Product Details

• Actors: Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban, Keir Dullea
• Directors: Peter Hyams
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
• Language: English, Russian
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: July 3, 2001
• Run Time: 116 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (223 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005BCOI
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #25,780 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Customer Reviews

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49 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The saga continues ..., December 20, 1999

By	"jalenross" (Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 2010: The Year We Make Contact (DVD)

What everybody should know about 2010: It is not 2001! Sounds stupid, but it explains about everything. 2010 is the continuation of the storyline of 2001, but it tells the story in a completely different way.

2001 was slow and silent. It was filled with emotions and impressions. 2010 offers the same but combines it with a far more interesting plot. On one hand it tells the story nine years after the Discovery Incident, as a team of russian and american scientists try to find answers and on the other hand it explains the fate of Bowman and HAL 9000 ... and ultimately of mankind.

The movie never gets boring and keeps you guessing until the end. The actors are marvelous. The hangar scene between Floyd (Roy Scheider) and Bowman (Keir Dullea) alone is better than any other scene in 2001. The russian/american conflict may be a bit out of date (! ), but it never spoils the movies true message.

2010 is not better than 2001. It is different. It is the answer to a question and the beginning of a new one. You have to watch this film. And i also recommend the other two (book) sequels from Arthur C. Clarke (2061 and 3001).

82 of 98 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Transfer is not standard DVD resolution, February 3, 2002

By	"wademasshardt" (Madison, WI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 2010: The Year We Make Contact (DVD)

Once again, the stupid people responsible for doing transfers do an inferior transfer. Instead of using the standard DVD resolution of 720x480, they chose instead to use something more like 640x427. Honestly, I don't understand why they decide to do it this way, there should be plenty of room on the DVD, since they put the pan and scan version on the other side of the disc. I've run into a few DVDs like this and it pissed me off every time.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars very poor Picture Quality, May 3, 2009

By	Rallyfirst "Heimkino-Fan" - See all my reviews

This review is from: 2010: The Year We Make Contact [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

until now I had only the DVD Version from 2010. The quality of this DVD was very bad. No anamorph 16:9, bad picture Quality and sound. So I to get excited about the fact, that the Blu-Ray apears. I can say that it is better than the DVD OK but it is the worst Blu-Ray I ever owned. The "picture quality" is blurred, grained and the sound has no dynamic. OK, thats the best quality you can earn but sorry, for Blu-Ray very bad.