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In this sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, in which Dave Bowman was taken by the Jupiter monolith and transformed into a powerful being.

Now in 2010 we follow a joint American-Soviet expedition, headed by Dr. Heywood Floyd (Roy Scheider), as they are sent to Jupiter to discover what went wrong with the U.S.S. Discovery against a backdrop of growing global tensions.

Among the mysteries of which the expedition must explain are the appearance of a huge black monolith in Jupiter's orbit and the fate of the psychotic H.A.L.9000, the Discovery's sentient computer which the group must reactivate so they may learn what happened to the ship. They must also find out the meaning of Dave Bowman's last transmission... "My God, it's full of stars..."

Alternative title(s):

2010: The Year We Made Contact

Keywords:

Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Adventure, Futuristic, Space Craft, Space, Sequel, Based-on-Novel, Special, Sci Fi, Film, Movie, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1984) (4 Star)

Cast:

Roy Scheider	.... Dr. Heywood Floyd
John Lithgow	.... Dr. Walter Curnow
Helen Mirren	.... Tanya Kirbuk
Bob Balaban	.... Dr. R. Chandra
Keir Dullea	.... Dave Bowman
Douglas Rain	.... HAL 9000

Supporting Cast:

Madolyn Smith-Osborne	.... Caroline Floyd
Dana Elcar	.... Dimitri Moisevitch
Taliesin Jaffe	.... Christopher Floyd
James McEachin	.... Victor Milson
Mary Jo Deschanel	.... Betty Fernandez Bowman's Wife
Elya Baskin	.... Maxim Brajlovsky
Saveli Kramarov	.... Dr. Vladimir Rudenko
Oleg Rudnik	.... Dr. Vasili Orlov
Natasha Shneider	.... Irina Yakunina

Directors:

Peter Hyams

Writers:

Arthur C. Clarke
Peter Hyams

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