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DVD 2001: A Space Odyssey	The Sentinel : The Inspiration for 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke This is the original short story that Kubrick based his movie on.  Clarke later wrote the full-length novel as Kubrick wrote the movie script. - CDM	The Odyssey by Homer Translated by Robert Fitzgerald Com'on, if you wanna talk about Odyssey's this is the way to go.  Read this and everything will take on new meaning. - CDM
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Can't get enough of the monolith?  How about some more Odyssey's? - CDM
2010 : Odyssey Two  by Arthur C. Clarke	2061 : Odyssey Three by Arthur C. Clarke	3001 : The Final Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
And then there's this...	Space Oddity [Remaster] [ECD] David Bowie Ground control to Major Tom...

2001: A Space Odyssey
by Mark Capitelli

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2001: A Space Odyssey is one of the greatest, and most borrowed from, science fiction films ever made.  The concepts presented in the film are, and will forever be, compelling.  Why isn't it Huge?  Simple, because it feels so long.  There are many scenes that are just there to dazzle you with special effects. Although this was fascinating at the time, by today's standards it just seems like filler.  Don't get me wrong...I love this movie.  It's just that I always feel the need to muster my strength before sitting down to watch it; it's more like an event than a fun time.  If you have never seen it, I strongly suggest you give it a shot, but maybe not on a date or when you need a pick-me-up.

Academy Awards: Best Special Effects
National Film Preservation Board:  National Film Registery

The screenplay was written primarily by Kubrick and the novel primarily by Clarke, each working simultaneously and also providing feedback to the other. As the story went through many revisions, changes in the novel were taken over into the screenplay and vice versa. It was also unclear whether film or novel would be released first; in the end it was the film. Kubrick was to have been credited as second author of the novel, but in the end was not. It is believed that Kubrick deliberately withheld his approval of the novel as to not hurt the release of the film.

Kubrick planned to have Alex North (who wrote the score for Kubrick's Spartacus) write a musical score especially for the film. During filming, Kubrick played classical music on the set to create the right mood. Delighted with the effect, he decided to use classical music in the finished product. North's score has subsequently been released as "Alex North's 2001."

Clarke once said: "If you understand 2001 completely, we failed. We wanted to raise far more questions than we answered."