A SPACE ODYSSEY 1968 MOVIE
A SPACE ODYSSEY 1968 PLUS

There’s a specially designed, space-age kitchen and recreation facilities. Living quarters where the astronauts work and relax. The computer controls and monitors all aspects of the spaceship operation. Painting by Bob McCallĪ command module and a computer that is almost like a member of the crew because it thinks and speaks. Trained rescue guards stood by at all times, to help actors escape if a fire started inside the centrifuge. The wheel had to be sealed for shooting, and a special closed-circuit video system was set up to enable the director to monitor and direct the action, by radio, inside the centrifuge. Specially mounted cameras were used to create the illusion on the screen. It actually turned during filming, but not enough to create centrifugal force. The huge wheel is 60 feet in diameter and weighs 32 tons. By the end of the movie, you may be convinced yourself. Clarke, famous scientist and spinner of science- fiction tales, and producer-writer-director Stanley Kubrick, who co-authored the screenplay.

The existence of such life somewhere in the universe is the absolute conviction of Arthur C. The picture ranges from the dawn of man - which is shown with the aid of a revolutionary new projection technique - to the discovery of extraterrestrial intelligent beings in outer space. They exercise in the centrifuge which is part of the Discovery, a giant space probe. Astronauts walk on the walls and ceilings in the fantastic sets of 2001.

A SPACE ODYSSEY 1968 PLUS

Here’s the fascinating scientific background for the scenes that the camera caught - plus some of the amazing things you don’t see on the screen that made it possible. It uses an astonishing combination of camera tricks and scientific fact to give you the closest thing possible to the actual sensations of space travel.Ģ001 shows the boldness of a new breed of heroes who conquer space to colonize the moon-and the heartbreak of death when a rescue mission fails and an astronaut becomes a satellite around the sun.

A SPACE ODYSSEY 1968 MOVIE

That’s the feeling you get when you leave the theater after seeing 2001: A Space Odyssey, the most realistic science-adventure movie ever filmed.

A space odyssey 1968