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2001: A Space Odyssey

1968·149 min

2001: A Space Odyssey

Directed by Stanley Kubrick

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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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Dr. David Bowman

Dr. Frank Poole

William Sylvester

Dr. Heywood Floyd

HAL 9000 (voice)

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Arthur C. Clarke

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Stanley Kubrick

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Stanley Kubrick

Screenplay

Geoffrey Unsworth

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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is about 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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Stanley Kubrick directed 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

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