2001: A Space Odyssey (film)

2001 A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay, written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, was partially inspired by Clarkes short story The Sentinel. Clarke concurrently wrote the novel 2001 A Space Odyssey, published soon after the film was released. The film follows a voyage to Jupiter with the sentient computer Hal after the discovery of a mysterious black monolith affecting human evolution. The film deals with the themes of existentialism, human evolution, technology, artificial intelligence, and extraterrestrial life. It is noted for its scientifically accurate depiction of space flight, pioneering special effects, and ambiguous imagery. It uses sound and minimal dialogue in place of traditional narrative techniques the soundtrack consists of classical music such as The Blue Danube and Also sprach Zarathustra.

In an African desert millions of years ago, a tribe of manapes is driven from their water hole by a rival tribe. They wake to find a featureless black monolith has appeared before them. One manape realizes how to use a bone as a tool and weapon the tribe kills the leader of their rivals and reclaims the water hole.Millions of years later, a Pan Am space plane carries Dr. Heywood R. Floyd to a space station orbiting Earth for a layover on his trip to Clavius Base, a United States outpost on the moon. After a videophone call with his daughter, Floyds Soviet scientist friend and her colleague ask him about rumors of a mysterious epidemic at Clavius. Floyd declines to answer. At Clavius, Floyd heads a meeting of base personnel, apologizing for the epidemic cover story but stressing secrecy. His mission is to investigate a recently found artifact buried four million years ago. Floyd and others ride in a Moonbus to the artifact, which is a monolith identical to the one encountered by the manapes. Sunlight strikes the monolith and a loud highpitched radio signal is heard. ........

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