Movie Rating 8 0“2001” is a story of evolution. Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth (presumably elsewhere throughout the universe as well). Evolution then enabled humankind to reach the moon’s surface, where yet another monolith is found, one that signals the monolith placers that humankind has evolved that .. Summary 8.0 great 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 0“2001” is a story of evolution. Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth (presumably elsewhere throughout the universe as well). Evolution then enabled humankind to reach the moon’s surface, where yet another monolith is found, one that signals the monolith placers that humankind has evolved that far. Now a race begins between computers (HAL) and human (Bowman) to reach the monolith placers. The winner will achieve the next step in evolution, whatever that may be. Download: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Douglas Rain Gary Lockwood IMDB 250 Keir Dullea Stanley Kubrick William Sylvester Streaming and download link will work only for Authorized Users. Read this for more info.