Possibly the most important film ever made. 2001's "surface story" is a science fiction masterpiece, with stunning and beautiful cinematography and an engaging script. A little slow-paced (intentionally), and at times a bit creepy (also intentional). The deeper story, however, is a masonic masterwork, symbolically detailing the entire path to enlightenment and spiritual evolution. Mr. Kubrick made many excellent movies, but this one stands out as his masterwork.
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This DVD 2001 A Space Odyessey is one I have been wanting a long time, but whenever the opportunity came up to purchase it my wife or my kids or my friends would always seem to need something when I was in the store or call me on my cell phone and distract me. But as the saying goes: All good things come to those who wait. And believe me, it's TRUE! Waiting for this DVD to come into my collection of movies has been worth the wait. Stanley Kubrick's vision of the future was absolutely mindblowing! When then President John F. Kennedy on May 25th, 1961 made his proposal for NASA to put a man on the moon before the end of this century and this goal was realized on July 24th 1969, the WORLD WAS AMAZED! Now here we have Stanley Kubrick WAY before the first landing on the moon by astronauts, with international space stations orbitting the Earth and thriving colonies on the moon! And let's not forget this film was made in 1968 BEFORE OUR FIRST MANNED LANDING ON THE MOON! Many critics have hailed this film as one of the greatest films of all time and to boost this claim, in 1991 it was placed by the Library Of Congress for preservation in the national film archives vault. With hints of alien influence over mankind's early beginnings and leaving a marker on the moon to only be found when we were advanced enough to find such item, to the artificially intelligent later turned homicidal computer known as HAL 9000 to the advanced deep space mission ship Discovery, what's NOT to like? Beautiful sountrack, excellent photography and special effects to its stunning conclusion, this film ranks as one of the TOP films in my SyFy collection.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 film that I have wanted to find for years. Now I've got it.
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A masterpiece. I’ll never forget going to Cinestage in Chicago at 13 years old to see 2001. I’ll also never forget afterwards. Walking out of the theater seeing no talking, crying and questioned looks on people’s faces. Now from then until now this movie still holds up rather well. Actually better than Earth has!!!!!!
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I wanted my grandchildren to see this movie to compare it to what they watch now. They are 18 and were bored to death! It was too slow for them, no real action and frankly, I was bored too. It is too long. It is a "silent" movie in that there isn't much dialogue, and the actors are "wooden" in their speech with almost no emotion. Too many scenes that you have to try to figure out what is being represented. At the time when it was first introduced, we didn't have artificial intelligence, so this was a thought provoking movie. I did like the interchange between HAL and Dave, and wanted my grandkids to know why I named my GPS Hally. The movie is almost 3 hours long and a waste of time.
Love this classic movie....a must have and a must see!!
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2001: A Space Odyssey was one of my favorite movies for years, but I did not have a copy of it. Recently, I was pointing out references to this movie to my 17-year-old daughter while we were watching an episode of 'Futurama' and I determined to pick up a copy on Ebay. It's my opinion that all realistic space movies have their roots in '2001' (think of the difference between a 'Flash Gordon' serial and 'Star Wars'). The movie '2001' has lost none of it's entertainment value, although the final scenes full of psychodelic colors montages is still a little baffling. My daughter enjoyed watching it with me and now sees why there are so many references to this movie in so many modern shows.
Great movie and good price
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