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Section: 2020: Back to the Future-The Magic of Film Tricks
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
"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.
| Country | United States of America, United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Year | 1968 |
| Duration | 149 min |
| Rating | 12 |
| Language | English |
| Subtitle | Czech |
| Directed by | Stanley Kubrick |
| Screenplay | Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke |
| Director of Photography | Geoffrey Unsworth |
| Edited by | Ray Lovejoy |
| Contact | Park Circus |
Biography
A native New Yorker, worked as a photographer for Look magazine before moving into film directing. His award-winning work includes Lolita (1962), A Clockwork Orange (1971), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), The Shining (1980), and Eyes Wide Shut (1999).