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2001: A Space Odyssey

An epic drama of adventure and exploration.

Movie1968149 minGScience Fiction, Mystery, Adventure
86
Avg Score

Critic Scores

IMDb
8.3/10
772787 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
84/100
Metascore

Overview

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

Cast

Keir Dullea
Dr. David Bowman
Gary Lockwood
Dr. Frank Poole
William Sylvester
Dr. Heywood Floyd
Douglas Rain
HAL 9000 (voice)
Daniel Richter
Moonwatcher
Leonard Rossiter
Dr. Andrei Smyslov
Margaret Tyzack
Elena
Robert Beatty
Dr. Ralph Halvorsen
Sean Sullivan
Dr. Roy Michaels
Frank W. Miller
Mission Controller (voice)
Bill Weston
Astronaut
Ed Bishop
Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain

Details

Director
Stanley Kubrick
Writer
Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke
Released
12 May 1968
Box office
$60,481,243
Awards
Won 1 Oscar. 18 wins & 14 nominations total

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