2001: A Space Odyssey

2007 releases

Title	2001: A Space Odyssey Two-Disc Special Edition (DVD)
Distributor	Warner Home Video
Format	DVD/Blu-ray/HD DVD
Released	October 23, 2007 December 3, 2007 (region 2/B, non-BD) March 3, 2008 (region B, BD)
MSRP	$26.99 (DVD) $28.99 (BD/HD DVD)
Master	1999 restoration
Catalog #	79838 (BD) 79206 (HD DVD)
ISBN	1-4198-3058-9 (DVD) 1-4198-5038-2 (BD) 1-4198-3220-4 (HD DVD)
Type	2x DVD (DVD) 1x BD-50 (BD) 1x HD-30 (HD-DVD)
Opening	WIP

Technical Specifications

DVD

Video:

2.20:1 anamorphic widescreen
Dual-layered disc
32 chapters

Audio:

Dolby Digital 5.1 - English and French
Subtitled in English, French, and Spanish - CC available

Blu-ray

Video:

2.20:1, VC-1 encoded 1080p video
Dual-layered disc

Audio:

Linear PCM - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French, Spanish, German, and Italian
Subtitled in above languages, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Korean, Norwegian, Portuegese, and Swedish

HD DVD

Video:

2.20:1, VC-1 encoded 1080p video

Audio:

Dolby TrueHD - English
Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 - English, French, and Spanish
Subtitled in above languages, Chinese, Korean, and Portuegese

Features

Disc One:

Commentary by Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood
2001 Theatrical Trailer

Disc Two:

Channel 4 documentary: 2001: The Making of a Myth
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2001: A Space Odyssey - A Look Behind the Future
What is Out There?
2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork (with Christine Kubrick)
Look: Stanley Kubrick!
Audio-only 1966 interview with Stanley Kubrick conducted by Jeremy Bernstein

The HD disc versions combine the two disc contents into one.

Reviews

Blu-ray.com (Blu-ray)
High-Def Digest (Blu-ray)

Resources

LDDB entry (HD DVD)

Trivia

Released as part of a wave of Stanley Kubrick titles from Warner Home Video.
First time new special features have been created for the film since the 1988 Criterion LD.
The Blu-ray release in Region B was delayed for a few months for extra prep time.

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