Buy

2001: A Space Odyssey

År 2001 ett rymdäventyr ( sweden Sweden) 2001 - I odysseia tou diastimatos ( greece Greece) 2001 - Uzay yolu macerasi ( turkey Turkey (Turkish title)) 2001 Odissea nello spazio ( italy Italy) 2001, l'odyssée de l'espace ( france France) 2001, una odisea del espacio ( Argentina) 2001: йНЯЛХВЕЯЙЮЪ нДХЯЯЕЪ ( soviet-union Soviet Union (Russian title)) 2001: Ürodüsszeia ( hungary Hungary) 2001: Avaruusseikkailu ( finland Finland) 2001: Een zwerftocht in de ruimte ( Netherlands) 2001: En romodyssé ( norway Norway) 2001: Ett rymdäventyr ( finland Finland (Swedish title)) 2001: L'odyssée de l'espace ( canada Canada (French title)) 2001: Odisea del espacio ( Argentina) 2001: Odisséia no Espaço ( Portugal) 2001: Odyseja kosmiczna ( poland Poland) 2001: Odyssee im Weltraum ( west-germany West Germany) 2001: Uma Odisséia no Espaço ( brazil Brazil) 2001: Una odisea del espacio ( spain Spain) 2001: Una odissea en l'espai ( spain Spain (Catalan title)) Avaruusseikkailu 2001 ( finland Finland (TV title)) How the Solar System Was Won ( usa USA (working title)) Journey Beyond the Stars ( usa USA (working title)) Rumrejsen år 2001 ( denmark Denmark) Svemirska odiseja 2001 ( serbia Serbia) Two Thousand and One: A Space Odyssey ( usa USA (alternative spelling))

Release Date:: 02 Apr 1968
Genre:: Adventure / Sci-Fi
Country:: UK
Runtime:: 149 min

The Monoliths push humanity to reach for the stars; after their discovery in Africa generations ago, the mysterious objects lead mankind on an awesome journey to Jupiter, with the help of H.A.L. 9000: the world's greatest supercomputer.

"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.