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Director: Peter Hyams
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From Time Out Film Guide
Hyams' sequel to Kubrick's big daddy of sci-fi movies may not have the novelty of 2001: A Space Odyssey, but it is still a better film than anyone could have dared to expect. Scheider plays the American space agency boss trying to find out what happened to the ill-fated 'Discovery' spacecraft and its surviving crew-member. He joins a Russian space mission to Jupiter captained by the formidable Mirren, but things get pretty sticky when news comes through that back on Earth the super-powers are on the point of war. Hyams has not come up with a climax to match Kubrick's rush through the star-gate; but this is still space fiction of a superior kind, making the Star Trek movies look puny by comparison.Author: DP
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- Mike said...
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Posted on Dec 23 2009 01:06
My words for those who do not understand:
I read the book after I saw 2001. It explains it all to my satisfaction.
The book is a bit different from both movies yet, I believe, able to give understanding of the intent.
When you have faith, it is easy to understand
By faith I mean; Faith in God and his language of science.
They really are one and the same.
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Cast & crew
Director: Peter Hyams
Producer: Peter Hyams
Cast: Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban, Keir Dullea, Madolyn Smith, Dana Elcar, Taliesin Jaffe full cast
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Duration: 116 mins
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