2001: A Space Odyssey

Technical Specifications

• 2.20:1 non-anamorphic widescreen
• Dual-layered disc, layer switch at 1:27:36
• 32 chapters

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

Features

• Interview with Arthur C. Clarke
• 2001 Theatrical Trailer
• 2010 Theatrical Trailer

Reviews

• The Digital Bits (with 2001 DVD) (original 1998 review)

Trivia

• This release appears to be a DVD port of the 1997 AC-3 LaserDisc.
• Only released in region 1.
• Reprinted by Warner Home Video as part of the original Stanley Kubrick Collection, due to the Turner transfer of classic MGM films.
Warner-specific release trivia:

• On the Warner reprint, menus do not autoplay, must hit "menu" button on remote to access.
• Some early copies of the Warner reprint still have the MGM logo, but later ones replace it with the WHV logo.
• The contents of this release were backported to VHS as part of a concurrently released Stanley Kubrick Collection VHS boxset. This release was reissued with new artwork with the new edition of the Stanley Kubrick Collection boxset, but the contents were the same as the 1999 VHS.
• Due to the quality of the transfers on this and other Kubrick releases, then-Warner Home Video president Warren Lieberfarb denounced this release and ordered a rework of the discs. This would manifest two years later as part of the 2001 release.