Quotes

Dave Bowman: Open the pod bay doors, HAL.

HAL: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.

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Mistakes

In the scene in which we see the space station from the cockpit of the approaching shuttle, the station does not appear to rotate because the shuttle is rotating at the same speed. OK...except that the station IS still rotating with respect to the sun, which means that the light source and shadows on the station should be moving. See more...

Trivia

Originally, the astronauts were suppose to head for Saturn but Kubrick found creating the effects for the rings would be too costly; thus, he selected Jupiter instead. See more...

Mistake pictures