'2001: A Space Odyssey' Props Are Rare Because Stanley Kubrick Tried to Destroy Them

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'2001: A Space Odyssey' Props Are Rare Because Stanley Kubrick Tried to Destroy Them
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The Big Picture It goes without saying that Stanley Kubrick was one odd duck. A successful one, but an odd duck nonetheless. From filming scenes repeatedly to traumatizing his cast to bring out what he was looking for, to filming the moon landing , Kubrick played by his own rules. But in a career of oddities, the fact that he demanded that all props from what is deemed his masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey, be destroyed is a whole other level.

Release Date April 2, 1968 Director Stanley Kubrick Cast Keir Dullea , Gary Lockwood , William Sylvester , Daniel Richter , Leonard Rossiter , Margaret Tyzack Runtime 141 Kubrick Strives for Achievable Possibilities in '2001: A Space Odyssey' For a director whose works are as iconic as they come, Stanley Kubrick only ever won a single Academy Award, and the fact that it came in the category of Best Visual Special Effects for 2001: A Space Odyssey is telling.

'2001: A Space Odyssey's Unique Set Pieces Face Execution at the Hands of Their Maker Close All the experts, designs, and research led to a list of props created for 2001: A Space Odyssey that are an astounding mix of iconic and prophetic, and so unique to the film that images of those props are quickly associated with the film. The rotating, spoked wheel that is Space Station V, orbiting above the Earth.

Stanley Kubrick’s Plan for ’2001: A Space Odyssey’s Props Backfires Now, if every prop had been destroyed, then Kubrick's plan would have worked as intended. Only some of the props did escape the executioner's ax, which resulted in Kubrick's plan backfiring. Spectacularly.

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