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2010

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Sequel of:

2001: A Space Odyssey

Original title

2010: The Year We Make Contact

Year

1984

Running time

116 min.

Country

United States

Director

Peter Hyams

Screenwriter

Peter Hyams. Novel: Arthur C. Clarke

Cast

Music

David Shire

Cinematography

Peter Hyams

Producer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Genre

Sci-Fi | Space Adventure. Computers / Internet. Sequel

Movie Groups

Arthur C. Clarke Adaptations

Synopsis

In this sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, a joint American- Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to discover what went wrong with the U.S.S. Discovery against a backdrop of growing global tensions. Among the mysteries the expedition must explain are the appearance of a huge black monolith in Jupiter's orbit and the fate of H.A.L., the Discovery's sentient computer. Based on a novel written by Arthur C. Clarke.

Awards: 1984: Academy Awards: 5 Nominations: Visual Effects, Costume, Art Direction, Makeup & Sound

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Critics' reviews

"A perfectly adequate though not really comparable - sequel "

Vincent Canby: The New York Times
"A movie more at home with technique than poetry, with character than with mystery, a movie that explains too much and leaves too little to our sense of wonderment, but a good movie all the same (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"Hyams's attempt at a cosmic conclusion is about as earth shattering as yesterday's weather report"

David Ansen: Newsweek
"In Peter Hyams’ hands, the HAL mystery is the most satisfying substance of the film and handled the best. Unfortunately, it lies amid a hodge-podge of bits and pieces."

Variety Staff: Variety
"Almost paradoxically, 2010 may be unnecessary, but it is nevertheless a worthwhile effort."

James Berardinelli: ReelViews
"A yawnfest so plodding it seems to have been made by the famous monolith itself."

Paul Attanasio: The Washington Post
"Hyams has not come up with a climax to match Kubrick's rush through the star-gate; but this is still space fiction of a superior kind"

Time Out
"Not a masterpiece, by any stretch of the imagination, but it's pleasing to see a sequel strive so hard to reach the same heights. That it fails is through no fault of its own - the original simply raised the bar too high"

Ian Nathan: Empire

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2010

1984

Peter Hyams

6.1

(5,722)