2010

"In the very near future, a small group of Americans and Russians set out on the greatest adventure of them all...to see if there is life beyond the stars."

1984 1h 56m EN

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6.7

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 1,127🍅68%Rotten Tomatoes●53Metacritic★6.7IMDB · 60,775

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While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.

“In the very near future, a small group of Americans and Russians set out on the greatest adventure of them all...to see if there is life beyond the stars.”

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Cast

Roy Scheider
Dr. Heywood Floyd
John Lithgow
Dr. Walter Curnow
Helen Mirren
Tanya Kirbuk
Bob Balaban
Dr. R. Chandra
Keir Dullea
Dr. David Bowman
Douglas Rain
HAL 9000 (voice)
Madolyn Smith Osborne
Caroline Floyd
Savely Kramarov
Dr. Vladimir Rudenko

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Peter Hyams
Writers: Peter Hyams
Languages: English, Russian
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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42 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Russian.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Space Odyssey Series" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Peter Hyams, shot by Peter Hyams. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by David Shire. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor James Mitchell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Roy Scheider and John Lithgow and Helen Mirren carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Marketing tagline: "In the very near future, a small group of Americans and Russians set out on the greatest adventure of them all...to see if there is life beyond the stars.".

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The take

Peter Hyams directs. Peter Hyams behind the camera. David Shire scores. James Mitchell cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Russian.

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142 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Russian.
3Part of the "The Space Odyssey Series" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Peter Hyams, shot by Peter Hyams. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by David Shire. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor James Mitchell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Roy Scheider and John Lithgow and Helen Mirren carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "In the very near future, a small group of Americans and Russians set out on the greatest adventure of them all...to see if there is life beyond the stars.".
9IMDB entry: tt0086837 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 12 themes, including "jupiter", "super computer", "space travel", "space mission".
11Released under 17 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Peter Hyams
Original score: David Shire
Editing: James Mitchell
Production design: Albert Brenner
Costume design: Patricia Norris
Makeup / hair: Vivian McAteer
VFX supervisor: Gregory L. McMurry
Sound: Carlos Delarios
Stunt coordinator: M. James Arnett
Runtime: 116 min · 1h 56m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $28,000,000
Box office: $40,400,000
Return: 144% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: 2010 (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes: 68% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 53/100
IMDB rating: 6.7/10 · 60,775 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

Nominated for 5 Oscars. 1 win & 9 nominations total

Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation

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Part of

The Space Odyssey Series

The Space Odyssey series is a science fiction series of two film adaptations from Arthur C. 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.

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Wuchak2021-04-08
★ 7/10
Another trip to Jupiter to find answers After the mysterious failure of the Discovery One mission to Jupiter in 2001, Dr. Heywood Floyd (Roy Scheider) resigned his position as head of the National Council for Astronautics. Several years later, the Soviets send the spacecraft Leonov & crew to Jupiter along with three Americans, including Floyd, to help investigate Discovery and the malfunction of the vessel's sentient computer, HAL 9000. Keir Dullea returns as the missing astronaut David Bowman while Helen Mirren plays the captain of the Leonov. Bob Balaban and John Lithgow also appear as the other two American astronauts. "2010: The Year We Make Contact" (1984) is realistic science-fiction that’s less artsy and more dramatically compelling compared to its predecessor, “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968). That doesn’t make it better, of course, just different. “2001” raised questions while this one provides answers, which some people inevitably won’t like. The questions include: Why did HAL malfunction? What was the real reason for Discovery's original mission, unknown to Floyd? What happened to Bowman? What is the purpose of the colossal monolith orbiting Jupiter? Both films compliment and counterbalance each other. This one’s more of a straightforward space adventure in the near future. Unlike Star Wars, which is space fantasy, “2010” is space-oriented adult science-fiction. Star Trek is too, but “2010” is far more realistic, which I appreciate. In other words, don’t expect any Klingons or spacecraft dogfights. This is more along the lines of “Mission to Mars” (2000) and “The Martian” (2015). The film runs 1 hours, 56 minutes. GRADE: B
r96sk2024-01-16
★ 7/10
A much more standard affair compared to its predecessor. Given that's the case, I honestly enjoyed this more than <em>'2001: A Space Odyssey'</em> - if only because it's more closer to what I'd personally want from a film than what that 1968 flick offers, which is moreso an attempted art piece. Of course, the original does things visibly and audibly far, far greater than this 1984 release - just plot-wise, this is better in my opinion. That's not to say that <em>'2010'</em> is something I'd consider great, because I wouldn't. It is, though, solid sci-fi fare, one I had a decent time watching. I'm not a fan of recasts, but Roy Scheider does a good job in place of William Sylvester as Heywood Floyd. Bob Balaban does well, while it's neat to see John Lithgow and Helen Mirren involved. I'm somewhat surprised (but agreeable) that this has, seemingly, been fairly well received. I was expecting it to be poorly thought of by the majority, as is usually the case for sequels of iconic movies that aren't cut from the same cloth; different director etc.