1968: RICHARD STRAUSS - 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (2001: Η ΟΔΥΣΣΕΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΔΙΑΣΤΗΜΑΤΟΣ)
DIRECTOR: Stanley Kubrick
MUSIC: Richard Strauss ("Also sprach Zarathustra", Op. 30 - 1896)
SCREENPLAY: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke
RELEASED DATE: 3 April 1968 (United States)
DURATION: 142 min

STARRING
Keir Dullea: Dr. David Bowman
Gary Lockwood: Dr. Frank Poole
William Sylvester: Dr. Heywood Floyd
Douglas Rain: The voice of HAL 9000

PLOT: "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.

"Also sprach Zarathustra", Op. 30 is a tone poem by Richard Strauss, composed in 1896 and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical novel of the same name. The composer conducted its first performance on 27 November 1896 in Frankfurt. A typical performance lasts half an hour. The initial fanfare -titled "Sunrise" in the composer's program notes- became well-known after its use in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film "2001: A Space Odyssey"

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