2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Director:

Stanley Kubrick

Writers:

Stanley Kubrick (screenplay) &
Arthur C. Clarke (screenplay)

Release Date:

6 abril 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

Frase comercial:

Let the Awe and Mystery of a Journey Unlike Any Other Begin

Plot:

Mankind finds a mysterious, obviously artificial, artifact buried on the moon and, with the intelligent computer HAL, sets off on a quest.

Plot Keywords:

Father Daughter Relationship | Carl Jung | Space Shuttle | Millenialism | Messiah

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 10 wins & 6 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Cosmic Art

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Cast

Keir Dullea	...	Dr. Dave Bowman
Gary Lockwood	...	Dr. Frank Poole
William Sylvester	...	Dr. Heywood R. Floyd
Daniel Richter	...	Moon-Watcher
Leonard Rossiter	...	Dr. Andrei Smyslov
Margaret Tyzack	...	Elena
Robert Beatty	...	Dr. Ralph Halvorsen
Sean Sullivan	...	Dr. Bill Michaels
Douglas Rain	...	HAL 9000 (voice)
Frank Miller	...	Mission controller (voice)
Bill Weston	...	Astronaut
Ed Bishop	...	Aries-1B Lunar shuttle captain (as Edward Bishop)
Glenn Beck	...	Astronaut
Alan Gifford	...	Poole's father
Ann Gillis	...	Poole's mother

También conocida como:

How the Solar System Was Won (USA) (working title)
Journey Beyond the Stars (USA) (working title)
Two Thousand and One: A Space Odyssey (USA) (alternative spelling)
2001, una odisea del espacio (Argentina) [es]
2001: Odisea del espacio (Argentina) [es]
2001: Una odisea del espacio (Spain) [es]

Duración:

141 min | 160 min (premiere cut)

País:

UK | USA

Idioma:

English | Russian

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sonido:

4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | DTS 70 mm (2001 re-release)

Clasificación:

Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) (original rating) | New Zealand:PG | Malaysia:U | Canada:G (Quebec) | Italy:T | Netherlands:AL (DVD rating) | Spain:T | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (2007) | Australia:G (original rating) | Australia:PG (cable rating) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:K-8 | France:U | Norway:11 | Norway:12 (1969) | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:U | USA:G | West Germany:12 | Ireland:G | Brazil:Livre

Filming Locations:

Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivialidades:

The main Discovery set was built by aircraft manufacturer Vickers-Armstrong inside a 12-meter by two-meter drum designed to rotate at five km per hour. It cost $750,000.

Goofs:

Factual errors: One of the most familiar effects in 2001 is when the stewardess enters a cabin on the round, moon-bound shuttle, velcro-walks around the wall and exits in a orientation upside down to how she entered. The upside down orientation is carried through to the next shot where she enters the pilots' control area and is readjusted to show she is matching the pilots' vertical. The goof is that, following the implications of the change of orientation, the pilots would be sitting upside-down in comparison to the passenger compartment. This would be problematic in the subsequent scenes of the shuttle landing on the moon - somebody would be on their heads at landing. The idea was to graphically demonstrate that there is no 'up' in space. Unfortunately, in a shuttle that lands in a gravity field, yes, there is an 'up' that has to be consistent throughout the ship, at least as far as the people are concerned.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Aries-1B stewardess: Here you are, sir, main level please.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Spaced: Chaos (#1.5)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

Adventures

Cosmic Art

Mankind's Self awakening is the theme of "2001: A Space Odyssey", a process that unfolds along a space-time continuum. We "see" our primordial past, and we "infer" a cosmic future. The powers of intuition thus become the doors of perception, in our ongoing collective journey.

From this transcendental perspective, a conventional, egocentric plot seems superfluous. Our frenzied conflicts and self-important dialogue are consumed in evolutionary change, and are irrelevant in a cosmos that is vast beyond comprehension. It's a tough lesson for a vain and aggressive species. Not surprising then that some of us huff and puff about the film's slowness and minimal story. For perceptive viewers, the remuneration is an inspirational sense of wonder and awe.

In this film, which is mostly visual, geometric symbols guide our intuition. Circles and arcs represent nature. Right angles represent conscious intelligence. Some people think the sleek, black monolith is a Von Neumann probe. Maybe. Without doubt, the monolith is a visual metaphor for an extraterrestrial intelligence whose physical form is never shown. Mystery is more profound than explanation.

"2001 ... " is unique among films in content and scope. The cinematography is out-of-this-world, the special and visual effects are breathtaking, and the classical music is sublime. I rarely use the word "masterpiece" to describe a movie. But Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" is art in the highest sense, like Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa", or Vincent Van Gogh's "The Starry Night".