Summary
While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.
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- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences a little warmer than critics (+6)
Critics 61Audiences 67GoodWatch 64
Tomatometer68%
Metascore53
User score7.5
IMDb6.7
Letterboxd · 36 K ratings3.2/5
Audience score61%
Box office
1.4×its budget
- Budget
- $28 M
- Worldwide
- $40 M
Worldwide it earned $12 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 56 min
A typical length for thrillers, +12 min on the typical 104
typical 104116Half of all thrillers run 94–118 min.
Reach
Streams in 9 countries, rent or buy in 66 more
Released
1984
December 6, 1984
42 years ago
Genres
ThrillerScience FictionLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
RussianMade in
- United States
Academy Awards1985
- Costume Design1985Nominated
- Makeup and Hairstyling1985Nominated
- Production Design1985Nominated
- Sound1985Nominated
- Visual Effects1985Nominated
Rated
- PGUnited States
Not for young kids: it's rated PG in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for teens and adults.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 19 more27 people
- Roy ScheiderDr. Heywood Floyd
- John LithgowDr. Walter Curnow
- Helen MirrenTanya Kirbuk
- Bob BalabanDr. R. Chandra
- Keir DulleaDr. David Bowman
- Douglas RainHAL 9000 (voice)
- Madolyn Smith OsborneCaroline Floyd
- Savely KramarovDr. Vladimir Rudenko
Taliesin JaffeChristopher Floyd
James McEachinVictor Milson
Mary Jo DeschanelBetty Fernandez
Elya BaskinMaxim Brailovsky
Dana ElcarDimitri Moisevitch
Oleg RudnikDr. Vasili Orlov
Natasha ShneiderIrina Yakunina
Vladimir SkomarovskyYuri Svetlanov- VSVictor SteinbachNikolaj Ternovsky
Candice BergenSAL 9000 (voice)- GMGene McGarrCommercial Announcer
Herta WareJessie Bowman
Jan TřískaAlexander Kovalev- LCLarry CarrollAnchorman on TV
- CCCheryl CarterNurse
- RRRon RecasnerHospital Neurosurgeon
Directing · 4
- Peter Hyams Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography
- Alan B. Curtiss Second Assistant Director
- Marshall Schlom Script Supervisor
- William S. Beasley First Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Arthur C. Clarke Novel
Production · 2
- Penny Perry Casting
- Mario Iscovich Location Manager
Camera · 4
- Don E. FauntLeRoy Assistant Camera
- Bruce McBroom Still Photographer
- Ralph Gerling Camera Operator
- D. Michael Wheeler Second Assistant Camera
Editing · 2
- Mia Goldman Editor
- James Mitchell Editor
Sound · 18
- David Shire Original Music Composer
- Dale Strumpell Sound Designer
- Richard L. Anderson Supervising Sound Editor
- James Christopher Sound Editor
- Donald Flick Sound Editor
- William Saracino Music Editor
Art · 10
- Albert Brenner Production Design
- Burke Mattsson Title Designer
- Paul Huston Conceptual Design
- Rick Simpson Set Decoration
- William Ladd Skinner Set Designer
- Marty Wunderlich Property Master
Costume & Make-Up · 5
- Patricia Norris Costume Design
- Michael Westmore Makeup Supervisor
- Bruce Walkup Costume Supervisor
- Nancy McArdle Costume Supervisor
- Vivian McAteer Hairstylist
Visual Effects · 3
- Gregory L. McMurry Visual Effects Supervisor
- Henry Millar Jr. Special Effects Supervisor
- Juniko Moody Visual Effects
Lighting · 1
- John Baron Chief Lighting Technician
Other crew · 14
- M. James Arnett Stunt Coordinator
- Freddie Hice Stunts
- Gary Morgan Stunts
- Linda Klein Medical Consultant
- John C. Meier Stunts
- Jim Burk Stunts
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