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With this movie, director Stanley Kubrick redefined the limits of filmmaking and cemented his legacy as one of the most revolutionary and influential directors of all time. Originally released in 70mm Cinerama roadshow format following the film's world premiere on April 2, 1968, at the Uptown Theater in Washington, DC, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY ignited the imaginations of critics and audiences alike, and its impact continues to resonate to this day. Kubrick's dazzling, Academy Award®–winning achievement is a compelling drama of man vs. machine, a stunning meld of music and motion. Kubrick (who co-wrote the screenplay with sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke) first visits man's prehistoric ape-ancestry past, then leaps millennia into colonized space and ultimately whisks astronaut David Bowman (Keir Dullea) into uncharted territory, perhaps even into immortality. "Open the pod bay doors, HAL." Let an awesome journey unlike any other begin. DIR/SCR/PROD Stanley Kubrick; SCR Arthur C. Clarke, from his story "The Sentinel." UK/U.S., 1968, color, 142 min. plus one 20-min. intermission. RATED G

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About "Kubrick: An Odyssey"
The enigmatic and elusive creator of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, THE SHINING and A CLOCKWORK ORANGE has not been treated to a full-length biography in over 20 years. "Kubrick: An Odyssey" fills that gap. Robert P. Kolker and Nathan Abrams' definitive book (published February 2024 by Pegasus Books) is based on access to the latest research, especially Stanley Kubrick's archive at the University of the Arts, London, as well as other private papers plus new interviews with family members and those who worked with him. It presents the most in-depth portrait yet of the groundbreaking director, offering comprehensive and in-depth coverage of Kubrick's personal, private, public and working life. "Kubrick: An Odyssey" investigates not only the making of his films but also about those he wanted (but failed) to make like BURNING SECRET, NAPOLEON, ARYAN PAPERS and A.I. Revealingly, this immersive biography punctures the controversial myths about the reclusive filmmaker who created some of the most important works of art of the 20th century.

About Robert P. Kolker
Robert P. Kolker, Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland, taught cinema studies for almost 50 years. He is the author of "A Cinema of Loneliness" and "The Extraordinary Image: Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick and the Reimagining of Cinema"; editor of "Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey: New Essays" and "The Oxford Handbook of Film and Media Studies"; and co-author of "Eyes Wide Shut: Stanley Kubrick and the Making of His Final Film."