2001: A Space Odyssey
The Ultimate Trip.
"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.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Keir Dullea
Dr. Dave Bowman
Gary Lockwood
Dr. Frank Poole
William Sylvester
Dr. Heywood R. Floyd
Daniel Richter
Moon-Watcher
Leonard Rossiter
Dr. Andrei Smyslov
Margaret Tyzack
Elena
Robert Beatty
Dr. Ralph Halvorsen
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Sean Sullivan
Dr. Bill Michaels
Douglas Rain
HAL 9000
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Frank W. Miller
Mission Controller
Geoffrey Unsworth
Cinematographer
