Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

Clarke works. 2001: A Space Odyssey — a film and novel — produced concurrently and released in 1968, and 2010: The Year We Make Contact, an adaption by Peter Hyams.

Christopher Nolan says that this "relationship movie" is similar in its scope and artistic achievement as 2001: A Space Odyssey - the epic by Stanley Kubrick.

In 1968 a film called "2001 - A Space Odyssey" was released. Written by Arthur C Clarke, it tells the story of man's curiosity and his first steps in visiting other worlds. A space vessel is sent ...

Release Date 1968-04-02 Director Stanley Kubrick Cast ... Clarke, Stanley Kubrick 2001: A Space Odyssey opens with a group of ...

Threats posed to human well-being by science and technology run amuck has been a literary theme for more than two centuries.

Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey helped launch the world's first super-high definition 8K television channel on Saturday. Japanese broadcaster NHK said it had asked Warner Bros to scan the ...