• HAL 9000 

 

• (HAL = one step ahead of IBM) *unintentional
• film _Sleeper_ (vhs/ntsc) (1973) directed by Woody Allen, - Douglas Rain is the voice of the evil computer.  Rain provided the voice of HAL in _2001: A Space Odyssey_ DVD (1968) and _2010_ (vhs/ntsc)(1984).
• predicted accurately the surface conditions of the moon before the Eagle landed.
• the monolith dimensions: 1x4x9
• ambient track _One By Four By Nine_ MP3 (192k) by Bad Data off of _E:MIT 5595_ CD on E:MT (1995)

• "my god...it's full of stars..."   - David Bowman from _2010: The Year We Make Contact_
• John Lennon once said that _2001_ should be shown every day in a cathedral.
• _2001_ in one minute using legos (quicktime)
• Tom Hanks named his production company Clavius Base
• video footage (vhs/ntsc) of Roger Ebert on 2001: A Space Odyssey - his favorite moviegoing experience
• Monolith - TMA-1 = Tycho Magnetic Anomaly 1, located on Tycho, Clavius, Moon

• the Academy Of Motion Pictures did not nominate this film for best makeup and costume because they assumed the apes in the film were real (they weren't).  instead, they awarded it to _Planet Of The Apes_ (vhs/ntsc) released the same year (1968).
• It is rumored that the image of the star-child came to Stanley Kubrick from the "Spirit of the Earth" in Shelley's _Prometheus Unbound_: "Within the orb itself, Pillowed upon its alabaster arms, Like to a child o'erwearied with sweet toil, On its own folded wings and wavy hair The Spirit of the Earth is laid asleep..."
• 604 track _Starchild_ by Prana off of _Cyclone_ CD on Matsuri Productions (1996)
• funk track _Mothership Connection (Star Child)_ MP3 by Stanley Clarke off of _The Bass-ic Collection_ (1997)

• Kubrick planned to have Alex North (who wrote the score for Kubrick's _Spartacus_ (1960) write a musical score especially for the film. During filming, Kubrick played classical music on the set to create the right mood. Delighted with the effect, he decided to use classical music in the finished product. North's score has subsequently been released as "_Alex North's 2001_
• Kubrick had several tons of sand imported, washed, and painted for the moon surface scenes.
• The chess position and moves that we see are from a game played in 1913 in Hamburg between two undistinguished players named Roesch and Schlage.
• sample: "would you like to play a game of chess?" by HAL on track _Suasive Chess Strategy_ MP3 (192k) by Venetian Snares off of _Shiver In Eternal Darkness_

• According to Douglas Trumbull, the total footage shot was some 200 times the final length of the film.
• Clarke once said: "If you understand 2001 completely, we failed. We wanted to raise far more questions than we answered."

 

• According to Isaac Asimov, Stanley Kubrick wanted to get an insurance policy from Lloyd's of London to protect himself against losses in the event that extraterrestrial intelligence were discovered before the movie was released. Lloyd's wouldn't insure him.
• The song _Echoes_ MP3 from the album _Meddle_ by Pink Floyd can be perfectly synchronized to the _Jupiter And Beyond The Infinite_ sequence. The song runs the precise length of the sequence and was deliberately timed and arranged to follow the events occurring in this portion of the film.

• film _A Clockwork Orange_ also directed by Stanley Kubrick - soundtrack to _2001_  highly visible in record store.

• By the year 2001, some of the product placements had become outdated. RCA Whirlpool,  the maker of the zero gravity food preparation unit on the moon shuttle, had become Whirlpool. The Bell System had been divested and the long distance service became AT&T.   Pan Am had ceased operations as an international air carrier.
• The name David Bowman may be the an homage to Homer’s epic poem _The Odyssey_, whose hero Odysseus, was an expert archer (bow-man).
• Richard Strauss’ music was based on Friedrich Nietzsche’s book _Also Sprach Zarathustra_, which concerned the teachings of the Persian prophet Zoroaster and included the idea that someday man would evolve into a "superman" or higher being. This theme is also central to 2001, making the choice of music extremely appropriate.

• film _Saturday Night Fever_ (vhs/ntsc)(1977) - the disco where all the dancing takes place is called "2001 Odyssey"
• _2010: The Year We Make Contact_ - the scene in the hospital, a receptionist is reading _Time_ Magazine. on the cover it says "war?" referring to the cold war era depiction of the u.s. vs. soviets. the Russian Premier rendering is that of Stanley Kubrick and the US President is a drawing of Arthur C. Clarke
• also in _2010_, a young soviet officer is played by Natasha Schneider. in the nineties she went on to form a band called Eleven, which is a hard rock grunge band with some connection to members of Pearl Jam & Soundgarden
• film _Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace_ (vhs/ntsc) - A pod from the Discovery can be seen behind Qui-Gon in Watto's junkyard.
   

film _2001: A Space Odyssey_ DVD directed by Stanley Kubrick

based on the short story by Arthur C. Clarke - _The Sentinel_ 

"And now, out among the stars, evolution was driving toward new goals.  [They had] long since come to the limits of flesh and blood; as soon as their machines were better than their bodies, it was time to move.  First their brains, and then their thoughts alone, they transferred into shining new homes of metal and plastic.

     "In these they roamed the stars.  They no longer built spaceships. They were spaceships.

"But the age of the Machine-entities swiftly passed.  In their ceaseless experimenting, they had learned to store knowledge in the structure of space itself, and to preserve their thoughts for eternity in frozen lattices of light. They could become creatures of radiation, free at last from the tyranny of matter.

"Into pure energy, therefore, they presently transformed themselves, beyond the reach of time...They could rove at will among the stars, and sink like a subtle mist through the very interstices of space."

"I tried to create a visual experience, one that bypasses verbalized pigeonholing and directly penetrates the  subconscious with an emotional and philosophical content...I intended the film to be an intensely subjective experience that reaches the viewer at an inner level of consciousness, just as music does...You're free to speculate as you wish about the philosophical and allegorical meaning of the film." - Stanley Kubrick

"Roger Waters (bassist for Pink Floyd), yet to balk at the sci-fi association, went so far as to say his 'greatest regret' was that they  didn't do the score for 2001: A Space Odyssey -- parts of which, particularly in the long,   mind-blowing hallucinatory sequence near the end, nonetheless sound remarkably Floydian..."

-- (_Saucerful Of Secrets_, by Nicholas Schaffner, pg. 142)

• Pink Floyd _Echoes_ synced with 2001: A Space Odyssey (video)

• _Dawn Of Man_
• 604 track _Dawn Of Man_ MP3 (192k) by Masa off of _Sacred Sites_ compilation on Return To The Source

• Jupiter And Beyond The Infinite_
• 604 release _Beyond The Infinite_ CDb by Juno Reactor on Blue Room Released

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Directed by
Stanley Kubrick
 

Writing credits
Arthur C. Clarke

(story ...)
Stanley Kubrick

Tagline: The Ultimate Trip.

Plot Outline: Mankind finds a mysterious, obviously artificial, artifact buried on the moon and, with the intelligent computer HAL, sets off on a quest.

Full Cast and Crew for
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Directed by
Stanley Kubrick
 

Writing credits
Arthur C. Clarke

(story The Sentinel)

Stanley Kubrick
Arthur C. Clarke
 

Cast verified as complete

Keir Dullea ....David Bowman
Gary Lockwood ....Frank Poole
William Sylvester ....Heywood Floyd
Daniel Richter  ....Moonwatcher
Leonard Rossiter ....Smyslov
Margaret Tyzack ....Elena
Robert Beatty  ....Halvorsen
Sean Sullivan  ....Michaels
Douglas Rain ....HAL 9000 (voice)
Frank Miller  ....Mission Controller
Bill Weston
Ed Bishop ....Lunar shuttle captain
Glenn Beck
Alan Gifford ....Poole's Father
Ann Gillis (I)
Edwina Carroll ....Stewardess
Penny Brahms ....Stewardess
Heather Downham
Mike Lovell
John Ashley
Jimmy Bell
David Charkham
Simon Davis
Jonathan Daw
Péter Delmár
Terry Duggan
David Fleetwood
Danny Grover
Brian Hawley
David Hines
Tony Jackson
John Jordan
Scott MacKee
Laurence Marchant
Darryl Paes
Joe Refalo
Andy Wallace
Bob Wilyman
Richard Wood
rest of cast listed alphabetically
Vivian Kubrick ....Squirt (uncredited)

Produced by
Stanley Kubrick
 

Music by
Aram Khachaturyan

(from "Ballet Suite Gayane")
György Ligeti

(from "Atmospheres")
Richard Strauss

(from "Also sprach Zarathustra")
Johann Strauß

(from "Blue Danube Waltz")

Cinematography by
John Alcott

(additional photography)
Geoffrey Unsworth
 

Costume Design by
Hardy Amies
 

Production Design by
Ernest Archer

Harry Lange

Anthony Masters
 

Film Editing by
Ray Lovejoy
 

Other crew
H.L. Bird ....sound mixer
Colin Cantwell ....special photographic effects unit
Derek Cracknell ....first assistant director
David De Wilde ....editorial assistant
Stuart Freeborn ....make-up artist
John Hoesli ....art director
Tom Howard (IV) ....special photographic effects supervisor
Stanley Kubrick ....special photographic effects designer and director
Bryan Loftus ....special photographic effects unit
Bruce Logan ....special photographic effects unit
John Jack Malick ....special photographic effects unit
Frederick Martin ....special photographic effects unit
Frederick I. Ordway III ....technical advisor
David Osborne ....special photographic effects unit
Con Pederson ....special photographic effects supervisor
special visual effects supervisor
Kelvin Pike ....camera operator
Winston Ryder ....sound editor
J.B. Smith ....chief dubbing mixer
Douglas Trumbull.... special photographic effects supervisor
Wally Veevers ....special photographic effects supervisor
A.W. Watkins ....sound supervisor

Also Known As:
Journey Beyond the Stars (1967) (USA: working title)
Runtime: Germany:133 / Sweden:149 / 139 (final cut) / 156 (premiere cut)
Country: UK / USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Sound Mix: 70mm 6-Track (70mm prints)
Certification: UK:U / USA:G / Germany:12 / Norway:11 / Portugal:M/12 / Sweden:11

Djinn chairs designed by Olivier Mourgue, 1964-65. Can be seen in the space station interior in the  film _2001: A Space Odyssey_ . Made of a steel frame covered with nylon stretch jersey fabric over rubber and foam. Manufactured by Airborne in France.
 
 

• lecture _Imagination In The Light Of Nature - Q&A_ (48k) - (32:21) by Terence McKenna

Q: this is the question about the "great attractor" that you mentioned... did you ever see that movie 2001?

TM: ah, a couple of times [laughter from the audience]

Q: could the great attractor be symbolized in that movie by the monolith?

TM: yeah, absolutely... that's the myth of what i'm saying... if instead of having those monkeys jumping around in front of a slab of linoleum, they had had them cavorting in the presence of the mushroom, then you would pretty much have my theory in a nutshell... [laughter/applause]

Stanley Kubrick uses alchemical allegories through out the film _2001: A Space Odyssey_ DVD (1968). The obvious analogies are the celestial alignments that proceed each of the alchemical transmutations in the film. The second main allegory is that it is a black stone that initiates these transmutations. Again this mirrors the alchemical lore about the black stone causing the transmutation of the alchemist.

Finally we get to Kubrick's ultimate trick. He proves that he knows exactly what he is doing with this trick. His secret is in plain sight. First one must remember that every time the monolith, the magical stone, appears in the film there is a strange beautiful celestial alignment occurring. And one must remember that every celestial alignment in the film is followed by a monolith, that is, except for one. That would be the lunar eclipse that occurs at the very beginning of the film. So the question arises - if we are to stay within the rules that are prescribed in the rest of the film - where is the monolith that is supposed to follow that first  alignment? The monolith itself doesn't show up in the film for ten more minutes after that first celestial alignment, so what gives here? Is Kubrick just showing off his incredible special effects? Is it just there to impress the viewer from the beginning? These things may very well also be true, but the ultimate trick of Kubrick's is embedded in the idea that the monolith must appear after every one of these magical alignments. Once again, the secret of the film is completely revealed from the beginning. There is a monolith that appears right after the opening sequence with the magical, lunar eclipse. But where is it? It is right in front of the viewer's eyes! The film is the monolith. In a secret that seems to never have been seen by anyone - the monolith in the film has the same exact dimensions as the Cinerama movie screen on which 2001 was projected in 1968. This can only be seen if one sees the film in it's wide-screen format. Completely hidden, from critic and fan alike, is the fact that Kubrick consciously designed his film to be the monolith, the stone that transforms. Like the monolith, the film projects images into our heads that make us consider wider possibilities and ideas. Like the monolith, the film ultimately presents an initiation, not just of the actor on the screen, but also of the audience viewing the film. That is Kubrick's ultimate trick. He slyly shows here that he knows what he is doing at every step in the process. The monolith and the movie are the same thing.

- _Alchemical Kubrick  -   2001: The Great Work On Film_  by Jay Weidner

Toynbee tiles, Justin Duerr assumes that "Toynbee" refers to the 20th century British historian Arnold J. Toynbee, and that "Kubrick's 2001" is a reference to the 1968 film

toynbee.net website speculates that Toynbee refers to Ray Bradbury's short story "The Toynbee Convector".

• 604 release _Ukajin_ by Something Wonderful on Matsuri Productions (1999)
• probably taken from David Bowman's line in _2010: The Year We Make Contact_ (vhs/ntsc) - Floyd: "what's going to happen?" Bowman: "something wonderful..."

• 604 release _Angel Ice/Lunar Attraction_ 12" by Asia 2001 on Koyote (1996)
• 604 track _Full Moon Project_ MP3 (192k) by Asia 2001
• 604 track _High Energy Protons_ MP3 by Juno Reactor off of _Transmissions_ on Nova Mute
•  sample: "Everything is going extremely well..." from _2001: A Space Odyssey_
 
• 604 track _3001_ MP3 (vK) by Sugardaddy off of _Free As_ CD on Edgecore
• uses the melody from _Thus Sprach Zarathustra_
• 604 track _Reboot_ by Kopfuss Resonator
• sample: "It can only be attributed to human error." - HAL 9000 
• 604 track _2001_ by Eupsychia off of _Stereopoly_ compilation 12"x3 on Hadshot (1997)
• 604 track _2001_ MP3 (192k) by S-Range
• sample:"Personally, I am convinced that there are many many higher civilizations in this enormous and incredibly ancient universe of ours." - _Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe_ episode
• 604 track _Stratofierce 2001_ by Kox Box off of _Dragon Tales_ 12"x2 on Blue Room Released

• track _2001 Spliff Odyssey_ MP3 by Thievery Corporation off of _Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi_
• underground hip hop track _Evolution Of Man (Intro)_ MP3 (192k) by Binary Star off of _Masters Of Universe_ on Subterraenous (2000)
  • _Evolution Of Man_ MP3 (160k)
  • possible unintentional reference to the storyline of _2001: A Space Odyssey_ & _2010: The Year We Make Contact_ both written by Arthur C. Clarke (solar system becomes part of binary star system when Jupiter ignites into a sun triggered by the evolution of man)
• track _Murder_ MP3 by New Order off of _Substance_ (1987)
• sample: "I'm afraid" ; "my mind is going... there is no question about it" - HAL

 
• track _Monolith_ by Delerium off of _Spheres_
• samples from the film _2001: A Space Odyssey_ DVD:
• "This is a pre-recorded briefing, made prior to your departure. For security reasons of the highest importance, it has been known on-board during the mission only by your H A L 9000 computer. Now that you are in Jupiter space, and the entire crew is revived it can be told." @ 0:23
• "My mind is going." @ 0:58
• "We are reviewing, ah, telemetric information in our mission simulator and will advise. Roger. You are planned to go EVA and replace Alpha-Echo 35 unit prior to failure." @ 2:30
• "The first evidence of intelligent life off the earth was discovered. It was buried 40 feet below the surface." @ 4:09
• [alarm] @ 6:39
• 604 track _Bad News (New Way)_ MP3 by Sandman off of _Witchcraft_ 12"x3 on Matsuri Productions (1998)
• sample: "my mind is going... i can feel it..." - HAL 9000 in the film _2001: A Space Odyssey_ DVD (1968)

• space rock track _Unexplained Transmission Repair_ MP3 by Fuxa off of _Very Well Organized_ on Mind Expansion (1996)
• track _Shockwave_ MP3 by Delerium off of _Spheres II_
• "The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made." @ 0:31
•  "We are, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error." @ 0:46
• techno track _The Final Frontnose (Tinrib Mix)_ MP3 (192k) by The Captain vs. The Weirdo
• uses the melody line from _Thus Sprach Zarathustra_
• track _Claustrophobic Sting_ by The Prodigy
• sample: "My mind is going" ("My mind is glowing")
• track _Hypoxia_ by Delerium off of _Spheres II_
• "X-ray delta one, this is mission control: roger you're two zero one three." @ 1:28

• minimal techno track _Space Odyssey_ MP3 by Michael Burkat off of _Inconstant Places_ 12"x2 on Fine Audio
• tech-house track _2001 Jack (mixed)_ MP3 by Trevor Rockcliffe off of _Jack Ya'self EP_ on Mentor (2001)
• track _Welcome To Voice Print Identification_ MP3 (192k) by Pete Namlook & DJ Criss off of _Deltatraxx_ CD on FAX (1993)
• title of track sampled and in reference to Heywood Floyd entering the Space Station
• post rock release _From Bone To Satellite_ 12"x2 by Tarentel on Temporary Residence Limited #023 (1999)

Tarentel - For Carl Sagan (audio)	"from bone to satellite" edit	Tarentel - Strange Attractors (audio)

• title of release refers to the most famous editing sequence in motion picture history
• _Steede Bonnet_
• _When We Almost Killed Ourselves_
• _Ursa Minor, Ursa Major_
• _For Carl Sagan_ MP3
• _Strange Attractors_ MP3 (256k)
 
• track _2001 Beats_ MP3 by Luke Vibert off of _Big Soup_ promo cassette on Mo Wax/FFRR
• ethnic classical fusion release _2001_ 12" by Ananda Shankar & His Orchestra on Gramophone Of India (1984)
  • _Explorations_ MP3 (160k)(ed2k160k)
  • _Universal Magic_
  • _The Voyager_ MP3 (160k)(ed2k160k)
  • _The Lost Galaxy_ MP3 (160k)
  • _Vibrations_ MP3 (160k)
  • _Planet X_
  • _Flight Of Fantasy_
  • _The Alien_
  • _2001_

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