Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” had its world premiere April 2, 1968, at the Uptown Theater in Northwest Washington. People in the audience were “streaming out” before the film was over. The ...

On the hotel room set of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Kubrick is shown at center behind the camera. Warner Bros. Stanley Kubrick didn’t want to make a science-fiction film. His plan, as he told his eventual ...

It's the 50th birthday of a film that was supposed to be — and definitely is — "the proverbial 'really good' science fiction movie," and Michael Benson's exhaustive new book about the making of 2001: ...

Director Stanley Kubrick couldn't stand astronomer Carl Sagan. To discuss the depiction of extraterrestrials in his upcoming film adaptation of an Arthur C. Clarke short story, Kubrick hosted a dinner ...

When Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” made its premiere in Los Angeles in 1968, reactions were mixed. The director was in the audience, having traveled from his adopted home in England by ...

Mike Kaplan, a former vice president of Stanley Kubrick's Polaris Productions, is an independent producer and marketing consultant. He lives in Santa Monica Rock Hudson may have walked out of the Los ...

Movie endings don’t get any more iconic or enigmatic than the final 15 minutes of Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Spacey Odyssey.” Dr. David Bowman’s journey into the vortex has spawned countless fan ...

Fifty years ago, moviegoers had their minds blown by director Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey.” To this day some of them still aren’t quite sure what it all means. Was an alien intelligence ...

Bounds of stories and myths have been tossed around over the years regarding Stanley Kubrick’s masterful 2001: A Space Odyssey. From rumors of an alien insurance policy to original phony titles, the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. This article is more than 7 years old. This, the ...