Throughout its entire length, director Stanley Kubrick demonstrates his unmatched mastery of sight, sound, and motion as he serves a visual feast-who else would accompany a space ship docking to the "Blue Danube Waltz," and create such a stunningly beautiful ballet? The film's special effects are a quantum leap over anything that has gone before it, paving the way for the high-tech look in film and graphics.

"A uniquely poetic piece of sci-fi."

- Penelope Gilliatt, NEW YORKER

"I think Stanley Kubrick's 2001:A SPACE ODYSSEY is some sort of great film, and an unforgettable endeavor. Technically and imaginatively, what he put into it is staggering . . . a uniquely poetic piece of sci-fi, made by a man who truly possesses the drives of both science and fiction."

- Penelope Gilliatt, NEW YORKER