2001: A Space Odyssey

Official Plot Synopsis

"2001" is a story of evolution. Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth (presumably elsewhere throughout the universe as well). Evolution then enabled humankind to reach the moon's surface, where yet another monolith is found, one that signals the monolith placers that humankind has evolved that far. Now a race begins between computers (HAL) and human (Bowman) to reach the monolith placers. The winner will achieve the next step in evolution, whatever that may be.

Directed by Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey is a Warner Bros, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie based on a screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke.

2001: A Space Odyssey Cast

Keir Dullea
Gary Lockwood
William Sylvester
Daniel Richter
Leonard Rossiter
Margaret Tyzack
Robert Beatty
sean Sullivan
Douglas Rain
Frank Miller