Product Information
A highly evolved civilisation sets up mysterious monolithic objects on Earth, the Moon, and in orbit around Jupiter, which impart vital survival information to ancient man, and later signal man to travel deep into space. When man arrives on the great civilisation's planet he is reborn with immense powers of wisdom and strength.Product Identifiers
EAN7321900798389
eBay Product ID (ePID)64491500
Product Key Features
ActorRobert Beatty, Leonard Rossiter, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter, Gary Lockwood, Keir Dullea
Film/TV Title2001-A Space Odyssey
DirectorStanley Kubrick
LanguageEnglish
Run Time136 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2008
FormatBlu-ray
FeaturesWidescreen
GenreSci-Fi & Fantasy, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate12A/12
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Production DesignerTony Masters, Harry Lange
AwardsBest Visual Effects 1969 - Stanley Kubrick
Additional InformationA four-million-year-old black monolith is discovered on the moon, and the government sends a team of scientists on a fact-finding mission while hiding the truth from the public. Later, another team is sent to Jupiter in a ship controlled by the perfect HAL 9000 computer to further investigate the giant object--but something goes terribly wrong. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY is a masterpiece of filmmaking. Director and coscreenwriter (with Arthur C. Clarke) Stanley Kubrick has created a visual and aural spectacle that stands as one of the greatest achievements ever put on celluloid. The film begins with the "Dawn of Man" segment, about the evolution of apes, and then ventures into the future, taking a look at what the world might be like in the first year of the 21st century. Kubrick's film is a triumph of technological storytelling, a marvel of stunning sets and a brilliant soundtrack with the power to overwhelm and mystify. Long dialogue-free scenes sparkle with indelible images and powerful orchestral music, culminating in an unforgettable, inscrutable tale of birth and rebirth, human evolution and artificial intelligence, the past and the future.
ReviewsTotal Film - A significant landmark in the history of cinema
ScreenwriterArthur C. Clarke, Stanley Kubrick
Special EffectsDouglas Trumbull
Art DirectorJohn Hoesli
AuthorArthur C. Clarke
CinematographerGeoffrey Unsworth, John Alcott
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV Title2001 - A Space Odyssey
VoiceDouglas Rain
Consumer AdviceContains some mild horror