2001: A Space Odyssey
An epic drama of adventure and exploration.
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A monumental, deliberately paced philosophical inquiry into human evolution, artificial consciousness, and the unknowable nature of existence, told through austere visual grandeur and cosmic mystery.
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
Essence
Ensemble
Keir Dullea
Dr. David Bowman
Gary Lockwood
Dr. Frank Poole
William Sylvester
Dr. Heywood Floyd
Douglas Rain
HAL 9000 (voice)
Daniel Richter
Moonwatcher
Leonard Rossiter
Dr. Andrei Smyslov
Margaret Tyzack
Elena
Robert Beatty
Dr. Ralph Halvorsen
Sean Sullivan
Dr. Roy Michaels
Frank W. Miller
Mission Controller (voice)
Bill Weston
Astronaut
Ed Bishop
Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain
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