2001: A Space Odyssey

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2001: A Space Odyssey

G

Released Apr 2, 1968

2h 19m

Sci-Fi

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An imposing black structure provides a connection between the past and the future in this enigmatic adaptation of a short story by revered sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke. When Dr. Dave Bowman (Keir Dullea) and other astronauts are sent on a mysterious mission, their ship's computer system, HAL, begins to display increasingly strange behavior, leading up to a tense showdown between man and machine that results in a mind-bending trek through space and time.

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Critics Consensus

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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Marjory Adams

Boston Globe

This film is as exciting as the discovery of a new dimension in life.

Apr 9, 2025

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

It's a bad, bad sign when a movie director begins to think of himself a myth-maker, and this limp myth of a grand plan that justifies slaughter and ends with resurrection has been around before.

Apr 9, 2025

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Philip Strick

Sight & Sound

If there was any doubt that space travel will be the most spectacular of mankind's future, "Space Odyssey" is the definitive affirmation that every last coin spent on the space race will be worth it.

Apr 9, 2025

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J.A.C. Dunn

Charlotte Observer

Stanley Kubrick has created a real mind-bender. "2001" is at once believable and astounding, intriguing -- if not boggling -- to the mind, dazzling -- if not bewildering -- to the eye, and wax-loosening to the ear.

Apr 9, 2025

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Felix Barker

Liverpool Echo

Discussion will rage for months to come around 2001: A Space Odyssey, which, for size, cost, imaginative brilliance and perplexity, is light years ahead of any space film yet made.

Apr 9, 2025

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Maurice Rapf

LIFE

I'm not so sure many of us in the audience knew what Kubrick's enigmatic tableaux were all about, but I do know that few of us would ever look into the night sky again without a new sense of wonder about man and the universe.

Apr 9, 2025

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thomas p

this is a pure work of genius from Stanley Kubrick

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/18/25

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Salvador

Looked so great on IMAX

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/30/25

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Steven

Astonishing, and hilarious

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/26/25

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Diego R

One the best films to come out of 68. Stanley Kubrick is an absolute genius.. definitely one of the great.🫶

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/26/24

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Sp33dwagon

My favorite Kubrick film

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/07/24

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robert r

that it still seems new after 58 years

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/09/23

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Synopsis

An imposing black structure provides a connection between the past and the future in this enigmatic adaptation of a short story by revered sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke. When Dr. Dave Bowman (Keir Dullea) and other astronauts are sent on a mysterious mission, their ship's computer system, HAL, begins to display increasingly strange behavior, leading up to a tense showdown between man and machine that results in a mind-bending trek through space and time.

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

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