Based on a short story by Arthur C. Clarke, 2001 is the kind of film that some people will love, and others will hate.
There are many different interpretations of this movie - many of them religious - and Kubrick himself has avoided answering questions just to keep the confusion going.
One of the most famous "movie computers", HAL, plays a major role in this film, and his interactions with his operator, Dave Bowman, have been parodied many times.
The footage of the moon was created more than a year before Neil Armstrong landed there - and Kubrick had it exactly right. All that is up for debate is what it all means. -- IMDb Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Douglas Rain, Leonard Rossiter, Margaret Tyzack, Robert Beatty, Daniel Richter
About this movie
Title: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Date of birth: 26 July 1928, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
Date of death: 7 March 1999, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Writing credits: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke
Music: Khachaturyan, Ligeti, Strauss, Strauß
Year: 1968
Country: UK | USA
Language: English | Russian
Color: Color (Metrocolor)
Runtime: 139 min.