2001: A Space Odyssey

8.1 1968 Stanley Kubrick 2h 29m
Science Fiction Mystery Adventure
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.

Cast

Keir Dullea Keir Dullea Dr. David Bowman
Gary Lockwood Gary Lockwood Dr. Frank Poole
William Sylvester William Sylvester Dr. Heywood Floyd
Douglas Rain Douglas Rain HAL 9000 (voice)
Daniel Richter Daniel Richter Moonwatcher
Leonard Rossiter Leonard Rossiter Dr. Andrei Smyslov
Margaret Tyzack Margaret Tyzack Elena
Robert Beatty Robert Beatty Dr. Ralph Halvorsen

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Double Feature Pairings

Films that pair perfectly with 2001: A Space Odyssey

Solaris
Solaris 1972
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The two greatest space films ever made. One is cold and cosmic. The other is warm and human. Alien
Alien 1979
Silence in space. Two films that understood the cosmos is both awe-inspiring and deadly. Contact
Contact 1997
Transcendent cosmic encounters. Two films about the moment humanity hears something from the other side.

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