2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
97%RT Audience Score: 89%
Awards & Nominations: Won 1 Oscar
16 wins & 12 nominations total
One of the most influential of all sci-fi films — and one of the most controversial — Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 is a delicate, poetic meditation on the ingenuity — and folly — of mankind.
If you’re into sci-fi, you gotta check out 2001. It’s a total game-changer and people can’t stop talking about it. Stanley Kubrick really outdid himself with this one. It’s got everything you could want in a movie: action, suspense, and a whole lot of deep thinking. But be warned, it’s not for the faint of heart. Some people love it, some people hate it, but everyone agrees it’s a masterpiece. So grab some popcorn and get ready to have your mind blown by this poetic meditation on the ups and downs of humanity.
Production Company(ies)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Stanley Kubrick Productions,
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Criterion Collection, Warner Home Vídeo, Warner Bros.
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
Isle of Harris, Western Isles, Scotland, UK
MPAA / Certificate
G
Year of Release
1970
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:2.20 : 1
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Runtime:2h 19m
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Language(s):English, Russian, French
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Apr 2, 1968 Original
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 23, 2007
Genre(s)
Sci-Fi
Keyword(s)
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Worldwide gross: $65,877,808
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $564,871,773
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 247
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 61,599,975
US/Canada gross: $60,481,243
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $518,598,721
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 72
US/Canada opening weekend: $202,759
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $1,738,565
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,221
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $12,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $102,894,457
Production budget ranking: 393
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $55,408,665
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $406,568,651
ROI to date (est.): 257%
ROI ranking: 522
Gary Lockwood – Dr. Frank Poole
William Sylvester – Dr. Haywood R. Floyd
Daniel Richter – Moonwatcher
Leonard Rossiter – Dr. Andrei Smyslov
Douglas Rain – HAL 9000 (Voice)
Director(s)
Stanley Kubrick
Writer(s)
Arthur C. Clarke, Stanley Kubrick
Producer(s)
Stanley Kubrick
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Won 1 Oscar
16 wins & 12 nominations total
Academy Awards
All Critics (115) | Top Critics (35) | Fresh (106) | Rotten (9)
Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is the picture which science-fiction enthusiasts of every age and in every corner of the world have prayed (sometimes forlornly) that the industry might one day give them.
June 28, 2019
Charles Champlin
Los Angeles Times
TOP CRITIC
The film is a journey through outer space, but it is also a journey through cinematic space. It conjures the future by making you sit through its vision of the future, spending time just being in it.
May 21, 2018
Bilge Ebiri
Village Voice
TOP CRITIC
Speculation and ambiguity are fine, but it does rather look as if Kubrick and his co-writer, Arthur C. Clarke, just haven’t thought it through.
May 3, 2018
Richard Roud
Guardian
TOP CRITIC
Aa whimsical space operetta, then frantically inflates itself again for a surreal climax in which the imagery is just obscure enough to be annoying, just precise enough to be banal.
April 5, 2018
Joe Morgenstern
Newsweek
TOP CRITIC
A small sphere of intellectuals will feel that Kubrick has said something, simply because one expected him to say something. … Most moviegoers will only wish that Mr. Kubrick would come back down to earth.
April 3, 2016 | Rating: 2.5/4
Kathleen Carroll
New York Daily News
TOP CRITIC
I shall go and see it again as soon as possible, for one thing is clear. Man has shrunk space, but Kubrick has expanded the cinema.
February 16, 2016
Alexander Walker
London Evening Standard
TOP CRITIC
Rather than pursuing the elusive significance behind the images in the film, experience them the way Kubrick intended and devise your own understanding.
March 20, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
Once Richard Strauss orchestral boom Also sprach Zarathustra coincides with the suns dawn in Stanley Kubricks masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey, you know youre in for something truly unique.
February 11, 2022
Cory Woodroof
Williamson Home Page
Kubrick translates Clarke’s verbal work into a near wordless abstraction for the eyes.
October 16, 2021
Anton Bitel
BFI
2001: A Space Odyssey is a tricky film to write about because I see its importance in filmmaking history-It is a beautiful film and it is a big part of the cultural zeitgeist…
March 24, 2021
Sarah Brinks
Battleship Pretension
A phenomenal achievement and a real candidate for the greatest motion picture ever made.
January 31, 2021 | Rating: 5/5
Tony Black
Cultural Conversation
Like an abstract painting, with elements of marvel as well as madness, demonstrating that filmmaking doesn’t have to be dedicated to telling a linear story.
August 24, 2020 | Rating: 9/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins…
Plot
“2001” is a story of evolution. Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth (presumably elsewhere throughout the universe as well). Evolution then enabled humankind to reach the moon’s surface, where yet another monolith is found, one that signals the monolith placers that humankind has evolved that far. Now a race begins between computers (HAL) and human (Bowman) to reach the monolith placers. The winner will achieve the next step in evolution, whatever that may be.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
There is no goofy or funny or odd comment about the film or anyone in the cast on Fresh Kernels.
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