
There is some violence, especially early on, when apes on the verge of evolving into humans learn how to defend themselves from predators and rivals while beginning to develop the tools needed to hunt and survive. While many think it's one of the greatest films ever made and was the first of what would prove to be many big-budget Hollywood science fiction films, the film's slow build and heady subject matter make this best for inquisitive tweens and older. Parents need to know that 2001: A Space Odyssey is the 1969 classic Stanley Kubrick adaptation of the Arthur C. Heywood Floyd from Earth to the space station is owned and operated by Pan Am, an air carrier that declared bankruptcy exactly 10 years before the year in which this movie takes place. Ironically enough, the space plane carrying Dr. The astronauts watch, and are interviewed by, BBC News. The IBM logo is featured prominently on computers.
