2010: The Year We Make Contact

"In the very near future, a small group of Americans and Russians set out on the greatest adventure of them all...to see if there is life beyond the stars."

Dec 7 1984 PG 1h 56m
Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi

While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.

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Plot

In this sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), a joint American-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to discover what went wrong with the U.S.S. Discovery against a backdrop of growing global tensions. Amongst the mysteries the expedition must explain, are the appearance of a huge black monolith in Jupiter's orbit and the fate of H.A.L.; the Discovery's A.I. computer. Based on the novel by Arthur C. Clarke.

Written by

Arthur C. Clarke, Peter Hyams

Directed by

Peter Hyams

Cast

Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 5 Oscars. 1 win & 8 nominations total

Trailers
2010: The Year We Make Contact - Trailer
2010: The Year We Make Contact 1984 TV spot #2
2010: The Year We Make Contact 1984 TV trailer
2010: The Year We Make Contact Trailer (Redone in 1080p)
Featurettes
Truly Stunning Io Images and Groundbreaking Jupiter Science from NASA's Juno Probe | Year 8 Update
Scores
# of Votes
59,112
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
53
Popularity
NA