2001: A Space Odyssey He also co-authored the treatment and screenplay with Clarke, based on the seed idea in an earlier short story by Clarke (which bears little relation to the film other than the idea of an alien civilisation's having left something to alert them to mankind's attaining the ability to space travel). Clarke's novel "2001: A Space Odyssey" was published in 1968. Kubrick had no involvement in any of the later projects. Peter Hyams directed the second film, "2010" (1984). He also wrote the screenplay based on Clarke's novel, "" (1982). Clarke was not directly involved in Hyams' film's production as he
2001: A Space Odyssey (film) of most films of the era released both as a "roadshow" (in Cinerama format in the case of "2001") and general release (in 70-millimetre in the case of "2001"), the entrance music, intermission music (and intermission altogether), and postcredit exit music were cut from most prints of the latter version, although these have been restored to most DVD releases. The following year, a United States Department of State committee chose "2001" as the American entry at the 6th Moscow International Film Festival. The film was rereleased in 1974, 1977, and again in 1980. In 2001, a restoration of the 70mm