2010: The Year We Make Contact From:Roy Scheider , John Lithgow , Helen Mirren , Bob Balaban , Keir Dullea , Warner Brothers , Peter Hyams , Warner Home Video ,
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0012569505322
Format: Closed-captioned
Format: Color
Format: DVD-Video
Format: Letterboxed
Format: NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Audio Format: Dolby Digital 5.1
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Packaged Height: 50 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 740 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 20 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 570 hundredths-inches
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2000-09-19
Running Time: 116 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1984-12-07
Product Description:
A joint american-soviet space expedition is sent to jupiter to learn what happen to the discovery. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 10/05/2004 Starring: John Lithgow Helen Mirren Run time: 116 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Peter Hyams
Customer Reviews:
 Unfairly maligned, 2008-11-10
"2010: The Year We Make Contact" gets a bad rap primarily because it's not "2001: A Space Odyssey." No matter what they would have filmed, the movie would have been dismissed out of hand by most people. I think it's a fine film, though. I know that I'll get hammered for this, but I enjoyed it more than I did "2001." The Kubrick film was indisputably beautiful, but I found it to be dramatically inert. I was mesmerized by the imagery but I didn't care about the characters or the story (and the "acid trip" at the end went on for far too long). "2010," by contrast, isn't as beautiful. The utilitarian nature of the space craft design is carried over to the storytelling style as well. Peter Hyams, the director, sacrifices the perfectly composed shots that Kubrick created in deference to keeping the story moving.
In the end it all comes down to whether you prefer poetry or prose. I like prose. I prefer forward momentum to stasis. "2010" doesn't have the sense of wonder that "2001" does, but it's populated with characters and a narrative that you can become emotionally invested in.
A NOTE ABOUT THE DVD: As much as I like the film itself, the DVD is just okay. The transfer is substandard (non-anamorphic) and pretty bare bones. Rumor has it that there will be a special edition DVD in the year 2010. One can hope.
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