2001: A Space Odyssey
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.
Critics Sentiment
HAL takes control of pod and murders Poole during EVA
Four minute opening overture with black screen and Strauss music
The film jumps from its most divisive opening overture to the universally praised Dawn of Man sequence, gaining nearly a full point.
2001 begins polarizingly with its extended overture but builds steadily through the evolutionary Dawn of Man sequence and space travel segments. The film peaks during the HAL sequences, which reviewers universally praise as masterful psychological horror, before ending on a divisive but generally respected note with the Star Child transformation.
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Keir Dullea
Dr. David Bowman
Gary Lockwood
Dr. Frank Poole
William Sylvester
Dr. Heywood Floyd
Douglas Rain
HAL 9000 (voice)
Daniel Richter
Moonwatcher
Leonard Rossiter
Dr. Andrei Smyslov
Margaret Tyzack
Elena
Robert Beatty
Dr. Ralph Halvorsen
Sean Sullivan
Dr. Roy Michaels
Frank W. Miller
Mission Controller (voice)
Bill Weston
Astronaut
Ed Bishop
Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain
Glenn Beck
Astronaut
Alan Gifford
Poole's Father
Ann Gillis
Poole's Mother
Edwina Carroll
Aries-1B Stewardess
Penny Brahms
Stewardess
Heather Downham
Stewardess
Mike Lovell
Astronaut
John Ashley
Ape
Crew
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