2010

2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984) starring Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban, Keir Dullea. Three American scientists (Scheider, Lithgow and Balaban) travel aboard a Russian space ship to visit the Discovery from 2001: A Space Odyssey, to try and figure out what went wrong. Meanwhile, back on Earth, an international crisis is playing out, with war breaking out between the U.S. and Soviet Union. Obviously, this presents a problem to present-day viewers of this movie, since we know that the Soviet Union will not exist in 2010. Dave Bowman (Dullea), from 2001, makes an appearance, with important news for Earth. This film is not a total success, but for sci-fi fans it will be sufficient as a followup to 2001. (Closed captions are available.) Grade: B