Title: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Runtime: 141 Min
Year: 1968
Genres: Adventure - Mystery - Sci-Fi
Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Douglas Rain, Daniel Richter, Leonard Rossiter, Margaret Tyzack, Robert Beatty, Sean Sullivan, Frank Miller, Bill Weston, Ed Bishop, Glenn Beck, Alan Gifford, Ann Gillis, Edwina Carroll, Penny Brahms, Heather Downham, Mike Lovell, John Ashley, Vivian Kubrick
Directed By: Stanley Kubrick
PLOT
"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.
Country: U.S.A. - UK
Language: English - Russian
Writers: (screenplay) Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, (story "The Sentinel") Arthur C. Clarke uncredited
IMDB Rating: 8.4
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 86%
Parental Advisory Certification: Australia:G / 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 (Approved No. 21197) / West Germany:12 / Ireland:G / Brazil:Livre / Spain:T / Italy:T / Netherlands:AL (DVD rating) / Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) (original rating) / Canada:G (Quebec) / Canada:PG (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (2007) / New Zealand:PG / Malaysia:U / Argentina:13 / Israel:PG / Canada:PG (Alberta) (2009) / UK:12 (blu-ray) (2009) / Japan:G (2010) / USA:TV-PG (TV rating)
Awards:
1969- Academy Awards, USA (Oscar)
-Best Effects, Special Visual Effects Stanley Kubrick (WON)
-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Anthony Masters, Harry Lange and Ernest Archer (NOMINATED)
-Best Director Stanley Kubrick (NOMINATED)
-Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke (NOMINATED)
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