2010

Synopsis: 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 a novel written by Arthur C. Clarke.
Director(s): Peter Hyams
Production: MGM/UA Entertainment Company
  Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
53
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
PG
Year:
1984
116 min
1,502 Views


BOWMAN:
[Distorted]

My God, it's full of stars!

BOWMAN:
[Distorted]

My God! It's full of stars!

[Intense classical music]

[Chuckles] Neatness! lts a good quality.

MOISEVITCH:

Youll make someone a fine wife!

You are Dr. Heywood Floyd?

Who the hell are you?

Im Moisevitch.

MOISEVITCH:

lm here to talk about your problem.

Really?

What problems that?

MOISEVITCH:
You were chairman

of the National Council on Astronautics.

Now you are a schoolteacher.

This was by your own choice?

FLOYD:
Chancellor of the university.

It pays better. What do you care?

MOISEVITCH:
You were responsible

for the Discovery mission.

It was a failure.

Someone had to be blamed, so it was you.

You like being a teacher?

I dont think I like you.

I just read your final report

on what happened to Discovery.

You left a good number of loose edges.

FLOYD:
Ends.

MOISEVITCH:
Loose ends, yes. Thank you.

A good number of questions...

...have remained unanswered.

FLOYD:
You just read the report?

Took you this long to steal our secrets?

MOISEVITCH:
How long does it take

for your people to steal ours?

FLOYD:
Same amount of time.

MOISEVITCH:

This is very bad for my asthma.

You think you could meet me halfway?

FLOYD:
Maybe.

MOISEVITCH:
It doesnt take a very smart

man to appreciate...

...the risk that I am taking

by being here with you, Dr. Floyd.

And you are a smart man.

This is a very bad business...

...in Central America.

Very bad.

Ships, other planes buzzing around

each other like angry hornets.

Very bad.

FLOYD:
We didnt start it.

MOISEVITCH:
We are scientists,

you and l, Dr. Floyd.

Our governments are enemies.

We are not.

Why dont you just try saying

whats on your mind?

I want to play a game with you, Dr. Floyd.

FLOYD:
I dont have any time for games.

MOISEVITCH:
This is a good game.

Its called "The Truth."

For two minutes, I will tell only the truth.

MOISEVITCH:
And so will you.

FLOYD:
Two minutes?

MOISEVITCH:
Two minutes.

FLOYD:
Make it a minute and a half.

MOISEVITCH:

One minute and three quarters.

You start.

We know you are building

the Discovery Two...

...to go back to Jupiter to find out

what happened to your men up there.

MOISEVITCH:

Also to examine the large monolith.

You know that we are building

the Alexei Leonov to also go up there.

I thought you were gonna call it the Titov.

We changed last month.

People fall out of favor.

The Leonov will reach Discovery

almost a year...

...before you are ready.

My government feels it's very important

that we should get there first.

Its a distinction that will look splendid

on the front page of Pravda.

What other value it has, I don't know.

One minute ten.

Why are you telling me this?

Because there are things we need to know.

Otherwise, the same thing that

you let happen to your people up there...

...could happen to ours,

and we would accomplish nothing.

MOISEVITCH:
I have about one minute left?

FLOYD:
About.

MOISEVITCH:
The small monolith

you brought back from the moon....

Your government has been very selfish

and stupid in keeping it to yourselves.

You never let us examine it.

What have you found out about it?

Nothing.

Its impenetrable.

Weve tried lasers, nuclear detonators.

Nothing worked.

Forty-five seconds.

The monolith near Jupiter, it is the same?

FLOYD:
lts even larger.

And the computer on board the Discovery...

...the HAL-9000, can it be reactivated?

Yes.

MOISEVITCH:
By us?

FLOYD:
By you?

It would take three to four months.

Youre not familiar with the system.

And longer than that

to comprehend the data.

I thought so.

FLOYD:
Thirty seconds.

Here we have our quandary.

We are going to get there first...

...yet you have the knowledge

to make the trip work.

How much more time do I have?

You just got yourself an extension.

How could you convince your people

to allow Americans to go on the flight?

It wont be easy.

However, lm pretty good.

A Russian craft flown by Russians...

...carrying a few poor Americans

who need our help....

That also doesn't look too

bad on the front page ol Pravda.

I dont know if I could convince our people.

They wouldnt mind seeing you fail.

They wouldnt mind it at all.

Carrying Americans?

I dont think they would allow that

if they didnt have to.

They dont have to.

Have you checked Discoverys orbit lately?

What?

Have you checked the orbit?

What about it?

Now its getting chilly here.

This is very bad for my asthma.

You know damn well

weve been checking it.

MOISEVITCH:

I have enjoyed our little chat.

FLOYD:

What are you not telling me?

You are a smart man, Dr. Floyd.

You will know what to do.

[Ambient office sounds]

[Chuckles]

MILSON:
Youve double-checked this?

Please say you havent.

You aren't saying anything, Floyd.

FLOYD:
Something incredible

is happening up there.

Discoverys being pulled towards lo.

Or pushed away from Jupiter. Whichever.

Sometimes it seems to be accelerating,

and other times it just seems to stop.

Ive never seen anything like it.

MILSON:
How long before it impacts on lo?

FLOYD:
Two, two and a half years.

How could we be so goddamn wrong

about the orbit?

Because we werent wrong.

We werent wrong, then great.

Why the hell is it gonna crash?

I dont know. Its bizarre.

Unless it has something to do

with that monolith.

MILSON:

Do you see that building behind us?

Im supposed to go in and have lunch

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Peter Hyams

Peter Hyams (born July 26, 1943) is an American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer, known for directing Capricorn One, the 1981 science fiction thriller Outland, 2010 (the sequel to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey), the 1986 action/comedy Running Scared, the comic book adaptation Timecop, the action film Sudden Death (both starring Jean-Claude Van Damme), and the horror films The Relic and End of Days. more…

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