2001: A Space Odyssey

United Kingdom and United States of America, 1968

Stanley Kubrick, UK / USA, 1968

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“If there is another film with a scope that is this ambitious, please let me know! Psychedelic visuals, classical music bangers and an opening story focused on monkeys (actually pre-humans). It still seems so relevant — in its exploration of AI in particular.” - Dr Alan Nguyen

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 supercomputer, in Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece, which pushed cinematic narratives and special effects.

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Credits

producer

Stanley Kubrick

Victor Lyndon

Duration

02:29:00

Production dates
1968 1968

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-62

Language

English

Subject categories

Adventure

Mystery

Science Fiction

TMDB-Movie

62

Wikidata

Q103474

Collected

2202 times

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