This listing is for Stanley Kubrick Collection 2001: A Space Odyssey DVD.

Actors: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter, Leonard Rossiter

Directors: Stanley Kubrick

Writers: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke

Producers: Stanley Kubrick, Victor Lyndon

Format: Closed-captioned, Anamorphic, NTSC, Color, Multiple Formats, Dolby, Original recording remastered, Widescreen

Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)

Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1

Number of discs: 1

Rated: G - General Audience

Studio: Warner Home Video

DVD Release Date: June 12, 2001

Run Time: 149 minutes  

A Kubrick masterpiece that spans from the dawn of man to it's title year when an alien artifact is found on the moon. An expedition is launched to Jupiter to track it's origins. When Stanley Kubrick recruited Arthur C. 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. A daring experiment in unconventional narrative inspired by Clarke's short story "The Sentinel," 2001 is a visual tone poem (barely 40 minutes of dialogue in a 139-minute film) that charts a phenomenal history of human evolution. 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 dehumanization by technology, the notorious, seemingly omniscient computer HAL 9000 has more warmth and personality than the human astronauts it supposedly is 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 postmillennial 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. 

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