2001 : a space odyssey
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From the opening sequence of prehistoric man's struggle for survival to an interplanetary journey to Jupiter, the film depicts an evolutionary odyssey that is a metaphor for man's attempt to master his destiny. Described by Kubrick as a mythological documentary, 2001 concerns itself with man's place in the universal hierarchy and is science fiction imbued with a personal metaphysical vision. (Does not circulate)
A tribe of hominids are driven away from its water hole by a rival tribe. They awaken to find a featureless black monolith has appeared before them. Eighteen months later, the United States spacecraft Discovery One is bound for Jupiter. Most of Discovery's operations are controlled by the ship's computer, HAL 9000. Bowman races across vast distances of space, viewing bizarre cosmological phenomena and strange landscapes of unusual colors.
A tribe of hominids are driven away from its water hole by a rival tribe. They awaken to find a featureless black monolith has appeared before them. Eighteen months later, the United States spacecraft Discovery One is bound for Jupiter. Most of Discovery's operations are controlled by the ship's computer, HAL 9000. Bowman races across vast distances of space, viewing bizarre cosmological phenomena and strange landscapes of unusual colors.
Credits
- Directed by
- Stanley Kubrick
- Written by
- Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke
- Cast
- Vivian Kubrick, Margaret Tyzack, Gary Lockwood, Arthur C. Clarke, Douglas Rain, Keir Dullea, Ed Bishop, Leonard Rossiter, Kenneth Kendall, John Ashley, Peter Schiff, Robert Beatty, William Sylvester, Ann Gillis, Sean Sullivan, Alan Gifford, Daniel Richter, Terry Duggan …
- Produced by
- Stanley Kubrick
- Cinematography
- Geoffrey Unsworth
- Music
- Richard Strauss, Aram Khachaturian, György Ligeti, Johann Strauss II
- Edited by
- Ray Lovejoy
Complete catalog record
2001: A Space Odyssey. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 140 Min., Sd., Color, 35 Mm. Panavision. © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.; 3apr68; Lp36136.
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