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2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick.The screenplay was written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke.Its plot was inspired by several short stories optioned from Clarke, primarily "The Sentinel" (1951) and "Encounter in the Dawn" (1953). [3]
The monolith appears four times in 2001: A Space Odyssey: on the African savanna, on the Moon, in space orbiting Jupiter, and near Bowman's bed before his transformation. After the first encounter with the monolith, we see the leader of the apes have a quick flashback to the monolith after which he picks up a bone and uses it to smash other bones.
If the Brit version and American version of Space Odyssey were different, this would be publicly disseminated knowledge. The foreign and American versions of Eyes Wide Shut and The Shining are indeed different and much copy has been written about the differences. This is the first I've ever heard of Space Odyssey differing from one country to ...
A scene where a tablet-style device is portrayed in the film. In August 2011, in response to Apple Inc.'s patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung, the latter argued that Apple's iPad was effectively modeled on the visual tablets that appear aboard spaceship Discovery in the Space Odyssey film, which constitute prior art.
2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. It was developed concurrently with Stanley Kubrick's film version and published after the release of the film. Clarke and Kubrick worked on the book together, but eventually only Clarke ended up as the official author.
Dr. Heywood R. Floyd first appears in 2001: A Space Odyssey as being in charge of the mission to investigate the alien Monolith found on the Moon. After the events that took place in 2001: A Space Odyssey, he is the protagonist of 2010: Odyssey Two and 2061: Odyssey Three. Floyd was born in 1958 in America, and by 1999 is chairman of the ...
2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 science-fiction film. 2001: A Space Odyssey may also refer to: 2001: A Space Odyssey; 2001: A Space Odyssey; 2001: A Space Odyssey; 2001: A Space Odyssey "Also sprach Zarathustra", an 1896 song by Richard Strauss, also known as the "2001: A Space Odyssey theme" 2001: A Space Odyssey franchise, see Space Odyssey
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