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| ![2001: A Space Odyssey [HD DVD] [1968] [US Import]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41PdEU1aYqL._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter, Leonard Rossiter
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  87 reviews
Sales Rank: 48514
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, Dubbed, Original Recording Remastered, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), Russian (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Media: HD DVD
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 141 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 79206
UPC: 012569792067
EAN: 0012569792067
ASIN: B000I0RR62
Theatrical Release Date: April 6, 1968
Release Date: October 23, 2007
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Showing reviews 6-10 of 87
 Unique January 4, 2008
D Skilton (east sussex uk)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This film won't be everyone's cup of tea especially if your looking for loads of action. There is not much dialogue but there is a lot of amazing images set to some great classical music. If you've seen this film you will know what its basically about. If you haven't I'm not going to spoil it for you. But you will come away with some questions. This film has got to be the first realistic Sci Fi and certainly one of the best. If your planning to see this beautiful and unique film watch it in the dark on the biggest screen possible.
 copy December 29, 2007
Roger Gay (Haninge, Sweden)
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
This film looks so much like a remake of the 1960 Italian film, Assignment: Outer Space, I even have to wonder about the title; 2001: Space Oddyssey is even formulated the same way - word, colon, two words. br / br /Pretty much all of the "ground breaking" ideas in 2001, are already there in Assignment; from hybernation to make it through a long journey to a force to be reckoned with exacerbated by an out-of-control computer that kills a pilot. In Assignment, top secret military information is kept from a reporter. In the 2001 movies, the information is kept from HAL's inventor. Both characters end up solving the problem in the end.
Confused December 28, 2007
Mr. P. S. Edmunds (St.Albans)
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
My dad took me to see this film when it first came out, I was 8 and of course did not understand it and realised a few years later that neither did he. br /But it made me read all the science fiction novels that were around at the time until I stopped the fiction and then read factual science and then particle physics until string theory sent me back to when I was 8 and realised that nobody knows. The copout for me in 2001 was that I thought the monoliths were a stepping stone to tell the 'aliens' that man was gradually progressing while they were busy doing something else. br /So to create another sun within our tiny solar system does not make sense as the stepping stone should have been to at least the next star system. Still this film is great but should have stopped there
Visually stunning and rich in metaphors November 22, 2007
Jay (Mauritius)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
One of the things which have always attracted me towards Kubrick's work is his uniqueness in style, something which is especially evident in his magnum opus, "2001: A Space Odyssey". This is not a regular motion picture with a complex plot, extensive dialogue, numerous characters etc., but, rather, a story told in a series of carefully-crafted pictures, which serve the purpose of not only amazing us through the breathtaking visual effects, but also of provoking our thought and imagination. Rather than telling us about it or explaining it to us, Kubrick has decided to allow the audience to experience for itself this unforgettable, epic journey. The music of "2001" is as essential as any of the other elements in creating the atmosphere of the film, from the hallmark opening theme to Strauss' "Blue Danube". Although the first 2 hours of the film are, undoubtedly, visually stunning and rich in metaphors, it is the last 20 or so minutes of "2001" that truly amaze and boggle the mind. From the cold, creepy shots showing Jupiter and its satellites (accompanied by the spine-chilling music), to the flabbergasting journey through the infinite and, finally, to the famous ambiguous ending, Kubrick is provoking us to see the big picture: the fact that we have not even begun to understand the vastness of the universe and, even more than that, the infinite nature of our existence. (But, as Kubrick said himself, the philosophical interpretation of the film is largely debatable.) It must be stated that "2001" is not for everyone. Its slow pace will surely make it a dull experience for those who are not looking to learn anything from Kubrick's genius. However, if you have a true appreciation for the fine art of cinema and its potential to illuminate and inspire, then you will certainly find that "2001" is one of the most important and profound works on film ever produced.
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