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 Travesty 2001: A Space Travesty 2001: A Space Travesty is a 2000 comedy film directed by Allan A. Goldstein and starring Leslie Nielsen. The film has a few sequences parodying elements of "", but is not focused on parodying "Odyssey". Marshal Richard "Dick" Dix, a special detective, saves a fast food chain restaurant from a terrorist hostage situation, much to the displeasure of the police chief. He drives away and back to the police station, where he meets his boss, who is with a police worker, Cassandra Menage. She retells her experience of the cloning of the President of the United