One of the most influential of all sci-fi films -- and one of the most controversial -- Stanley Kubrick's 2001 is a delicate, poetic meditation on the ingenuity -- and folly -- of mankind.
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2001: A Space Odyssey
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2001: A Space Odyssey
Movie Info
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Director -
Stanley Kubrick -
Producer -
Stanley Kubrick -
Screenwriter -
Arthur C. Clarke , Stanley Kubrick -
Distributor -
Warner Home Vídeo , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , Warner Bros. , Criterion Collection -
Production Co -
Metro Goldwyn Mayer , Stanley Kubrick Productions -
Rating -
G -
Genre -
Sci-Fi -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Apr 2, 1968, Original -
Rerelease Date (Theaters) -
May 18, 2018 -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Feb 6, 2014 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$1.3M -
Runtime -
2h 19m -
Sound Mix -
Magnetic Stereo 6 Track , Mono , Stereo -
Aspect Ratio -
70mm