2001: A Space Odyssey
Released: May 12, 1968Runtime: 149 minLanguage: ENRated: MPA · G
When a mysterious artifact is uncovered on the Moon, a spacecraft manned by two humans and one supercomputer is sent to Jupiter to find its origins.
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Top billed cast
Keir Dullea
as Dr. Dave Bowman
Gary Lockwood
as Dr. Frank Poole
William Sylvester
as Dr. Heywood R. Floyd
Daniel Richter
as Moon-Watcher
Leonard Rossiter
as Dr. Andrei Smyslov
Margaret Tyzack
as Elena
Robert Beatty
as Dr. Ralph Halvorsen
Sean Sullivan
as Dr. Bill Michaels
Douglas Rain
as HAL 9000
Frank W Miller
as Mission Controller
Bill Weston
Ed Bishop
as Edward Bishop)
Supporting cast
72Glenn Beck
Alan Gifford
Ann Gillis
Edwina Carroll
Penny Brahms
Heather Downham
Mike Lovell
John Ashley
Jimmy Bell
David Charkham
Keith Denny
Jonathan Daw
P Ter Delm R
as Peter Delmar)
Terry Duggan
David Fleetwood
Danny Grover
Brian Hawley
David Hines
Anthony Jackson
as Tony Jackson)
John Jordan
Scott Mackee
Laurence Marchant
Darryl Paes
Joe Refalo
Andy Wallace
Bob Wilyman
Richard Woods
as Richard Wood)
S Newton Anderson
David Baker
Ann Barrass
Jim Beasley
Anne Blessed
Sheraton Blount
Ann Bormann
Hugh Bourne
John Clifford
Harold Coyne
Derek Cracknell
Julie Croft
Robin Dawson Whisker
Harry Fielder
Penny Francis
Jane Hayward
Lew Hooper
Ken Hutchins
Judy Keirn
Jon Kelley
Kenneth Kendall
Maya Koumani
Vivian Kubrick
Roy Lansford
Maggie London
Marcella Markham
Krystyna Marr
Chela Matthison
Colin Mckenzie
Kim Neil
Jane Pearl
Penny Pearl
Robert Pearson
Jackie Poole
Ivor Powell
Doug Robinson
Jennifer Sanders
Arnold Schulkes
Kevin Scott
Tony Snell
Valerie Stanton
Michael Stevens
John Swindells
Burnell Tucker
Ron Watkins
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2Producers
2Other crew
120Brian Ackland Snow
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Chris Burke
Art Department
Colin Chilvers
Art Department
Martin Atkinson
Art Department
Peter Childs
Art Department
R Burton
Art Department
Reg Carter
Art Department
Roy Carnon
Art Department
Terry Ackland Snow
Art Department
Wally Bull
Art Department
David Cadwallader
Camera and Electrical Department
Don Budge
Camera and Electrical Department
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