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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.

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EAN7321900792066

eBay Product ID (ePID)64436444

Product Key Features

ActorRobert Beatty, Leonard Rossiter, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter, Gary Lockwood, Keir Dullea

Film/TV Title2001-A Space Odyssey

DirectorStanley Kubrick

Release Year2008

FormatHD DVD

LanguageEnglish

FeaturesInteractive Menu

GenreSci-Fi & Fantasy, General

Run Time136 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate12A/12

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

Number of Discs1

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