14 DAY TRIAL // Let's hope that this is going to become a trend, because it would be nice for some of the films we've been pinning over for years to return to cinemas. If anything, it's going to give the studios some respite amid the current crisis for good scripts in Hollywood that has gradually decreased standards in later years.
Digital Spy is announcing that the Stanley Kubrik-directed classic “2001: A Space Odyssey” is going to be re-released by BFI, after previously being transferred on a digital medium.
The film will be seen in the light of modern projectors thanks to the effort of BFI, who are planning it for their 2014 Science Fiction blockbuster project, which is going to be presented to British audiences between October and December, and which promises “a historical and thematic exploration” of the best movies in the genre.
There is no word if the 17 minutes of “perfectly preserved” new footage that Warner Bros allegedly discovered in 2010 are going to be included in the digital re-release version.
The footage was said to contain scenes that had been cut from the original movie and which included additional shots from the famous opening sequence, as well as an extended shot of Frank Poole's space walk.