2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

"2001" is a story of evolution. Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth (presumably elsewhere throughout the universe as well). Evolution then enabled humankind to reach the moon's surface, where yet another monolith is found, one that signals the monolith placers that humankind has evolved that far. Now a race begins between computers (HAL) and human (Bowman) to reach the monolith placers. The winner will achieve the next step in evolution, whatever that may be.

Stanley Kubrick

Arthur C. Clarke Stanley Kubrick

Alan Gifford Ann Gillis Bill Weston Daniel Richter Douglas Rain Ed Bishop Edwina Carroll Frank W. Miller Gary Lockwood Glenn Beck Heather Downham Keir Dullea Leonard Rossiter Margaret Tyzack Penny Brahms Robert Beatty Sean Sullivan William Sylvester