2001: A Space Odyssey [G]

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Starring: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood

Kubrick's milestone masterpiece with many underlying, profound themes embodied in a science-fiction plot. 2001: A Space Odyssey traces our evolution from the leap out of the animal kingdom by the instilling of intelligence, to our ultimate fate confronting our destiny with the unknown. Magnificent use of the film medium. Co-scripted by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke (based on Clarke's short story The Sentinel). EXCLUSIVE 70mm 40th ANNIVERSARY SCREENING. (GF)

This is the newspaper advertisement that started all the excitement in Melbourne 40 years ago! Audiences flocked to see what has proved to be one of the most-astonishing films of the century, It was shown, as it will be at The Astor, in Super Panavision 70 with six-track magnetic sound. Select the thumbnail image for a larger version of the ad.

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Internet Movie Database listing for 2001: A Space Odyssey.

TV commercial for the 1999 70mm re-release season of
2001: A Space Odyssey .

Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood on stage at The Astor
Theatre to introduce a special, 70mm screening of
2001: A Space Odyssey on September 24, 2006.

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