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2001: A Space Odyssey; Movie of the Month
Topic Started: Mar 12 2010, 02:14 PM (132 Views)
24thcenstfan
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For our March Movie of the Month, we are going with 2001: A Space Odyssey. We usually pick something that airs on TV this month, but there was no interest in a specific movie. So we are going with this classic Sci-Fi movie. I hope you have it on hand or can easily get access.
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Movie Summary *Mild Spoilers*

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When the world is ruled by apes, one particular group discovers a mysterious rectangular monolith near their home, which imparts upon them the knowledge of tool use, and enables them to evolve into people. A similar monolith is discovered on the moon, and it is determined to have come from an area near Jupiter. Astronaut Dave Bowman, along with four companions, sets off for Jupiter on a spaceship controlled by HAL 9000, a revolutionary computer system that is every bit humankind's equal--and perhaps its superior. When HAL endangers the crew's lives for the sake of the mission, Bowman will have to first overcome the computer, then travel to the birthplace of the monolith.

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Director
Stanley Kubrick


Writer
Stanley Kubrick (screenplay)
Arthur C. Clarke (screenplay)


Release Date
April 6, 1968


Genre
Adventure, Mystery, Science Fiction


Staring
Keir Dullea as Dr. David Bowman
Gary Lockwood as Dr. Frank Poole
William Sylvester as Dr. Heywood R. Floyd
Douglas Rain as the voice of the HAL 9000
Daniel Richter as the chief ape ("Moon-Watcher" in Clarke's novel)
Leonard Rossiter as Dr. Andrei Smyslov
Margaret Tyzack as Elena
Robert Beatty as Dr. Ralph Halvorsen
Sean Sullivan as Dr. Bill Michaels
Frank Miller as mission controller
Bill Weston as Astronaut
Edward Bishop as Lunar shuttle captain
Edwina Caroll as Aries stewardess
Penny Brahms as stewardess
Heather Downham as stewardess
Vivian Kubrick as Floyd's daughter (uncredited)
Glenn Beck as Astronaut
Alan Gifford as Poole's father (uncredited)
Ann Gillis as Poole's mother (uncredited)
Kenneth Kendall as the BBC announcer (uncredited)
Krystyna Marr as Russian scientist (uncredited)
Keith Denny as an ape (uncredited)
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"I'm sorry Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that." Creepy, very creepy.

There is just so much hard sf in this film and sound science. It should be mandatory viewing for anyone attempting to do a science fiction film before they take the lens cap off the first camera.

I put it into my Netflix queue and should get it in a few days.
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Swidden
Mar 12 2010, 06:17 PM
"I'm sorry Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that." Creepy, very creepy.

There is just so much hard sf in this film and sound science. It should be mandatory viewing for anyone attempting to do a science fiction film before they take the lens cap off the first camera.

I put it into my Netflix queue and should get it in a few days.
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