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Male voice Good day gentlemenThis is a prerecorded briefingMade prior to your departureAnd which for security reasons of the highest importanceHas been known on board during the missionOnly by your
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2001: A Space Odyssey

Good day, gentlemen. This is a prerecorded briefing made prior to your departure and...

Dr. Floyd: Good day, gentlemen. This is a prerecorded briefing made prior to your departure and which for security reasons of the highest importance has been known on board during the mission only by your H-A-L 9000 computer. Now that you are in Jupiter's space and the entire crew is revived it can be told to you. Eighteen months ago the first evidence of intelligent life off the Earth was discovered. It was buried 40 feet below the lunar surface near the crater Tycho. Except for a single very powerful radio emission aimed at Jupiter the four-million year old black monolith has remained completely inert. Its origin and purpose are still a total mystery

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male voice Good day gentlemen
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This is a prerecorded briefing
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Made prior to your departure
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And which for security reasons of the highest importance
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Has been known on board during the mission
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Only by your hal 9000 computer
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Now that you are in Jupiter's space
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And the entire crew is revived
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It can be told to you
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Eighteen months ago
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The first evidence of intelligent life off the earth
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Was discovered
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It was buried 40 feet below the lunar surface
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Near the crater tycho
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Except for a single very powerful
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Radio emission aimed at Jupiter
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The 4 million year old monolith has remained completely inert
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Its origin and purpose
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Still a total mystery
Available in 8 languages
Duration
81 seconds
Views
1,085
Timestamp in Movie
01:55:42
Uploaded
Feb 07, 2026
Genres
science fiction, mystery, adventure
Production
Stanley Kubrick Productions,Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Movie Summary

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.