In space, no one can hear you die.

Rating: 10/10 (1 February 2009)

Nineteen sixty eight was a watershed year in American history and cinema. Kubrick and Clarke combined their geniuses to create a film that takes humans from the dawn of evolution to the edge of space and time.
Like many in my generation, I saw this movie when it played in a small college town, spring of '69. Word of the psychedelic show filled the theater and the ending left us all dazed and confused, some to this day.
Although much has been written about the film, I'll focus on the old-fashioned murder theme present from end to end. In the opening scene, an ape-man is empowered by his use of an antelope femur applied forcefully to his rival's forehead.
Flash forward to the Second Milleninm where, in the Jupiter-bound spaceship Discovery, a computer named HAL is systematically killing the crew. The lone survivor must out-smart and kill HAL; will this be history's first cybercide? If you've never seen 2001, the next showing of this classic-for-the-ages is February 5, 2009 on TCM. Tune in your new wall-mount wide-screen TV, turn off your cell phone, and enjoy the trip.