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2001: A Space Odyssey

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Release Date

April 10, 1968

Runtime

149 minutes

Director

Stanley Kubrick

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Writers

Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke

Studio(s)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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