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2010: The Year We Make Contact poster
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MASTER SCORE 68.4 / 100
1984·Adventure / Mystery / Sci-Fi·1h 56m

2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT

“In the very near future, a small group of Americans and Russians set out on the greatest adventure of them all...to see if there is life beyond the stars.”

While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.

Above the Line
Peter Hyams·DirectorPeter Hyams·ScreenplayArthur C. Clarke·NovelPeter Hyams·Director of PhotographyDavid Shire·Original Music ComposerMia Goldman·Editor
Cast
Roy Scheider·Dr. Heywood FloydJohn Lithgow·Dr. Walter CurnowHelen Mirren·Tanya KirbukBob Balaban·Dr. R. ChandraKeir Dullea·Dr. David BowmanDouglas Rain·HAL 9000 (voice)Madolyn Smith Osborne·Caroline FloydSavely Kramarov·Dr. Vladimir RudenkoTaliesin Jaffe·Christopher FloydJames McEachin·Victor Milson
Full Crew
(30 credits)
Directing· 1
Peter Hyams·Director
Writing· 2
Peter Hyams·ScreenplayArthur C. Clarke·Novel
Camera· 3
Peter Hyams·Director of PhotographyRalph Gerling·Camera OperatorBruce McBroom·Still Photographer
Editing· 2
Mia Goldman·EditorJames Mitchell·Editor
Sound & Music· 8
David Shire·Original Music ComposerRichard L. Anderson·Supervising Sound EditorDale Strumpell·Sound DesignerCarlos Delarios·Sound Re-Recording MixerMichael J. Kohut·Sound Re-Recording MixerRay O'Reilly·Sound Re-Recording MixerAaron Rochin·Sound Re-Recording MixerWilliam Saracino·Music Editor
Art & Design· 7
Albert Brenner·Production DesignPatricia Norris·Costume DesignRick Simpson·Set DecorationNancy McArdle·Costume SupervisorBruce Walkup·Costume SupervisorGreg Papalia·Set DesignerGregory Pickrell·Set Designer
Production· 3
Peter Hyams·ProducerPenny Perry·CastingMario Iscovich·Location Manager
Other Departments· 4
Mic Rodgers·StuntsGregory L. McMurry·Visual Effects SupervisorM. James Arnett·Stunt CoordinatorRandy Peters·Transportation Coordinator
By the Numbers
68.4
OF 100
Master Score
6.7
OF 10
IMDb
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CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
$40M
ROI 44%
Worldwide Gross
0
5 NOMS
Oscar Wins
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