46 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
46 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- Director 'Stanley Kubrick' (qv) originally planned narration for the
prehistoric scenes.
- Kubrick planned to have 'Alex North' (qv) (who wrote the score for Kubrick's
"Spartacus (1960)" (qv)) 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'' (Varese/Sarabande 5400).
- Generally panned by critics when first released. Kubrick subsequently cut
20 minutes for its public release, but still failed to win over the film
critics. Public reaction however, was completely different.
- Incrementing each letter of ``HAL'' gives you ``IBM''.
'Arthur C Clarke' (qv) (co-screenwriter) claimed this was unintentional, and
if he had noticed it before it was too late, he would have changed it.
- HAL's voice was originally going to be performed by 'Martin Balsam' (qv),
but Kubrick decided that he sounded too emotional. 'Douglas Rain' (qv)
got the role, and never visited the set.
- Kubrick had several tons of sand imported, washed, and painted for the moon
surface scenes.
- Multiple references to birthdays: Dr Floyd's daughter, Frank Poole, HAL.
- HAL sings ``Daisy'' as he is shut down; this was the first song ever played
by a non-mechanical computer.
- Clarke once said: ``If you understand 2001 completely, we failed. We
wanted to raise far more questions than we answered.''
- The 1968 Oscar for best makeup went to "Planet of the Apes (1968)" (qv).
It is rumoured that 2001 missed out because judges were convinced that real
apes were used, which was not the case.
- CAMEO(Vivienne Kubrick): (daughter of Stanley) Dr Floyd's daughter.
- DIRTRADE(Stanley Kubrick): [zoom]: retrieving Frank Poole's body.
- DIRTRADE(Stanley Kubrick): [three-way]: man vs HAL vs aliens.
- DIRTRADE(Stanley Kubrick): [faces]: Dave Bowman going through the Star Gate.
- DIRTRADE(Stanley Kubrick): [114]: The Jupiter explorer's serial number is
``CRM-114''.
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