9/100 2001: A Space Odyssey
MGM/Courtesy Neal Peters Collection, It was the first outer-space movie to take outer-space — and special effects — seriously. Sure, it creaks beside its successors, including Close Encounters and Star Wars, but 2001 does have one of the most famous match-cuts in movie history (the bone turning into a spaceship). And even though the smooth-talking computer in the film has an operating system that’s 46 years old, people still want to own it: The HAL 9000 app on iTunes has been downloaded an estimated quarter-million times. See the box office totals, famous quotes and more. Director: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester Domestic lifetime gross (adjusted for inflation, 2014): $344,621,600 Famous quote: “Well, I don’t think there is any question about it. It can only be attributable to human error. This sort of thing has cropped up before, and it has always been due to human error.” — HalIt was the first outer-space movie to take outer space — and special effects — seriously (so seriously Kubrick had the sets destroyed after production to make sure they didn’t turn up in subsequent inferior sci-fi films). Sure, it creaks beside its successors, including Close Encounters and Star Wars, but 2001 does have one of the most famous match-cuts in movie history (the bone turning into a spaceship). And even though the smooth-talking computer in the film has an operating system that’s 46 years old, people still want to own it: The HAL 9000 app on iTunes has been downloaded an estimated quarter-million times.
