Am I a hardcore sci-fi fan? You bet I am. I've seen nearly all of them ever since "The First Man into Space" scared the pants off a 7 year old at the home town movie theater. I watched B Movies, horror flicks, the big money movies and the very small budget films. But, 2001 A Space Odyssey ranks #1 in my book. This was the first film of its type to present a sci-fi genrie using technology of space travel on the drawing boards as opposed to just using someone's imagination. The plot was pure science fiction as it should be. The representation of that plot on the screen was pure future-to-come. The music used could not have been better suited to the task. I remember clearly watching the response of people leaving the theater after watching this film. Some were shaking their heads not sure what they just saw. Others were bewildered. But most were simply saying they were coming back to see it again. That is what this movie did for people. Not unlike those people, I did come back. As a matter of fact, I came back 7 times. And like all excellent movies, I say things I missed from the previous show. This to me makes an epic. And an epic it is. So, put this dvd in HD player, turn up the stereo system and be prepared to turn everything off around you.Read full review
I saw this movie when it was first shown in the local theater in 1968. Stanley Kubrick brought out the best in Arthur C. Clarke when they worked together to make this movie. When it was released it was so far advanced technologically that many people hated the movie. However true Sci-Fi fans loved it. The way Clarke brought space to life in this movie was years ahead of it's time. You have to remember that in 1968 only a hand full of humans had ever even been in space, let alone established colonies or built ships large enough for anyone to live in. 2001 is one of the best space movies ever made and I highly recommend all Sci-Fi fans to add this one to their collection.
In space the only difference between life and death is merely that of lines flattening out on a monitor. HAL, our happy computer, given life by the voice work of Douglas Rains tells us that he is more human then that of the main character Dave. I feel that Hal is the future that Kubrick saw. The things we build to help us will eventually become so powerfull that they will dislike the humanness of our existance and wish for our destruction. FILM CREDITS 2001: A Space Odyssey Directed by Stanley Kubrick Cast Keir Dullea ... David Bowman Gary Lockwood ... Frank Poole William Sylvester ... Heywood Floyd Daniel Richter ... Moonwatcher Leonard Rossiter ... Smyslov Margaret Tyzack ... Elena Robert Beatty ... Halvorsen Sean Sullivan ... Michaels Douglas Rain ... HAL-9000 Frank Miller ... Mission Controller Bill Weston Ed Bishop ... Lunar Shuttle Captain Glenn Beck Alan Gifford ... Poole's Father Ann Gillis Edwina Carroll ... Stewardess Penny Brahms ... Stewardess Heather Downham Mike Lovell John Ashley Jimmy Bell David Charkham Simon Davis Jonathan Daw Peter Delmar Terry Duggan David Fleetwood Danny Grover Brian Hawley David Hines Tony Jackson John Jordan Scott MacKee Laurence Marchant Darryl Paes Joe Befalo Andy Wallace Bob Wilyman Richard Wood Vivian Kubrick ... "Squirt" (uncredited) Written by Stanley Kubrick Arthur C. Clarke Cinematography by John Alcott Geoffrey Unsworth Music by Aram Khachaturian (from "Ballet Suite Gayane") Gyorgy Ligeti (from "Atmospheres") Richard Strauss (from "Also Sprach Zarathustra") Johann Strauss (from "The Blue Danube") Production Design by Ernest Archer Harry Lange Anthony Masters Costume Design by Hardy Amies Film Editing by Ray Lovejoy Produced by Stanley Kubrick H.L. Bird ... Sound Mixer Colin Cantwell ... Special Photographic Effects Derek Cracknell ... Assistant Director David De Wilde ... Editorial Assistant Stuart Freeborn ... Make-up Artist John Hoesli ... Art Director Tom Howard ... Special Photographic Effects Supervisor Stanley Kubrick ... Special Photographic Effects Designer and Director Bryan Loftus ... Special Photographic Effects Unit Bruce Logan ... Special Photographic Effects Unit John Jack Malick ... Special Photographic Effects Unit Frederick Martin ... Special Photographics Effects Unit Olivier Mourgue ... Interior Designer of Discovery Frederick I. Ordway III ... Technical Advisor David Osborne ... Special Photographic Effects Unit Con Pederson ... Special Photographic Effects Supervisor, Special Visual Effects Supervisor Kelvin Pike ... Camera Operator Iris Rose ... Production Secretary Winston Ryder ... Sound Editor J.B. Smith ... Chief Dubbing Mixer Douglas Trumbull ... Special Photographic Effects Supervisor Wally Veevers ... Special Photographic Effects Supervisor A. W. Watkins ... Sound SupervisorRead full review
A classic.
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