Plot
"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.
Written by
Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke
Directed by
Stanley Kubrick
Crew
Production Countries
United States of America, United Kingdom
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Stanley Kubrick Productions
Languages
English
Awards
Won 1 Oscar. 18 wins & 14 nominations total
Featurettes
Behind the Scenes
Scores
# of Votes
747,709
Average Rating
8.3 out of 10
Metascore
84
Popularity
NA