2001: A Space Odyssey

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Category: Sci-Fi / Adventure

Actors:

Keir Dullea …. Dr. Dave Bowman
Gary Lockwood …. Dr. Frank Poole
William Sylvester …. Dr. Heywood R. Floyd
Daniel Richter …. Moonwatcher
Leonard Rossiter …. Dr. Andrei Smyslov
Margaret Tyzack …. Elena
Robert Beatty …. Dr. Rolf Halvorsen
Sean Sullivan …. Dr. Bill Michaels
Douglas Rain …. HAL 9000 (voice)
Frank Miller …. Mission controller (voice)
Bill Weston …. Astronaut
Ed Bishop …. Aries 1B Lunar shuttle captain (as Edward Bishop)
Glenn Beck …. Astronaut
Alan Gifford …. Poole’s father
Ann Gillis …. Poole’s mother

Synopsis:

Based on Arthur C. Clarke’s story “The Sentinel,” Stanley Kubrick’s quiet masterpiece probes the mysteries of space and human destiny. In the years between primitive man’s discovery of lethal weapons and the birth of the child star, astronauts David Bowman (Keir Dullea) and Frank Poole (Gary Lockwood) confront HAL-9000, the computer operating their ship. Nominated for four Academy Awards, Kubrick’s epic won for its stunning special effects.