Poster for the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey"

2001: A Space Odyssey

An epic drama of adventure and exploration

19682 h 29 minNR
Overview

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 super computer.

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Director Stanley Kubrick
Certification NR
Runtime 2 h 29 min
Release Date 5 April 1968
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Movie Media DVD
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Actors
Starring: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Douglas Rain, Daniel Richter, Leonard Rossiter, Margaret Tyzack, Robert Beatty, Sean Sullivan, Frank Miller, Ed Bishop, Edwina Carroll, Penny Brahms, Heather Downham, Maggie d'Abo, Chela Matthison, Judy Kiern, Alan Gifford, Ann Gillis, Vivian Kubrick, Kenneth Kendall, Bill Weston, Glenn Beck, Mike Lovell, John Ashley, Jimmy Bell, David Charkham, Simon Davis, Jonathan Daw, Péter Delmár, Terry Duggan, David Fleetwood, Danny Grover, Brian Hawley, David Hines, Tony Jackson, John Jordan, Scott MacKee, Laurence Marchant, Darryl Paes, Joe Refalo, Andy Wallace, Bob Wilyman, Richard Woods, Martin Amor, S. Newton Anderson, Sheraton Blount, Ann Bormann, Julie Croft, Penny Francis, Marcella Markham, Irena Marr, Krystyna Marr, Kim Neil, Jane Pearl, Penny Pearl, Kevin Scott, John Swindells, Burnell Tucker, John Clifford

Stanley Kubrick’s magnum opus is pretty esoteric, no matter who you ask. Roger Ebert thought it was worth 4 stars. I’m not so sure about that. Not sure about the “G” rating either. But it does have Wagner’s Also Sprach Zarathustra in the soundtrack, so that’s one thing it’s got going for it.