2010:The Year We Make Contact

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In this sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, a joint American-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to discover what went wrong with the U.S.S. Discovery against a backdrop of growing global tensions.

Among the mysteries the expedition must explain are the appearance of a huge black monolith in Jupiter’s orbit and the fate of H.A.L., the Discovery’s sentient computer.  Based on the novel written by Arthur C. Clarke.  It has a strong cast featuring Roy Scheider, Helen Mirren and John Lithgow and develops the story based on the end of the novel 2001 in which DAVE BOWMAN sends a message to Earth describing a seemingly endless tunnel appearing in space: “my God, its full of stars”.

This is a very different movie to 2001 and one that deserves more attention, it has suffered from being the younger brother to a movie labelled as ‘cult’ or ‘classic’. It certainly feels more ‘mainstream’ but as far as sci-fi movies go, this is a great one.

The late Sir Arthur makes a cameo appearance - sitting on a park bench in front of the White House, feeding the pigeons. He is also seen on the cover of Time magazine, as the American President.

Join us for a lazy Sunday afternoon in space.

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Screening Times

date
Sun 4th May
time
1:00PM

Information

country
USA
year
1984
runtime
116 mins
language
English
director
Peter Hyams
distributor
BFI
format
35mm
 
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2010:The Year We Make Contact
2010:The Year We Make Contact
 

Festival Dates
30 April - 4 May 2008

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