Judith Schrut was one lucky and gobsmacked Royal Festival Hall audience member at the Golden Anniversary screening of 2001: A Space Odyssey Live.
1968— fifty years ago— was a landmark year for movies, the release year for a massive feast of films now considered classics: Oliver, the Odd Couple, Funny Girl, Yellow Submarine, Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang, Rosemary’s Baby and 2001: A Space Odyssey, to name a handful. Expect plenty of Golden Anniversary screenings, fan events and limited-edition merchandise for each in the coming months.
Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey was especially groundbreaking when it premiered in Britain in May 1968. It’s still widely considered the best sci-fi movie ever made, with complex themes, astonishing cinematography and music, Oscar-winning special effects and a memorable back-talking computer named Hal. I’m still dreaming of apes and eyeballs in Super Panavision 70, following last weekend’s extraordinary 50th anniversary screening in the Royal Festival Hall, accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with chorus.
The Royal Festival Hall is part of the UK’s largest arts and music venue, the Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1. Find out more at Southbank Centre.co.uk.
