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2001 - A Space Odyssey [Blu-ray] [1968] | ![2001 - A Space Odyssey [Blu-ray] [1968]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51gSA0tsUSL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter, Robert Beatty
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: £24.99
Buy New: £16.99
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 1303
Format: Pal
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Media: Blu-ray
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 136
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 7321900798389
ASIN: B0013K1190
Theatrical Release Date: 1968
Release Date: March 3, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Leonard Rossiter
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Superb film, good transfer, poor extras ... March 20, 2008
24 out of 25 found this review helpful
As has been reported this disc does have an FBI warning at the beginning but is otherwise a UK release. The packaging is for the UK. I love this film, have done for 35 years so I won't comment on the movie itself except to say that 95% of the visuals could have been made yesterday and that the story is fiercely intelligent. And so to the Blu-Ray disc:
The transfer is good. There are very few anomalies (and I don't mean Tycho Magnetic Anomalies), most of the anomalies that are present were built in, eg dirt on the rear projection screen in the Dawn of Man sequence. That brings me to my only real irritation with the film. If Stanley Kubrick was such a perfectionist (and he was) then why oh why did he allow the set designers to use a godawful backcloth screen to simulate the African terrain and sky? It's SO blaringly obvious that it's artificial because the viewer can see creases and imperfection in the fabric. It ruins the whole sequence. It was bad enough on DVD but with the extra resolution of Blu-ray it's just annoying. It's the one things that I wish someone would digitally correct.
After that all is well. Yes they got the Earth from space wrong (too washed out) but the SFX are stunningly good and look marvellous in HD. It amused me to read IBM-Tele-Pad on the Discovery crew's flat screen TV pads (whilst they're eating). There's a multitude of fine detail revealed: the ancillary rooms inside the lunar shuttle docking area reveal figures and screens that I'd not noticed before. The Star-Gate sequence looks a LOT better now. The finer detail and improved colour range of HD really adds some wow factor to it. I'm still not convinced by the colour filtered landscapes though: they could have tried harder there.
The audio is good. The soundtrack is good as it can be for a 40 year old film and despite being a little 'thin' is well within modern standards.
Frame judder is a slight problem as reported by another reviewer but I'm wondering whether that was a limitation of the original effects rather than the transfer to Blu-Ray because the same scenes in SD in the extras reveal the same judder.
The extras are many but none good. There's a very iffy Channel-4 documentary with some annoying talking heads discussing the film and various other small documentaries. None make the heart race. The best is a promotional film made for 'Look' Magazine in 1966 that was designed to interest potential advertisers in buying into a 'special' Space related supplement due to be published first quarter 68 on the back of the 2001 release. It shows some really interesting scenes of production, Kubrick on set etc and Clarke in the Grumman factory inspecting Lunar Modules.
There's something weird about this release. Amazon had a release date that has been a gone with no stock. The other Kubrick related releases appeared on time but not this one leading me to think there's been a production problem. It is possible to obtain a copy elsewhere and if you like 2001 it's worth doing so.
Master Piece. Period. April 7, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
What can I say, the picture on this Blu Ray of Kubricks master piece is simply stunning. Having watched this film, more times than I can remember, from the old Phillips Video 2000 system in black and white, to video, to DVD to upscaled DVD, and now finally on Blu Ray, I can honestly say that the presentation is simply stunning.
I am watching on a Sony Bravia 46inch X range TV, and playing via my PS3. Watching the film again, shows all the intricate detail of the ships in the film, the opening pan of Discovery on the Jupiter Mission is awesome, the level of detail on the ship is brilliant, but inside the ship, you see things you never witnessed before.
You can read the badges on the suits, the instrumentaion panels. There are also loads of extras on the disc which I have yet to get too.
Sound wise again, this does not let the presentation down.
Overall I am pleased with the film, its a pleasure to watch it again, but to actually 'see' more of it is a real treat, I think even Kubrick would have been impressed !
Enjoy !
A superb transfer for 2001 on BluRay July 9, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I was very excited to watch this again as it has been some time since I last sat down to watch it. I read on a few sites that this BluRay was very good quality for a film it's age, and boy were they right.
The film looks like it was made yesterday, so clean and fresh looking, highly detailed and almost looks 3d - the images in space are awesome,the quality of the sets and detailing all add to this being one of the best BluRays available.
How on Earth Stanley Kubrick came up with this level of production at the time I don't know. It's even groundbreaking by todays standards.
We have to remember there was no CGI back then and the film benefits from incredible models that look phenominally real.
This is not an action movie as such and the 2 and half hours go along at a steady and sometimes slow pace, but what you get from the movie is just sheer awe. The story of HAL going haywire is brilliant and I wished there had been a little more to that part of the story, but it's not a major gripe, it was and still is a classic movie for me.
Probably the most realistic looking SpaceMovie ever made, and on BluRay, it looks absolutely pristine, like watching it for the first time,there is oodles of stuff you end uplooking at that you simply can't see on DVD and the colours are also tremendous. From the sunsets to begin with, the lighting effects in Space and beautiful iconic images that imbed into your mind make this film a breath of fresh air, and even more so on BluRay
.Some nice Extras are on the disc too, so it's been very nicely put together. One thing to notice is the movie instantly started upon playing in my ps3, so there was no menu from the start, but that was ok as I couldn't wait to get into it, I just had to press topmenu for the extras.
A Very Very Highly Recommended BluRay, one which will be treasured for a very long time. Reference stuff.
"I must say, you guys have certainly come up with something..." August 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It was with a certain trepidation that I put this, my first blu-ray disk, into my new Panasonic blu-ray player. "2001: a space odyssey" has been my favourite film for as long as I can remember, and I've owned copies on a variety of VHS tapes and DVDs.
The theme is just about as epic as it's possible to imagine: the evolution of man from ape through human to a completely new life form. It's a film which has sharply polarised views, with some people completely mystified or even bored by the presentation, whilst others are spellbound and deeply moved. Unsurprisingly, I am in the second category, and still find myself surprised that Kubrick managed to get a major motion picture company to finance such a bold and imaginative film.
The presentation on blu-ray is beyond my wildest dreams. I take the point of a previous viewer about the visible joins in the front-projection screens, which could no doubt have been digitally removed, but other than that the film is in appropriately pristine condition. I sat down to watch for a few minutes - just to check that the new blu-ray player was working - and found myself watching the whole way through to the end.
The special effects were always a highlight of the film, and they do not disappoint in this new transfer. My particular favourite comes at the end of the first section of The Blue Danube where the camera appears to sail straight through between the 'wheels' of the space station - absolutely marvellous!
This film easily holds its place amongst other great cinema masterworks; watch this blu-ray version and find out exactly why.
2001 a space odysset blu- ray 1968 March 1, 2008
0 out of 10 found this review helpful
read the book, seen it on tv, a film i much add too my collect this is a great film,much have.
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