2010 [1984]

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1984
Running Times: 111 mins [Germany]      112 mins [Netherlands]     116 mins [USA]
Format: Metrocolor     Panavision [anamorphic]     35mm     70mm [blow-up]
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: 70mm 6-Track Dolby

PRODUCTION
Production Company: MGM
Producer: Peter Hyams
Associate Producers: Neil A. Machlis, Jonathan A. Zimbert
Unit Production Manager: Neil A. Machlis

SCRIPT
Script: Peter Hyams
Novel: Arthur C. Clarke

DIRECTION
Director: Peter Hyams
1st Assistant Director: William S. Beasley
2nd Assistant Director: Alan B. Curtiss

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Peter Hyams
Camera Operator: Ralph Gerling
Assistant Camera: Don E. FauntLeRoy, Michael Wheeler
Gaffer: John Baron
Colour Timer: Bob Kaiser

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: James Mitchell
Associate Editor: Ross Albert

MUSIC
Music: David Shire; Richard Strauss [Also Sprach Zarathustra]; Gyorgy Ligeti [Lux Aeterna]
Music Performed By: The North German Radio Chorus [Lux Aeterna]; conducted by Helmut Franz

SOUND
Sound Designer: Dale Strumpell
Sound: Gene S. Cantamessa, Carlos DeLarios, Michael J. Kohut, Aaron Rochin
Supervising Sound Editor: Richard L. Anderson
Sound Editor: David E. Stone

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Michael Westmore
Hair: Vivian McAteer
Costume Designer: Patricia Norris

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Creature Crew: Craig Caton

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Boss Film Studios
Special Effects Supervisor: David Blitstein
Special Effects: Henry Millar Jr
Visual Effects Production Supervisor: Lynda Lemon
Special Visual Effects: Richard Edlund, George Jenson, Neil Krepela, Mark Stetson, Juniko Moody [uncredited]
Digital Effects Supervisor: Jim Rygiel
Visual Effects Camera [Boss Films]: John V. Fante
Optical Camera Operator: Bruno George
Video Effects Supervisor: Gregory L. McMurry
Model Maker: Leslie Ekker
Visual Effects Editor: Dennis Michelson
Software Programmer: Paul Van Camp
Laser and Cloud Effects: Gary Platek
Mechanical Effects Supervisor: Thaine Morris
Titles and Opticals: MGM
Additional Optical Effects: Cinema Research Corporation

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designers: Syd Mead, George Trimmer
Art Director: Albert Brenner
Set Designer: Kandy Stern
Graphics / Visual Displays: Video Image
Set Decorator: Rick Simpson
Production Illustrator: Sherman Labby

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Marshall Schlom
Production Associate: Steven Jongeward
Medical Technical Advisor: Linda Klein

LOCATIONS
Locations: Plains of San Augustin, New Mexico, USA; Washington, District of Columbia, USA

STUNTS
Stunt Co-Ordinator: M. James Arnett
Stunts: M. James Arnett, James H. Burk, James M. Halty, Robert Harman, Freddie Hice, John Meier, Gary Morgan, Mic Rodgers
Flying Supervisor: Robert Harman

CASTING
Casting: Penny Perry

CAST
Roy Scheider [Dr Heywood Floyd]
John Lithgow [Walter Curnow]
Helen Mirren [Tanya Kirbuk]
Bob Balaban [Dr R. Chandra]
Keir Dullea [Dave Bowman]
Douglas Rain [voice of HAL 9000]
Madolyn Smith [Caroline Floyd]
Dana Elcar [Dimitri Moisevitch]
Taliesin Jaffe [Christopher Floyd]
James McEachin [Victor Milson]
Mary Jo Deschanel [Betty Fernandez]
Elya Baskin [Maxim Bralovsky]
Savely Kramarov [Vladimir Rudenko]
Oleg Rudnik [Vasali Orlov]
Natasha Shneider [Irina Yakunna]
Vladimir Skomarovsky [Yuri Svetlanov]
Victor Steinbach [Mikolai Ternovsky]
Jan Triska [Alexander Kovalev]
Larry Carroll [anchorman]
Herta Ware [Jessie Bowman]
Cheryl Carter [nurse]
Ron Recasner [neurosurgeon]
Robert Lesser [Dr Hirsch]
Olga Mallsnerd (real name: Candice Bergen) [SAL 9000]
Delana Michaels, Gene McGarr [commercial announcers]
Arthur C. Clarke [man on park bench - uncredited]

Nine years after the ill-fated mission to Jupiter, the Discovery's orbit is decaying. A joint US - Soviet mission is launched to investigate the ship before it is destroyed in Jupiter's gravitational pull. As HAL 9000 is reactivated, Dr Heywood Floyd, who instigated the original mission, is visited by an old friend with a message that could have shattering consequences for Mankind.

Unfairly dismissed simply because it wasn't as good as 2001: A Space Odyssey [1968] - what could be? - 2010 is nevertheless a well made and hugely enjoyable film in its own right. It lacks the epic grandeur and mythic qualities of Kubrick's masterpiece, and many were turned off by its attempts to rationalise the events of the first film. But strong performances, impressive visuals and a thought-provoking story make it a better film than it's often given credit for.

Germany
DVD Distributor: Warner Home Video [65053]

USA
Laserdisc Distributor: MGM Home Video [ML101661]; MGM Home Video [ML106349]
DVD Distributor: MGM Home Entertainment [907046]; Warner Home Video [65053]

Finland
Rating: K-8

France
Rating: U

Germany
Rating: 12

Netherlands
Rating: AL

Norway
Rating: 11

Sweden
Rating: 11

UK
Rating: PG

USA
Rating: PG

AWARDS

1985
Academy Awards, USA
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration [Albert Brenner, Rick Simpson] - nominated
Best Costume Design [Patricia Norris] - nominated
Best Effects, Visual Effects [Richard Edlund, George Jenson, Neil Krepela, Mark Stetson] - nominated
Best Makeup [Michael Westmore] - nominated
Best Sound [Gene S. Cantamessa, Carlos DeLarios, Michael J. Kohut, Aaron Rochin] - nominated

Hugo Awards
Best Dramatic Presentation - winner

1985
April
3: France - theatrical release
5: Finland - theatrical release
5: Sweden - theatrical release

1993
June
1: UK - television broadcast [on Channel 4]

1995
January
Day Unknown: UK - television broadcast [on Channel 4]

1997
October
22: USA - laserdisc release [MGM Home Video [ML106349]]

1998
August
25: USA - DVD release [MGM Home Entertainment [907046]]

2000
January
26: Germany - DVD release [Warner Home Video [65053]]

September
19: USA - DVD release [Warner Home Video [65053]]

We are not alone.

The year we make contact.

2010 - Das Jahr, in dem wir Kontakt aufnehmen - German title
2010: The Year We Make Contact

SEQUEL TO
2001: A Space Odyssey [1968]

SEE ALSO
Howard the Duck [1986]
Kondom des Grauens [1996]
Mission to Mars [2000]

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
2010: The Odyssey Continues [1984]

MAGAZINES

American Cinematographer vol.66 no.1 [January 1985] pp.65-76 [USA]
illustrated article

American Film vol.10 no.3 [December 1984] p.92 [USA]
review

Cinefantastique vol.15 no.1 [January 1985] pp.8-11, 53, 57v [USA]
illustrated article, interview

Cinefex no.20 [January 1985] [USA]
article

City Limits no.178 [1-7 March 1985] p.23 [UK]
review [by Kim Newman]

On Location vol.8 no.9 [January 1985] pp.36, 38, 40, 42, 45, 163 [USA]
illustrated article

Premiere April 1985 p.9 [France]
review [by Martine Moriconi]

space travel, spaceships, astronauts, aliens, monoliths, jupiter, sequels, books into film, dolphins, aero-braking, hospitals, nurses, cold war, scientists, computers

Last Updated: 6 March, 2007