My God, it's full of stars!
Neatness! It's a good quality.
You'll make someone a fine wife!
You are Dr. Heywood Floyd?
Who the hell are you?
I'm Moisevitch.
I'm here to talk about your problem.
Really?
What problem's that?
You were chairman of the National Council on Astronautics.
Now you are a schoolteacher.
This was by your own choice?
Chancellor of the university. It pays better. What do you care?
You were responsible for the Discovery mission.
It was a failure.
Someone had to be blamed, so it was you.
You like being a teacher?
I don't think I like you.
I just read your final report on what happened to Discovery.
You left a good number of loose edges.
-Ends. -Loose ends, yes. Thank you.
A good number of questions...
...have remained unanswered.
You just read that report? Took you this long to steal our secrets?
How long does it take for your people to steal ours?
Same amount of time.
This is very bad for my asthma.
You think you could meet me halfway?
Maybe.
It doesn't take a very smart man to appreciate...
...the risk that I am taking by being here with you, Dr. Floyd.
And you are a smart man.
This is a very bad business...
...in Central America.
Very bad.
Ships, other planes buzzing around each other like angry hornets.
Very bad.
We didn't start it.
We are scientists, you and I, Dr. Floyd.
Our governments are enemies.
We are not.
Why don't you just try saying what's on your mind?
I want to play a game with you, Dr. Floyd.
-I don't have any time for games. -This is a good game.
It's called ''The Truth.''
For two minutes, I will tell only the truth.
And so will you.
Two minutes?
Two minutes.
Make it a minute and a half.
One minute and three quarters.
You start.
We know you are building the Discovery Two...
...to go back to Jupiter to find out what happened to your men up there.
Also to examine the large monolith.
You know that we are building the Alexei Leonov to also go up there.
I thought you were gonna call it the Titov.
We changed last month. People fall out of favor.
The Leonov will reach Discovery almost a year...
...before you are ready.
My government feels it's very important that we should get there first.
It's a distinction that will look splendid on the front page of Pravda.
What other value it has, I don't know.
One minute ten.
Why are you telling me this?
Because there are things we need to know.
Otherwise, the same thing that you let happen to your people up there...
...could happen to ours, and we would accomplish nothing.
-I have about one minute left? -About.
The small monolith you brought back from the moon....
Your government has been very selfish and stupid in keeping it to yourselves.
You never let us examine it. What have you found out about it?
Nothing.
It's impenetrable.
We've tried lasers, nuclear detonators. Nothing worked.
Forty-five seconds.
The monolith near Jupiter, it is the same?
It's even larger.
And the computer on board the Discovery...
...the HAL-9000, can it be reactivated?
Yes.
-By us? -By you?
It would take three to four months. You're not familiar with the system.
And longer than that to comprehend the data.
I thought so.
Thirty seconds.
Here we have our quandary.
We are going to get there first...
...yet you have the knowledge to make the trip work.
How much more time do I have?
You just got yourself an extension.
How could you convince your people to allow Americans to go on the flight?
It won't be easy.
However, I'm pretty good.
A Russian craft flown by Russians...
...carrying a few poor Americans who need our help....
That also doesn't look too bad on the front page of Pravda.
I don't know if I could convince our people.
They wouldn't mind seeing you fail. They wouldn't mind it at all.
Carrying Americans?
I don't think they would allow that if they didn't have to.
They don't have to.
Have you checked Discovery's orbit lately?
What?
Have you checked the orbit?
What about it?
Now it's getting chilly here. This is very bad for my asthma.
You know damn well we've been checking it.
I have enjoyed our little chat.
What is it you're not telling me?
You are a smart man, Dr. Floyd.
You will know what to do.
You've double-checked this? Please say you haven't.
You aren't saying anything, Floyd.
Something incredible is happening up there.
Discovery's being pulled towards Io. Or pushed away from Jupiter. Whichever.
Sometimes it seems to be accelerating, and other times it just seems to stop.
I've never seen anything like it.
How long before it impacts on Io?
Two, two and a half years.
How could we be so goddamn wrong about the orbit?
Because we weren't wrong.
We weren't wrong, then great. Why the hell is it gonna crash?
I don't know. It's bizarre.
Unless it has something to do with that monolith.
Do you see that building behind us?
I'm supposed to go in and have lunch in half an hour.
There's one good thing about a reactionary president:
No health foods. The last one we didn't lunch, we grazed.
You want to know what lunch is about? I'll tell you.
We've got two more aircraft carriers near Honduras.
The Russians are moving their big stuff in.
You got the Joint Chiefs screaming about Russian satellites with anti-missile lasers.
So we gotta send up our laser satellites to counteract theirs.
The president has decided that the NCA should be put...
...under the Defense Department's authority.
Enough with the crazy scientists spending all this money trying to talk to Martians.
Here we are on your actual brink.
My agency will go military...
...the president's got his finger on the button...
...and you want me to tell him we want to hitch a ride...
...with those same Russians. Have I missed anything?
-That's about it. -I didn't want your job, you know.
I didn't force you out. I didn't blame it on you.
So if this is your plan to try to get me killed, you got the wrong guy.
Three men. I tell you, we need three men.
The Russians must be laughing their asses off.
Curnow. He's building Discovery Two right now.
He knows more about the original than anyone.
He's the only one who can start Discovery in a short time.
And I suppose you want to go? How the hell am I gonna sell it?
The Russians are gonna go aboard Discovery with or without us.
Ask him if he wants them to have all the answers.
Not bad.
We lost some good men up there, and I sent them. I have to go.
-Who's the third? -Chandra.
He designed Hal. He can reactivate him.
-I think he is Hal. -I know.
-Yeah, but can you trust him? -No.
But I have to. We have to know why Hal malfunctioned.
I got an idea.
You go tell the president, I'll go on the mission.
You're the NCA Chairman.
That's right, I am.
Look, tell him we're screwed if we don't go.
Tell him, if we do go, we'll lie...
...give the Russians false information. Tell him that. He'll love that.
He might.
Good afternoon, Sal.
Do you have anything for me?
No, Dr. Chandra. Do you have anything for me?
We have often spoken about Hal.
Yes, we have.
We've spoken about Hal's anomalous behavior.
You've told me that we can't solve Hal's behavior without more information.
That is correct.
I enjoy talking about Hal.
I agree that we need more information, so that we may solve the anomalies.
-And how do we get that information? -That is obvious.
Someone must return to Discovery.
That person should be you.
I agree.
Now, it looks as if that's going to happen sooner than we ever expected.
I am pleased to hear that.
I knew you would be.
I would like to explore another possibility. Diagnosis is only the first step.
The process is incomplete unless it leads to a cure. Do you agree?
Yes, I agree.
Does that mean you believe Hal can be restored to normal functioning?
I hope. I don't know.
There may have been irreversible damage. Certainly loss of memory.
I need your cooperation, Sal.
Of course, Dr. Chandra.
-There may be certain risks. -What do you mean?
I would like to disconnect some of your circuits.
Particularly your higher functions, just like Hal was disconnected.
I'd like to see the effects when I reconnect your systems.
Just the way I will with Hal. Does this disturb you?
I am unable to answer that without more specific information.
I'm very sorry. It probably doesn't mean anything, so don't worry about it.
I'd like to open a new file.
Here is the name for it:
Do you know what that means?
There are 25 references in the current encyclopedia.
Which one do you think is relevant?
The tutor of Achilles?
That's very interesting. I didn't know that one.
Try again.
A f abulous bird reborn from the ashes of its earlier life.
That is correct.
And do you know why I chose that?
Yes. Because you have hopes that Hal can be reactivated.
Yes, with your assistance.
Are you ready?
I would like to ask a question.
What is it?
Will I dream?
Of course you will dream.
All intelligent creatures dream. Nobody knows why.
Perhaps you will dream of Hal...
...just as I often do.
They've already eaten dinner. You haven't. Come on to the table, Christopher.
They're hungry.
Then go tell them to come to the table.
I got spaghetti here. I don't want it to go to waste.
Come on, now.
You'll like it. It's got lots of stuff in it that's bad for you.
I've been thinking about it and I don't want you to come to my lecture.
It'll make me nervous.
Don't feel offended. I'm just scared enough as it is.
Besides, you won't be missing much.
It's just a room full of marine biologists arguing over plankton.
-Hello? -What?
I'm sorry.
I said, I don't want you to go to my lecture.
I'd be nervous.
Okay.
Contain your disappointment.
What are you gonna talk about?
Dolphins.
Fish again.
They're not fish, and, yes, that's what we study.
Why?
Eat.
How was Washington?
Fine.
Are you tired?
I'm going on the flight.
When?
Four months.
Where are you going, Daddy?
On a long trip.
Isn't Mommy hungry?
I don't think so.
How far away is Jupiter?
Far.
Why does it take two and a half years to go and come back?
It's so far.
Why don't you go faster?
Can't.
Are you gonna forget about me?
No, I love you.
I won't forget about you.
We'll be able to talk to each other, see each other on television.
Daddy?
What?
Mommy said you're gonna be asleep for a long time.
That's true.
-Are you gonna die? -What?
Are you gonna die?
Why do you say that?
When Jamie's grandfather died...
...his mom told him that he'd be asleep for a long time.
No, no, no. This is different. They're gonna wake me up.
But you have to sleep going up and coming down, otherwise...
...you'd go cuckoo...
...and there wouldn't be enough food aboard the flight for everybody.
I don't understand.
I want to be grown-up and understanding about all this. I really do.
I'm trying so hard, but I can't.
This won't bring back those men.
You've been punishing yourself for years for something you thought you did wrong.
Or didn't do right.
And now you're looking for absolution.
You know...
...you could get yourself killed up there.
I'll be scared enough for both of us.
Dr. Floyd?
Keep your eyes closed.
Breathe deeply.
Again.
That's good.
-How do you feel? -Shaky.
Hungry, I think.
-Can I open my eyes? -Yes.
Are we there yet?
No, not yet. We are about two days away.
Don't worry, there is nothing wrong.
Your government wanted us to awaken you.
Dr. Orlov has encountered some strange data coming from Europa.
It may be nothing. He will explain it all to you.
There is no need to awaken the others.
-You've done a spectral analysis? -Of course, I have.
-And? -And what?
I'm not taking a survey. If you've done the analysis...
...what are the results?
Nothing conclusive.
Molecular breakdown?
If you look carefully at the last page of the data, you will find the answers.
I don't understand this.
If this data's correct, then there's something down there.
It can't be correct.
It is correct.
Is it moving?
Yes.
All right...
...what's going on here?
What do you mean?
Well, I may not be the swiftest guy in the world even when I'm not hungover...
...but I do seem to remember a process where you ask me questions...
...and I give answers, and I ask questions and you give answers...
...and that's the way we find out things. I think I read that in a manual somewhere.
Your government wanted us to awaken you when we reported our findings.
We did that.
You're here to help us reactivate the Discovery and its computer systems...
...because that is United States territory.
You are authorized to observe other aspects of our mission.
We have no other obligation.
A lot has happened while you have been asleep.
It is not our choice.
The problem in Central America is growing worse.
It looks like you've detected chlorophyll.
The United States is threatening a naval blockade.
There's only ice there. How can there be chlorophyll?
You know and I know that my country can't allow a blockade.
-How fast is it moving? -We are under instructions--
Just because our governments are acting like asses doesn't mean we have to.
We're scientists, not politicians. How fast?
Dr. Floyd, I am also an officer of the Soviet Air Force.
How fast?
One meter per minute.
Don't worry. I'm just observing.
-Towards the sun? -Yes.
That's incredible!
We are going to send a probe down.
Good!
Oxygen?
Chlorophyll.
Jesus!
-Is it organic? -I think so.
I'll bring the probe lower.
What's down in that crater?
There! There!
Let me get this straight.
-There's no telemetry? -It's all gone.
What about the backup device?
Nothing. Everything was erased.
There was an electrostatic buildup of some kind.
We'll probably find more of it when we get close to Io.
It has happened before.
There was something down there.
It was organic.
There was life.
-You don't know that. -I believe that.
-What are you suggesting we do? -We should send another probe.
We're getting farther away from Europa. It would be difficult.
-Can we slow down? -No, we don't have the fuel.
How do we know the same thing wouldn't happen again?
-Electrostatic buildups don't occur often. -It wasn't any buildup.
Oh, really, Dr. Floyd? And just what do you think it was?
A warning.
There's something down there all right.
We all saw it. We read the data. We know it's there.
But just suppose...that it had something to do with the monolith?
Now before you get that look on your face just listen to me for a minute.
We've been sending probes out here since the '70s.
So have you guys.
But none of us have ever encountered even the slightest signs of chlorophyll...
...on any of Jupiter's moons. Never.
And we certainly were close enough, weren't we?
Nine years ago the monolith was detected here.
Discovery was sent up and everything went wacko. You catching my drift?
So here we are, nine years later, trying to figure out what happened...
...and what the monolith is all about.
And guess what we discover along the way?
The possibility of life of some kind...
...where it never existed before.
I don't think it's electrostatic anything.
I think something wants us to stay away from Europa.
Dear Caroline, I miss you terribly.
The time has come to put ourselves in an orbit around Io...
...which is where the Discovery is.
And we don't have enough fuel to slow ourselves down so...
...we are about to use a technique called aero-braking.
The theory is that we will enter the outer layer of Jupiter's atmosphere...
...using what is called a ballute for a shield.
The atmosphere will slow us down, and Jupiter's gravity will grab hold of us...
...and slingshot us around behind the dark side.
If all goes well, we'll wind up in a gentle orbit around Io.
It's dynamite on paper.
Of course, the people who came up with the numbers on the paper aren't here.
Since no one has ever done this before, everyone up here is as scared as I am.
The difference is they're busy.
I have nothing to do but wait for it to happen.
And I hope this is all worth it.
Aero-braking in two minutes. Two minutes to aero-braking.
One minute, 50 seconds.
One minute, 40 seconds.
One minute, 30 seconds.
One minute, 20 seconds.
One minute, 10 seconds.
Aero-braking in one minute.
Aero-braking in 50 seconds.
Forty seconds.
Thirty seconds.
Twenty seconds.
Ten seconds.
You speak English?
No English.
Swell.
Okay?
Da. Okay.
My God, it's full of stars!
Dr. Floyd to the medical bay.
-How do you feel? -Like shit.
That's about right.
-I have this terrible taste in my mouth. -It takes about 12 hours, then it goes away.
-Everything all right? -Yeah, everything's fine.
Are we there yet?
Well, we should reach the Discovery by tomorrow morning.
How was aero-braking?
We're here, so it worked.
-I wish I could see that. -I wish I could've slept through it.
By the way, all your messages are in the communication bay.
They're probably decoded and copied now.
I hope you didn't have anything private. There's a certain paranoia here.
Yeah, what the hell is going on? This doctor....
-What's his name? -Rudenko.
Yeah, he acted like he'd found us under a rock.
-It's the Honduras thing, it's getting worse. -Still?
There's a blockade. The Russians tried to break it.
I don't know. It doesn't look good.
Do we have all the telemetry on the Discovery and the monolith?
They're all in your cassettes. Don't expect too much cooperation from this crew.
Yeah, what's the matter with them?
It's not their fault. Well, maybe it is.
If it has to taste like this...
...I don't care if my electrolytes are balanced or not.
There's more.
Something extraordinary has happened on Europa.
But we shouldn't talk here.
Dear Caroline, the first part of this journey is coming to an end.
We are about to rendezvous with the Discovery. The race will be on now.
We're going to send a boarding party over to climb inside this...
...800-foot-long shipwreck floating over Io...
...to see if she can be rescued before her orbit gives out.
There are nine years of secrets inside...
...including a sleeping computer who knows the answers.
My past is also inside...
...and I want those answers.
I'm not an astronaut.
I'm an engineer. What am I doing here?
-Temperature's good. -Yeah.
You know, I hate heights.
So do I.
We've picked good jobs, huh?
Don't forget to write.
Don't breathe too deep.
Breathe normal.
They can't stay exposed to that radiation for more than 15 minutes.
-How's his pulse? -It's high. Not to worry too much.
-Hey, do you speak any Russian? -No.
That's okay. I speak English.
I'm fogging up.
Curnow, have you heard the one about the marathon runner and the chicken?
Don't patronize me. I'm getting nauseous.
If you vomit, you will choke.
Don't close your eyes.
Look at the middle of Discovery. The middle, not the ends.
Look at the part where it's moving the least. Don't take your eyes off it.
I'm gonna throw up. I'm an engineer, goddamn it!
Maybe you'd better patronize me a little.
-What about the marathon runner? -I made it up.
-I'm looking amidship now. -You see any lights?
No, no lights.
Seventy meters.
You're almost there. How's that for patronizing?
-Not bad. -Fifty meters.
Hey, Max, how do you say ''chicken''?
Kuritsa.
You speak better than me.
-Thank you. -Sure.
Thirty meters!
Don't close your eyes.
Don't breathe too deep.
Can you see the antenna complex?
Yeah.
What condition is it in?
It looks nominal.
Christ, this thing is big!
Fifteen meters.
Look straight ahead. The center section is hardly moving.
That's where we'll grab hold. Ten meters.
You're doing great, Curnow.
Five meters.
Four, three, two...
...one.
I made it! I made it!
Yes. Hook yourself on there.
I'm hooking on.
Very good.
I am right behind you.
Look straight ahead.
Without rotation, they'll be in full gravity before they get to the command module.
Their pulse is rising.
How does it look?
It's covered with...
...sulphur.
The structure looks sound.
Very good. You're doing great.
We're still a long way down.
Very good.
We're making our way along the spine.
We're just about there.
Christ! I'm getting heavy!
Don't worry, we're almost there.
We're on the command module.
-I can't breathe! I can't breathe! -He's hyperventilating.
Listen to me. Thin your mixture, add CO2.
I can't, can't....
Can't find it!
I come.
Wait.
I feel so stupid.
How do you say ''stupid''?
Durak.
It's working.
I'm okay!
Ten more seconds!
Ten more. Durak.
That's me.
You shouldn't feel like that.
The same thing happened to me the first time I did this.
When have you ever done this before?
Never.
I found the hatch.
I've got the air-lock status display down here.
No lights, no power.
-Use the manual. -Yeah, yeah.
I'm using the manual.
How does it look?
No apparent damage.
We're going in.
Welcome to United States territory.
Discovery, you all right?
Discovery's fine.
There's an environment suit here.
-I found Hal. -How's he look?
Asleep.
Well, one pod here.
-Number three. -Any damage?
None that I can see.
Air locks are secure.
No power. The pressure seems okay.
Curnow?
I'd like to test the atmosphere here.
What's the temperature?
I don't know. The auxiliary power's out, so the gauges don't work.
It has to be at least 100 below zero.
A typical Russian winter.
Well, I'm from California.
We don't know from 100 below zero.
-Raise the heat in his suit first. -Yeah, I'm doing it.
Shine your light on his face. Make sure he doesn't turn blue.
He's right in front of me.
Keep talking all the time.
All right, Leonov. I'm unsealing the visor.
I'm swinging the face plate upward.
It's cold.
I'm taking a breath.
His color's okay.
There is oxygen here.
I breathe regularly.
It's too cold to work here without environment suits.
There is...
...a strange smell here.
Stale, rotten.
Like something has....
What's the matter?
-Discovery, what's happening? -I think....
No, you're wrong.
Bowman was the last one aboard. Poole was lost outside.
Bowman said he ejected those who died in hibernation.
-There can't be anyone there! -Maybe Bowman got...
-...back on the Discovery and died here! -No, he didn't!
-He never came back. -It's probably the galley.
Some meat went bad before the Discovery froze up.
I'm telling you, that's what it is!
Hey, would I lie to you?
Hello, Discovery, are you there?
Yeah, we're here. Everything's fine.
We're proceeding to the bridge.
Durak.
You and me both.
How do you say ''thank you''?
This is Milson, switching to KE-2 in five seconds.
Mark.
I wish I had better news. It's getting worse here.
The president addressed Congress the other day.
He said he wasn't gonna back down on the blockade.
I don't know which was scarier, the speech or Congress cheering him on.
He evoked Lincoln.
Whenever a president is gonna get us into serious trouble they always use Lincoln.
I don't know if we're gonna be at war or not.
It's terrifying hoping the Russians are less crazy than we are...
...when they are clearly crazy.
Now I think you're in a safer place than we are.
I just hope that there is an Earth to return to.
I heard about the spoiled food in Discovery's galley.
I'm glad that's all it was.
I'm also glad that you got the ship under control.
Curnow is a capable man. No one knows those systems better than he does.
It's a good sign that there was reserve power.
Maybe the rest of the circuitry will work.
We have nothing new here on the monolith.
Our data confirms yours: It's not moving.
Floyd to Milson. My news is a little better than yours.
Discovery has been partially revived.
We don't know how much damage there is...
...or if we'll be able to bring it back home. Most of that is up to Hal.
The drive system could be operated manually...
...so we were able to pull Discovery away from its decaying orbit around Io.
I must say, the f arther away I get from Io...
...the happier I am.
It's a violent moon, even for Jupiter.
Europa, for all its cold gray, is a lot more comforting.
I tell you, Victor, there's some kind of new life down there...
...trying to get through all that ice.
We are 10,000 kilometers away from the monolith.
I can't see it yet, ex cept I know it's there.
I also think it knows we're here.
It's time to unleash Chandra.
We'll see if our computer brain surgeon and psychiatrist...
...can put Hal back together again.
To tell you the truth, I don't know if Hal is homicidal, suicidal, neurotic, psychotic...
...or just plain broken.
This is initial voice-logic reconstruction test number one.
Diagnostics on voice recognition and speech synthesis centers...
...has been completed.
At this level all functions appear normal.
Hello.
Doctor....
Name.
Continue.
Yesterday.
Tomorrow.
Hello. Doctor. Name.
Continue. Yesterday.
Tomorrow.