2001: A Space Odyssey

In a prehistoric period, a tribe of hominins find an alien monolith and learn to use a bone as a weapon, millions of years later Dr. Heywood Floyd discovers a buried monolith on the moon emitting a radio signal, and later on the spacecraft Discovery One, astronauts encounter the advanced AI HAL 9000, leading to a series of events that culminate in a journey to Jupiter where they encounter a larger monolith and undergo a transformative experience. 2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 English-language Adventure Sci-Fi movie starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter, Leonard Rossiter, Margaret Tyzack and Skeleton. Stanley Kubrick Productions was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Stanley Kubrick. 2001: A Space Odyssey is written by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke and it is directed by Stanley Kubrick. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. 2001: A Space Odyssey was released on 4th October 2017 and takes a screen time of 142 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. 2001: A Space Odyssey was made on a budget of $10 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $66 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke. Cinematography was done by Geoffrey Unsworth and editing by Ray Lovejoy At the 1969 Oscar Awards It won an award for Best Effects, Special Visual Effects.