One of Stanley Kubrick's biggest inspirations was a 1960 animated short from Canada. “As far as I can recall, it was entirely his idea.” 3.
“Stanley selected 2001: A Space Odyssey,” Clarke said in his book, The Lost Worlds of 2001.
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The official MGM press release for the movie from February 1965 lists the title as Journey Beyond the Stars, though two months later Kubrick selected 2001: A Space Odyssey for the final title, as an homage to Homer’s Odyssey. Other temporary titles included Across the Sea of Stars, Universe, Tunnel to the Stars, Earth Escape, Jupiter Window, Farewell to Earth, and Planetfall. The pair’s first working title for the movie was Project: Space, which is listed in their first outline. It was never a serious title option, though in author Jerome Agel's 1972 book, The Making of Kubrick's 2001, Clarke admitted, " was our private title. It had a few alternate titles.ĭuring development on the movie, Kubrick and Clarke humorously referred to their lofty project as “How the Solar System Was Won,” a play on the title of the 1962 western epic, How the West Was Won. But Arthur took all the existing material, plus an impression of some of the rushes, and wrote the novel.” 2. This initial treatment was subsequently changed in the screenplay, and the screenplay in turn was altered during the making of the film. Per Kubrick, “The novel came about after we did a 130-page prose treatment of the film at the very outset. Clarke.Ĭaras introduced the two, with Clarke sending a telegram saying, “Frightfully interested in working with enfant terrible,” and soon the two were working on expanding Clarke’s short story “The Sentinel” into a movie treatment. Kubrick told Caras that for his next movie he wanted to do a movie about extraterrestrial life, which prompted Caras to suggest he get in touch with his friend, collaborator, and science fiction author, Arthur C. 2001: A Space Odyssey sprang from a February 1964 lunch between director Stanley Kubrick and Roger Caras, the publicist for Kubrick’s previous film Dr.
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