2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey
August 4 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
[G] 1968 ‧ Sci-fi/Adventure ‧ 2h 29m
“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.” -RT aggregator
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An imposing black structure provides a connection between the past and the future in this enigmatic adaptation of a short story by revered sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke. When Dr. Dave Bowman (Keir Dullea) and other astronauts are sent on a mysterious mission, their ship’s computer system, HAL, begins to display increasingly strange behavior, leading up to a tense showdown between man and machine that results in a mind-bending trek through space and time.
Release date: April 3, 1968 (USA)
Director: Stanley Kubrick