2001 - A Space Odyssey [Blu-ray][Region Free]

Stanley Kubrick's classic 2001: A Space Odyssey!

When a large black monolith is found beneath the surface of the moon, the reaction immediately is that it was intentionally buried. When the point of origin is confirmed as Jupiter, an expedition is sent in hopes of finding the source. When Dr. David Bowman discovers faults in the expeditionary space craft's communications system, he discovers more than he ever wanted to know.

 

• Actors

Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Leonard Rossiter & Daniel Richter

• Director

Stanley Kubrick

• Certificate

12 years and over

• Year

1968

• Screen

2.20:1 Widescreen

• Languages

English - PCM (5.1)

• Additional Languages

English ; French ; German ; Italian ; Spanish

• Subtitles

English ; Brazilian Portuguese ; Spanish - Castiliian ; Chinese ; Danish ; Dutch ; Finnish ; French ; German ; Italian ; Korean ; Latin ; Spanish ; Norwegian ; Portuguese ; Swedish

• Duration

2 Hours and 21 Minutes (approx)

A daring experiment in unconventional narrative inspired by Arthur C Clarke's short story "The Sentinel", 2001: A Space Odyssey is a visual tone poem (barely 40 minutes of dialogue in a 139-minute film) that charts a phenomenal history of human evolution. When Stanley Kubrick recruited Clarke to collaborate on "the proverbial intelligent science fiction film", it's a safe bet neither the maverick auteur nor the great science fiction writer knew they would virtually redefine the parameters of the cinema experience with the result. From the dawn-of-man discovery of crude but deadly tools in the film's opening sequence to the journey of the spaceship Discovery and metaphysical birth of the "star child" at film's end, Kubrick's vision is meticulous and precise. In keeping with the director's underlying theme of dehumanisation by technology, the notorious, seemingly omniscient, computer HAL 9000 has more warmth and personality than the human astronauts it is supposedly serving. (The director also leaves the meaning of the black, rectangular alien monoliths open for discussion.) This theme, in part, is what makes 2001 a film like no other, though dated now that its post-millennial space exploration has proven optimistic compared to reality. Still, the film is timelessly provocative in its pioneering exploration of inner and outer-space consciousness. With spectacular, painstakingly authentic special effects that have stood the test of time, Kubrick's film is nothing less than a cinematic milestone--puzzling, provocative and perfect. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com