50 Years Ago Today: 2001: A Space Odyssey Premiered

Hi, friends. Today marks the 50th year anniversary of a legendary film’s premiere in Washington, D.C.

Facts About 2001: A Space Odyssey

• Sci-fi film from 1968 (one year before US moon landing) involving outer space, extraterrestrial life, and artificial intelligence
• Produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick (also directed Full Metal Jacket)
• Based on a short story by Arthur Clarke, who helped Kubrick write the screenplay
• Novel and film versions were developed together
• Depicts spaceflight accurately–the film is considered “hard science fiction”
• Contains minimal dialogue–none at all for the first and last twenty minutes
• Soundtrack uses several pieces of classical music
• Replicas of the spacecrafts were built in various sizes
• Filmed almost entirely indoors in England
• Considered one of the best, most influential films ever made

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