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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) [G]

Release Date:
April 2, 1968

Original Title:
2001: A Space Odyssey

Alternate Titles:
2001 l'Odyssée de l'espace
2001 - Odyssee im Weltraum
2001 스페이스 오디세이
2001: A Space Odyssey - Extended Edition
2001: Avaruusseikkailu
2001: Een Zwerftocht in de Ruimte
2001: Odisea del Espacio
2001: Odissea nello spazio
2001: Odyseja kosmiczna
2001: Ruimte Odyssee
2001: Uma Odisséia no Espaço
2001: Uzay Yolu Macerası
2001: Vesmírná Odysea
2001: Космическа одисея
2001: Одисеја у свемиру
2001: 스페이스 오디세이
2001年宇宙の旅：1968
How the Solar System Was Won
Journey Beyond the Stars
Two Thousand and One: A Space Odyssey
终极之旅

Genres:
Adventure | Mystery | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
Kubrick Productions
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Countries:
United Kingdom | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: G  BR: L  CA: PG  CH: 12  DE: 12  DK: 7  ES: 16  FI: K-7  FR: TP  GB: U|12  GR: 13  HU: 12  IE: G  IT: T  JP: G  KR: 12  MX: A|B-15  NL: 6  NO: 15  PL: AL  PT: M/12|M/14  RO: 12  SE: 11|15  SK: 12  US: G 

Runtime: 149

The ultimate trip.

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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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American Film Institute (AFI)
1998
#22 		100 Years: 100 MOVIES
100 Greatest American Movies Of All Time
2001
#40 		100 Years: 100 THRILLS
100 Most Thrilling American Films
2003
#13 		100 Years: 100 HEROES & VILLAINS
50 Greatest Villains
“HAL 9000”
2005
#78 		100 Years: 100 MOVIE QUOTES
100 Greatest Movie Quotes Of All Time
“Open the pod bay doors, please, HAL.”
2006
#47 		100 Years: 100 CHEERS
100 Most Inspiring Films Of All Time
2007
#15 		100 Years: 100 MOVIES — 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
100 Greatest American Films Of All Time
2008
#1 		Top 10: SCI-FI
10 Greatest SCI-FI Films of All Time

British Film Institute (BFI)
1982
#12		 Critics' Top 10 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time
1992
#10		 Critics' Top 10 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time
2002
#7		 Critics' Top 10 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time
2012
#6		 Critics' Top 100 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time
2012
#2		 Directors' Top 100 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time

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Production

Additional Photography:
John Alcott

Art Direction:
John Hoesli

Assistant Camera:
George Watts

Camera Operator:
Kelvin Pike

Casting:
James Liggat

Clapper Loader:
David Wynn-Jones

Construction Coordinator:
Dick Frift

Director:
Stanley Kubrick

Director of Photography:
Geoffrey Unsworth

Editor:
Ray Lovejoy

Editorial Staff:
David de Wilde

First Assistant Director:
Derek Cracknell

Makeup Artist:
Graham Freeborn
Stuart Freeborn

Novel:
Arthur C. Clarke

Producer:
Victor Lyndon
Stanley Kubrick

Production Design:
Anthony Masters
Ernest Archer
Harry Lange

Screenplay:
Arthur C. Clarke
Stanley Kubrick

Set Decoration:
Robert Cartwright

Sound Designer:
Malcolm Stewart

Sound Editor:
Winston Ryder

Sound Supervisor:
A.W. Watkins

Sound mixer:
H.L. Bird

Special Effects:
Les Bowie
Brian Johnson

Stunt Coordinator:
John Francis

Stunts:
Bobby Clark

Visual Effects:
Stanley Kubrick
Douglas Trumbull

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Mary Gibson

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