2001: A Space Odyssey

...Cadillacs to VW vans with psychedelic insignias. References to Star Wars, E.T. and Alien might resonate with some of the young audience. 2001: A Space Odyssey allusions could go right over their heads. But whose idea was it to include a...

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...the festival is running at three separate venues across London. Classic films you rarely get a chance to see on the big screen, such as 2001: A Space Odyssey and brand new shorts commissioned as part of Darwin200 make up this small but...

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...tepid romance. Other references include a lamppost dance to the tune of "Singin' in the Rain," a blast of "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (from "2001: A Space Odyssey") and a comic routine by Chuck that quotes from half a dozen sci-fi classics. A...

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...town. And the alien is us, a NASA astronaut who touches down, bounces out with his American flag (humming "Thus Spake Zarathustra" from "2001: A Space Odyssey"), only to realize he's interrupting an alien barbecue. Astronaut Chuck Baker...

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...at every turn, the movie seemingly references every notable Hollywood science-fiction saga - "E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial," "Star Wars," "2001: A Space Odyssey," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "Lost in Space," "Attack of the 50 Foot...

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...career. A three-hour portrait of the emperor and the man, Napoleon was scheduled to go into production right after the release of 2001: A Space Odyssey. The young Jack Nicholson was Kubrick's preferred choice to play the lead; to...

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...is a film that blows the dust away from the sci-fi genre. This is movie that not only pays homage to the likes of Blade Runner and 2001: A Space Odyssey but also turns expectations and marks itself as a visionary exploration on what it means...

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