2001: A Space Odyssey

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G,2hrs 19min

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Released:

January 1, 1968

Distributor:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Starring:

Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester ... More

Synopsis: A mind-bending sci-fi symphony, Stanley Kubrick's landmark 1968 epic pushed the limits of narrative and special effects toward a meditation on technology and humanity. Based on Arthur C. Clarke's story The Sentinel, Kubrick and Clarke's screenplay is structured in four movements. At the "Dawn of Man," a group of hominids encounters a mysterious black monolith alien to their surroundings. To the strains of Strauss's 1896 Also sprach Zarathustra, a hominid invents the first weapon, using a bone to ... Full Synopsis

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	Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES Only a few films are transcendent, and work upon our minds and imaginations like music or prayer or a vast belittling landscape...Alone among science-fiction movies, 2001 is not concerned with thrilling us, but with inspiring our awe. Read Review Metascore ^® from metacritic.com 86 Universal Acclaim out of 100 Based on 10 critic reviews

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	Keir Dullea Bowman Gary Lockwood Poole William Sylvester Dr. Heywood Floyd Daniel Richter Moonwatcher, the Man-Ape

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