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2001: A Space Odyssey

An epic drama of adventure and exploration.

1968 · G · 2h 29m

Directed by Stanley Kubrick

8.0

TMDB audience score
13,106 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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Cast

  • 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