2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984) — Screenplay
As Earth teeters on nuclear annihilation, a joint Soviet-American crew must brave HAL's lethal madness to uncover Discovery's dark secret before time runs out.
- Written by
- Peter Hyams, Arthur C. Clarke
- Genre
- Science Fiction, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
- Studio
- MGM
- Length
- 134 pages
Peter Hyams' sequel to 2001 is a masterclass in sustained tension, using the claustrophobic confines of a spaceship to amplify both human and machine paranoia. Study its dual-thread narrative—Earth's political crisis intercut with the mission's escalating peril—and how dialogue efficiently builds character amid high-stakes diplomacy.
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