2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

USA et al., 161 min
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Original title 2001: A Space Odyssey
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
  • United Kingdom
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 11
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1968-08-27

Cast

Keir Dullea
doktor David Bowman, befälhavare på rymdskeppet Discovery

Gary Lockwood
doktor Frank Poole, hans medhjälpare

William Sylvester
Dr. Heywood R. Floyd, ordförande i US Natinal Council of Astronauts (Rymdflygstyrelsen)

Daniel Richter
månvakten - människoapornas ledare

Leonard Rossiter
Dr. Andrey Smyslov, rysk rymdforskare

Margaret Tyzack
Elena, hans kollega

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Titles

Original title
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
Swedish release title
  • År 2001 - ett rymdäventyr
Working title
  • Journey Beyond the Stars
  • Space Odyssey

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Advisor
Technical Advisor
Associate Producer
Production Assistant
Post Production Supervisor
Unit Publicist
Camera Operator
Still Photographer
Assistant Camera Operator
Special Photographic Effects
Assistant Cameraman
Color Timer
Assistant Production Designer
Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Assistant Film Editor
Boom Operator
Sound Editor
Re-recording Mixer
Other Crew

Cast

Keir Dullea doktor David Bowman, befälhavare på rymdskeppet Discovery
Gary Lockwood doktor Frank Poole, hans medhjälpare
William Sylvester Dr. Heywood R. Floyd, ordförande i US Natinal Council of Astronauts (Rymdflygstyrelsen)
Daniel Richter månvakten - människoapornas ledare
Leonard Rossiter Dr. Andrey Smyslov, rysk rymdforskare
Margaret Tyzack Elena, hans kollega
Robert Beatty Dr. Bill Halvorsen
Sean Sullivan Dr. Ralph Michaels
Douglas Rain H.A.L. 9000:s röst
Frank Miller kontrollören, Daves och Franks kontaktman
Penny Brahms värdinna på rymdfarkosten Aries
Edwina Carroll värdinna på rymdfarkosten Aries
Alan Gifford Franks far
Heather Downham Franks mor
Kevin Scott Nick Miller, säkerhetsman på Rymdstation 5
Burnell Tucker fotograf
John Swindell första teknikern
John Clifford andra teknikern
Martin Amor intervjuare
John Ashley astronaut
Vivian Kubrick Floyds lilla dotter Squirt i bildtelefonen
Glenn Beck
Mike Lovell
Ed Bishop (as Edward Bishop)
Bill Weston
Ann Gillis
Jimmy Bell
David Charkham
Simon Davis
Jonathan Daw
Peter Delmar
Terry Duggan
David Fleetwood
Danny Grover
Brian Hawley
David Hines
Tony Jackson
John Jordan
Scott Mackee
Laurence Marchant
Darryl Paes
Joe Refalo
Andy Wallace
Bob Wilyman
John Francis stand-in
Eddie Milburn stand-in
Gerry Judge stand-in
Brian Chutter stand-in
Tom Sheppard stand-in
Robin Dawson-Whisker stand-in

Companies

Production Company Polaris Productions, Inc.
Hawk Films, Ltd.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
A Stanley Kubrick Production
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1968 (även 70 mm)
Cinema International Corporation 1978 (även 70 mm)
Distributor in Sweden (DCP) Biografcentralen 2019
Distributor in Sweden (Home Video) Esselte Video AB 1984
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Warner Bros. Entertainment Sverige AB 2001
Warner Bros. Entertainment Sverige AB 2013

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 107028
Date 1968-08-09
Classification Allowed from age 11
Original length 3845 meters


Censorship number 107028
Date 1968-08-09
Classification Allowed from age 11
Original length 4805 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.05:1 (Super Panavision 70)
Sound type Sound
Sound system Magnetic stereo
Colour type Colour
Colour system Metrocolor
Carrier type 70 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 5520 meter
Length in minutes 161 min


Original work

Original title Sentinel of Eternity/The Sentinel (Short story)
Author Arthur C. Clarke


Production location

1965-12-29 1967
MGM British Studios Ltd. Borehamwood, Hertfordshire United Kingdom
Shepperton Studios Middlesex United Kingdom
Hebriderna United Kingdom
Monument Valley Arizona USA
Utah USA

Release dates

First showing 1968-04-02 Uptown Theater Washington, District of Columbia USA 161 min (lång version - 70 mm)
Other showing 1968-04-06 Loew's Capitol Theater New York USA 141 min (första visning av den nedkortade och slutliga versionen av filmen)
Release in Sweden 1968-08-27 Vinterpalatset Stockholm Sweden 141 min (70 mm)
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 1995-01-01 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden
1995-03-03
1995-04-04
DVD release 2001-09-03 Sweden
TV showing 2001-10-13 SVT2 Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2010-04-20
2010-04-23
DVD release 2013-10-16 Sweden (utgiven i samligen "The Shining / Clockwork Orange / 2001 a Space Odyssey" Blu-ray )
Cinematheque screening 2017-03-29 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2017-03-29
Cinematheque screening 2019-12-06 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2019-12-06
2024-02-21 Bio Victor, Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title Also sprach Zarathustra
Composer Richard Strauss (1896)
Orchestra Berliner-Philharmoniker
Conductor Karl Böhm


Original title Requiem, sopran, mezzosopran, två blandade körer, orkester
Composer György Ligeti (1963-65, rev. 1965)
Orchestra Bayerska Radions symfoniorkester och kör
Conductor Francis Travis


Original title Lux aeterna
Composer György Ligety (1966)
Orchestra Stuttgarts stadsorkester (Schola Cantorum)
Conductor Clytus Gottwald


Original title An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314
Composer Johann Strauss d.y. (1867)
Conductor Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra Berliner-Philharmoniker


Original title Gajane. Svit
Composer Aram Chačaturjan (1941)
Orchestra Leningrads filharmoniska orkester
Conductor Gennadij Roždestvenskij


Original title Atmosphères
Composer György Ligeti (1961)
Orchestra Südwestfunk Orchester
Conductor Ernest Bour


Related films

Precious Images (1986) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Carrier type 70 mm


Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 4027


Element type Print
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 4073


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Colour prints SET
Slides 19
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio


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