2010: The Year We Make Contact

UPC: 883929051069

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: PG   Contains:null

Summary: This belated sequel to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is directed by Peter Hyams. Roy Scheider plays the astronaut/skipper of a U.S.-Soviet space mission, sent to find out what happened to the missing Discovery flight that carried Keir Dullea into the beyond in the original 2001. Scheider's polyglot crew includes Americans John Lithgow and Bob Balaban (the latter a computer whiz, responsible for the notorious HAL 9000) and Russians Helen Mirren, Elya Baskin and Natasha Schneider. The reason for this international mixture is that the world is on the brink of nuclear war, and it is hoped that the space mission will assure east-west solidarity (in this respect, 2010 dates far more than 2001, given the collapse of the Iron Curtain). When the astronauts catch up with Dullea, still in orbit around Jupiter, producer/director/writer Hyams attempts to demystify the enigmatic climax of 2001. Arthur C. Clarke, author of the story upon which 2001 was based, appears in 2010 as a man on a park bench. Incidentally, the voice-over credited to Olga Mallsnerd is actually Candice Bergen. (The name Mallsnerd is a play on the name of one of the characters created by her ventriloquist father Edgar.) ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Science Fiction

Awards: Best Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Costume Design – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Makeup – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Visual Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Visual Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Visual Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Visual Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Features: Vintage featurette 2010: The Odyssey Continues
Theatrical trailer

2010: The Year We Make Contact

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 04/07/2009

Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 2.40:1

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DTHD null, DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 116 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French,Spanish,German,Portuguese

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish,German

Cast and Crew: Larry Carroll  Actor 
Delana Michaels  Actor 
Cheryl Carter  Actor 
Penny Perry  Actor 
Ron Recasner  Actor 
Candice Bergen  Actor 
Robert Lesser  Actor 
Natasha Schneider  Actor 
Peter Hyams  Director 
Peter Hyams  Producer 
Peter Hyams  Screenwriter 
Julia Phillips  Producer 
David Shire  Composer (Music Score) 
Roy Scheider  Actor 
John Lithgow  Actor 
Helen Mirren  Actor 
Bob Balaban  Actor 
Keir Dullea  Actor 
Douglas Rain  Actor 
Madolyn Smith  Actor 
Dana Elcar  Actor 
Taliesin Jaffe  Actor 
James McEachin  Actor 
Mary Jo Deschanel  Actor 
Elya Baskin  Actor 
Savely Kramarov  Actor 
Oleg Rudnick  Actor 
Vladimir Skomarovsky  Actor 
Victor Steinbach  Actor 
Jan Triska  Actor 
Herta Ware  Actor 
Arthur C. Clarke  Actor 

Country: USA