Quick Facts
DirectorStanley Kubrick
Runtime2h 29m · G
GenresAdventure · Mystery · Science-fiction
Release1968-04-02
Film
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968· G· 2h 29m· Adventure· Mystery· Science-fiction
“An epic drama of adventure and exploration.”
Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) unfurls in cosmic silence, tracing humanity's leap from primate to spacefaring species. Through stark black-and-white vignettes and a kaleidoscopic odyssey of color, it charts the ominous rise of artificial intelligence, embodied by the eerily serene HAL 9000. A lunar excavation unearths an enigmatic monolith, a catalyst for existential inquiry and technological dominion, culminating in a psychedelic evocation of the human psyche's transcendence.
1968-04-02
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Key Crew
DirectorStanley Kubrick
ScreenplayArthur C. Clarke
ProducerStanley Kubrick
Director of PhotographyGeoffrey Unsworth
EditorRay Lovejoy
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 39 crew)
Details
Released1968-04-02
Runtime2h 29m · G
StatusReleased
StudiosStanley Kubrick Productions · Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Budget$12M
Box office$72M
LanguagesEnglish · Russian
CountriesUnited Kingdom · United States of America
Rating8.0/10 · 12754 votes
Original languageen
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