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Depicting mankind's encounters with unseen aliens throughout the ages, from the dawn of man four million years ago to the title year when an alien artefact is found on the moon, this is an influential and unique masterpiece, with Oscar-winning special effects, that examines the reasons behind man's existence.

1968 · 2h 28m
Director Stanley Kubrick

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2001: A Space Odyssey

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Depicting mankind's encounters with unseen aliens throughout the ages, from the dawn of man four million years ago to the title year when an alien artefact is found on the moon, this is an influential and unique masterpiece, with Oscar-winning special effects, that examines the reasons behind man's existence.

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Average 9.6
Reviews 164
Fresh 148
Rotten 16

Copyright

© 1968 Turner Entertainment Co. All rights reserved.

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Studio
Warner Bros.
Released
1968
Run Time
2 hr 28 min
Rated
U
Content Advisories
Content suitable for all ages
Regions of Origin
United States, United Kingdom
© 1968 Turner Entertainment Co. All rights reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English (United Kingdom), English, Russian, French (France)
Audio

English (AD, AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

Subtitles

English (CC), French (France) , Russian , Arabic , Cantonese, Traditional , Chinese, Simplified , Chinese, Traditional , Danish , Dutch (Netherlands) , Finnish , German (Germany) , Greek , Indonesian , Italian (Italy) , Korean , Malay , Norwegian , Polish , Portuguese (Brazil) , Portuguese (Portugal) , Spanish (Latin America) , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish , Thai , Turkish , Ukrainian , Vietnamese

Accessibility

Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.