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The Original
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A Big Screen Odyssey: The 70mm Presentations of Kubrick’s “2001”
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"2OO1: A Space Odyssey" in Super Panavision
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Warner Bros.
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Stanley Kubrick’s Sci-Fi Classic “2001: A
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 2OO1: a space
odyssey Campaign
By Donn Reyes, MGM
I found an unbounded enthusiasm for 2001 on the part of local managers
and/or agents which is reflected positively and powerfully in the work of
their publicity and promotion departments. In my opinion, a large measure of
this enthusiasm springs from the fact that the managers/agents and their
pub/promo people have never had a picture quite like 2001 to sell before,
and as such, 2001 constitutes a definite challenge to them. |
 Full
credits for "2001: A
Space Odyssey"
Anthony Frewin, who
worked on the film,
put together a full
list of cast and
crew for a special
showing of "2001" at
the National Film
Theatre in London
last September 1999. |
 2001
bit and pieces
"Originally Kubrick
wanted to shoot 2001
in the wide-screen
format of 1,85.
"I said, You've
got to make it visceral. If you are going to put people in space there's
nothing bigger than 70mm wide screen to do that and Cinerama is even
better because it would be curved,
and he agreed". |
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DOUGLAS TRUMBULL |
 High impact immersive
widescreen filmmaking with Douglas Trumbull
Interviewed by Tony Earnshaw
I have discovered that if you embrace digital technology from a new
perspective and you say, ‘Let’s just get rid of all the historical artefacts
and beliefs of what an image is or what it should look like and start over
and do it all digitally and take advantage of high resolution cameras that
are available and that very people use, the high resolutions projectors that
are available that very people use and take advantage of the fact that the
digital projectors that are in tens of thousands of movie theatres can run
at 144fps and no one’s using it. |
 "2001" and Trumbull in London
By Mark Lyndon
Trumbull showed us a tantalisingly brief excerpt of his new "2001" documentary and revealed that Warner was preparing a final cut of "2001" |
 Douglas
Trumbull - A Conversation
By Wolfram Hannemann
I’m absolutely confident that the digital image has caught up with film in
terms of frame rate, resolution, steadiness, brightness and colour
saturation. I’ve gone totally digital; I’m not interested in film at all. |
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Douglas Trumbull and Piers Bizony
live on stage, attending "2001" Event in New York City |
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WHEN IT CAME OUT |
When I was young and
2001: A SPACE
ODYSSEY was
released, I recalled
the huge number of
negative reviews
from the press.
There were even
unprecedented things
like critics
subsequently
changing their
reviews because on
further viewings
they came to
appreciate it. I saw
it in Cinerama when
it came out and to
this day it was the
greatest cinematic
experience of my
life. I must have
seen it 35 times in
the cinema.
Eric Carter,
28.10.2014 |
 2001:
A Space Odyssey -
The Missing Pieces
By Ken Kunkel
It is strange how
the mind works. The
older one gets, one
can forget what
happened yesterday
but can remember
details from decades
ago. When I was a
senior in high
school, I took my
two younger sisters
to the Warner
Cinerama Theatre in
downtown Pittsburgh
to see "2001: A
Space Odyssey." It
was the first week
in town. |
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 My
47-year Odyssey with "2OO1"
By Edward Oines
I first saw '2OO1' as a not quite 14 year old in January 1969. It
was being shown at the smallest theater in Sioux Falls, SD, and was
leaving in 2 days, and I had to convince my mother to let my then 18 year
old brother to take me on a school night. My memories were mainly of being
struck by how realistic everything looked, when compared to Star Trek. I was
hooked |
 "2001:
A SPACE ODYSSEY" Production Information
By Warner Brothers, 2001
"2001: A Space Odyssey" tells
the story of astronauts Dave Bowman and Frank Poole, aboard the spaceship Discovery, who are sent on
an exploratory mission to a point near the outer reaches of the Solar
System. The operation runs smoothly at first but then slowly, inexplicably,
things begin to go wrong. The true nature of the mission is called into
question and Discovery's highly sophisticated onboard computer, the
HAL-9000, appears to be sabotaging the crew he was designed to assist,
jeopardizing not only the mission but the lives of everyone onboard. |
 2OO1:
A Space Odyssey
Essential
Presentation
Procedure
By
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER
The Running time of
2001: A Space
Odyssey is 2 hours
20 minutes, plus 10
minutes of OVERTURE,
ENTRACTE and EXIT
MUSIC. Play OVERTURE
music (3 minutes)
with full House
lights on. Dim House
lights towards end
of overture - allow
for Censor
certificate and open
full screen on LION
TRADE MARK |
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THE PLOT |
 One
of the more common
reactions to Stanley
Kubrick's 2001: A
Space Odyssey is
"wait, what the hell
happened exactly?"
In a 1969 interview
with Joseph Gelmis,
Kubrick explained
the plot in a very
straightforward
manner:
You begin with an
artifact left on
earth four million
years ago by
extraterrestrial
explorers who
observed the
behavior of the
man-apes of the time
and decided to
influence their
evolutionary
progression. Then
you have a second
artifact buried deep
on the lunar surface
and programmed to
signal word of man's
first baby steps
into the universe --
a kind of cosmic
burglar alarm. And
finally there's a
third artifact
placed in orbit
around Jupiter and
waiting for the time
when man has reached
the outer rim of his
own solar system.
When the surviving
astronaut, Bowman,
ultimately reaches
Jupiter, this
artifact sweeps him
into a force field
or star gate that
hurls him on a
journey through
inner and outer
space and finally
transports him to
another part of the
galaxy, where he's
placed in a human
zoo approximating a
hospital terrestrial
environment drawn
out of his own
dreams and
imagination. In a
timeless state, his
life passes from
middle age to
senescence to death.
He is reborn, an
enhanced being, a
star child, an
angel, a superman,
if you like, and
returns to earth
prepared for the
next leap forward of
man's evolutionary
destiny.
That is what happens
on the film's
simplest level.
Since an encounter
with an advanced
interstellar
intelligence would
be incomprehensible
within our present
earthbound frames of
reference, reactions
to it will have
elements of
philosophy and
metaphysics that
have nothing to do
with the bare plot
outline itself. |
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 Introduction
to 2001: A SPACE
ODYSSEY
By Sheldon Hall
A
curious thing
happened during most
shows at most
theatres” during the
climactic “stargate”
sequence, when
viewers seated
further back in the
auditorium would
move down to the
area in front of the
screen “where they
would lie flat on
their backs in order
to experience the
episode in the most
head-on manner
possible” |
 Stanley
and "2001: A Space
Odyssey"
By Sir Sydney
Samuelson
I think they were
all Panavision
cameras – it was a
very big assignment
for us – I would
think they had about
five cameras. And
Panavision’s 65mm
cameras, they even
had a hand-holdable 400 foot loading
version – a 65mm camera that went on your shoulder – and they had a kind of
a midway camera – by that I mean it was a 1000 foot camera, but it wasn’t
blimped, so you couldn’t use it if you wanted to get sync sound. |
 Interview
with Leon Vitali about "2001: A Space Odyssey"
By Thomas Hauerslev
Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space
Odyssey" will hit 70mm screens in key markets around the world. The
international release of the film begins in selected cinemas in London on
March 7th. "2001:
A Space Odyssey" will be "previewed" a bit earlier on February 18, 2001
as the closing event at the Berlin Film festival. |
 How not to project
"2001" in 70mm
By Frank Angel
I go back to see if I could find someone, anyone who could address this
problem. I am told by the kid sitting outside the projection booth door that
THERE IS NO PROJECTIONIST. "The projectionist," he explains to me,
"comes in only on Fridays." How wonderful for us. |
 Comments to The
Original Reserved
Seat Engagements
By Herbert Born
There must a least have been done more than 143 initial 70mm prints, as the
enclosed original leader of a German 70mm print from 1968 demonstrates. At
this time the lab started counting with Nr. 1. The print itself is the Nr.
11 of the German dubbed sound prints, this may lead to the conclusion, that
at least 11 70mm prints have been done for Germany in first run. |
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DAISY, DAISY |
Daisy, Daisy, give
me your answer do.
I'm half crazy all
for the love of you.
It won't be a
stylish marriage,
I can't afford a
carriage.
But you'll look
sweet / upon the
seat / of a bicycle
built for two. |
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 Zero Gravity Toilet Instructions
The toilet is of the standard zero-gravity type. Depending on requirements, System A and/or System B can be used, details of which are clearly marked in the toilet compartment. When operating System A, depress lever and a plastic dalkron eliminator will be dispensed through the slot immediately underneath. When you have fastened the adhesive lip, attach connection marked by the large "X" outlet hose. Twist the silver coloured ring one inch below the connection point until you feel it lock. |
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 There
Were Giants in the Land: Stanley Kubrick
By Tony Sloman
If David Lean´s three 70mm epics are but flawed masterpieces, there is no
doubt that two of the finest 70mm movies, indeed two of the finest works in
all cinema, are "Spartacus" and "2001:A Space Odyssey", both directed by
Stanley Kubrick, who passed away in his sleep March 7, 1999 at the
relatively early age of 70, having just delivered his last, and inevitably
long-gestating and ultra controversial movie, the highly erotic "Eyes Wide
Shot". |
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 "2OO1"
in 7OMM sells out at the ARCADIA
By Francesco Gualeni
The 630 patrons have experienced "2OO1" in a total silence, no mobile screen was turned on, aware that they were
seeing not only a masterpiece on the huge ENERGY screen, but a way to shoot &
project the movie that is now vanishing. It was good to see a lot of young
people, seeing the
movie for the very first time. |
  2001italia.blogspot.it
By Simone Odino
Dalle ceneri di un mio vecchio sito, un tentativo un pò naif a cavallo tra
gli anni '90 e 2000, questo blog si concentra sugli aspetti più curiosi e
meno conosciuti del film, con l'intenzione generale di celebrare il talento
di coloro il cui contributo è ignorato o poco conosciuto. |
2001italia.blogspot.it
By Simone Odino
Rising from the ashes of my former web site, a naïve attempt made in the
late '90s, my blog focuses on curios perspectives about the movie, with the
intention to celebrate the craft of the talented people whose contribution
to the movie is neglected, forgotten or otherwise limited in general
recognition. |
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2OO1: una odisea del
espacio
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2OO1: una odisea del espacio |
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Le Cinéma Grand Mercure d’Elbeuf,
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NEUE 70mm Filmkopie
von „2001: odyssee im weltraum“ in der Schauburg |
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 "2001:A
Space Odyssey" Yet
another soundtrack
By Claus
Berthelsen
The HAL monologue montage is a treat, the suite of Ligeti's Requiem,
Atmospheres and Adventure is a painstaking musical journey. And the CD as a
whole is yet another proof that Kubrick is by far the most daring director
in American commercial film. His choice of music is by no means safety
first, and it reflects his ability to read and understand the underlying
philosophical concept of music, an ability that seems unique if you compare
Kubrick's choice of music to the choices made by other American directors of
his generation. |
 "2001"
A Concert Article
By Jim Barg
From the beginning notes of
Ligeti's Atmospheres to the closing performance of the Blue Danube,
their performance made familiar notes come alive and the hairs on the
back of your neck stand up. |
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Book presentation
and screening in
presence of the
author Nils Daniel
Peiler |
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Stanley Kubrick's
"2OO1: A Space
Odyssey" |
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"Good day, gentlemen. This is a pre-recorded briefing, made
prior to your departure and which, for security reasons of the highest
importance, has been known on board during the mission only by your H-A-L
9000 computer. Now that you are in Jupiter's space, and the entire crew is
revived, it can be told to you. 18 months ago, the first evidence of
intelligent life off the Earth was discovered. It was buried 40 feet below
the lunar surface, near the crater Tycho. Except for a single, very powerful
radio emission aimed at Jupiter, the four million-year old black monolith
has remained completely inert, its origin and purpose still a total
mystery."
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