2001: A Space Odyssey

(Stanley Kubrick, UK/US 1968, 149 min., 35mm)

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Dave Bowman: “Open the pod bay doors, HAL.”
HAL: “I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.”

The George Eastman Museum will present its recently acquired, brand-new 35mm print of the roadshow version of 2001: A Space Odyssey, complete with the music meant to be heard before the film’s beginning, during the intermission, and at the end. 

The star of 2001, Keir Dullea (who played astronaut Dave Bowman), will introduce the film and join us again after the screening to share stories and insights about its making. Dullea will also sell and sign photographs before the screening and following the discussion.

Tickets: $25 each, general admission (no reserved seats, no discounts or passes); available only online. Tickets will go on sale December 1 at 9 a.m.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

About the Film
In writer and director Kubrick’s visionary sci-fi masterwork, the themes of artificial intelligence and of human exploration of our solar system, now part of our everyday experience, are treated with prophetic insight through a solemn, spellbinding immersion in the silence of the cosmos: widescreen, the Blue Danube waltz, and pristine imagery from the film’s preservation negative are in full display for the kind of cinematic event that fully expresses the motion picture as an art form.