2001: A Space Odyssey (movie)

2001: A Space Odyssey
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Directed byStanley Kubrick
Screenplay by
Produced byStanley Kubrick
Starring
CinematographyGeoffrey Unsworth
Edited byRay Lovejoy
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer[1]
Release dates
  • 2 April 1968 (1968-04-02) (Uptown Theater)[2]
  • 3 April 1968 (1968-04-03) (United States)[2]
  • 1 May 1968 (1968-05-01) (United Kingdom)[2]
Running time
139 minutes[3]
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10.5 million
Box office$148.5 million

2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 science fiction movie. It was directed by Stanley Kubrick. It was written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke. The movie deals with human evolution, technology, artificial intelligence, and extraterrestrial life. The science aspects in the movie seem very real. It had new special effects. It used images and sound to show meaning and did not use much talking. The music at the beginning is the start of a symphonic poem by Richard Strauss called "Also Sprach Zarathustra".

It received some good and some bad reviews when it was released. Now 2001: A Space Odyssey is recognized by critics as one of the greatest movies ever made; a sample of critics in 2002 placed it among the top ten movies of all time.[4] It was nominated for four Academy Awards, and it was given an award for visual effects. In 1991, it was thought to be "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" (i.e. important for culture, history and aesthetics) by the United States Library of Congress and was chosen to be kept in their National Film Registry.

References

  1. 1 2 "2001: A Space Odyssey". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Coate, Michael. "The Original Reserved-Seat Roadshow Engagements Of "2001: A Space Odyssey"". in70mm.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  3. ↑ Maslin, Janet (14 April 1985). "Home video; New cassettes: From Kubrick to Saint-Exupery". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "Sight and Sound: Top Ten Poll 2002". British Film Institute. Retrieved 2006-12-15.

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