominations.
$135,620
Warner Bros. Pictures