2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)

Plot Summary

In this sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), a joint American-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to discover what went wrong with the U.S.S. Discovery against a backdrop of growing global tensions. Amongst the mysteries the expedition must explain, are the appearance of a huge black monolith in Jupiter's orbit and the fate of H.A.L.; the Discovery's A.I. computer. Based on the novel by Arthur C. Clarke.

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Awards

Academy Awards, USA (1985)

Oscar 1985

Nominated

Best Sound

Michael J. Kohut Aaron Rochin Carlos Delarios Gene S. Cantamessa

Oscar 1985

Nominated

Best Effects, Visual Effects

Richard Edlund Neil Krepela George Jenson Mark Stetson

Oscar 1985

Nominated

Best Makeup

Michael Westmore

Oscar 1985

Nominated

Best Costume Design

Patricia Norris

Oscar 1985

Nominated

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

Albert Brenner Rick Simpson