Polarising critics after its release, 2001: A Space Odyssey has since been subject to a variety of interpretations, ranging from the darkly apocalyptic to an optimistic reappraisal of the hopes of …

Nov 8, 2025 · 2001: A Space Odyssey, American science-fiction film, released in 1968, that set the benchmark for all subsequent movies in the genre and consistently ranks among the top 10 movies …

One of the most influential of all sci-fi films -- and one of the most controversial -- Stanley Kubrick's 2001 is a delicate, poetic meditation on the ingenuity -- and folly -- of mankind. This...

Successes in space exploration included the landing of NEAR Shoemaker on an asteroid and the arrival of 2001 Mars Odyssey on Mars. Politics and religion in the final months of 2001 focused intently on …

What happened and who was famous in 2001? Browse important and historic events, world leaders, famous birthdays and notable deaths from the year 2001.

Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece traces an expedition to the moon, Jupiter and beyond, and imagines the future evolution of humanity. A group of ape-like creatures - primitive humans - discover the use of …

While investigating the appearance of mysterious monoliths throughout the universe, two astronauts battle their ship's intelligent computer system. Watch trailers & learn more.

2001: A Space Odyssey Wiki is an Arthur C. Clarke’s Space Odyssey community. Explore the worlds of 2001, 2010, 2061, and 3001 that anyone can edit.

Fictional references to the year Arthur C. Clarke set the 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey in this year, the first year of the 21st century.

2001: A Space Odyssey: Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter. When a mysterious artifact is uncovered on the Moon, a spacecraft …