2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY was released 57 years ago today. Acclaimed as one of the most influential films to come out of Hollywood and a Stanley Kubrick masterpiece, the story of how it came to the screen is as mind-boggling as the Stargate… 1/57 - ThreadSky

alltherightmovies.com • 27 days ago

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY was released 57 years ago today. Acclaimed as one of the most influential films to come out of Hollywood and a Stanley Kubrick masterpiece, the story of how it came to the screen is as mind-boggling as the Stargate…

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alltherightmovies.com•27 days ago

After releasing his classic Dr Strangelove in 1964, Kubrick knew he wanted his next project to be a groundbreaking science fiction film. He got in touch with acclaimed sci fi author and futurist Arthur C. Clarke by letter, asking if he wanted to collaborate on a script.

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alltherightmovies.com•27 days ago

Clarke was living in Ceylon, Sri Lanka at the time and Kubrick was under the impression he was a recluse. Clarke replied saying he was very interested in working with “enfant terrible” but also asked “why does he think I’m a recluse?”

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alltherightmovies.com•27 days ago

Kubrick got funding from studio MGM, partly because he was keen to use their ultra-widescreen Cinerama format, recently used on How The West Was Won. Apparently, MGM had Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder and David Lean in mind to step in should Kubrick cause problems.

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alltherightmovies.com•27 days ago

Kubrick’s concept was for a series of short stories set in space. Clarke had the idea of basing it on his own story The Sentinel, written for a BBC competition and published in 10 Story Fantasy. It told the story of an artifact found on the moon, left there by aliens.

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alltherightmovies.com•27 days ago

A major influence was the 1960 Oscar-nominated documentary Universe directed by Roman Kroitor and Colin Low. Kubrick considered naming the film after it (more below) and hired the documentary’s narrator (also below) as well as its visual effects guru Wally Gentleman.

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alltherightmovies.com•27 days ago

Casting the main part of Discovery One astronaut Dave Bowman, Kubrick wanted an actor not too well known. Keir Dullea, who had never made a science fiction film, was cast without even auditioning. He later said “I guess [Stanley] had insights I don’t have.”

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fenlandstation.bsky.social•26 days ago

all that and Leonard Rossiter in space!

Also used to combat Apple claiming the iPad as the first tablet computer, I think.

xistoestranho.bsky.social•27 days ago

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