The Chronology of Water

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

• 1968Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos MedalsMejor película extranjera — 2001: Una odisea del espacio
• 1969Academy AwardsArt Direction — Tony Masters, Harry Lange, Ernie Archer · nominated
• 1969Academy AwardsDirecting — Stanley Kubrick · nominated
• 1969Academy AwardsWriting (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) — Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke · nominated
• 1969Academy AwardsSpecial Visual Effects — Stanley Kubrick
• 1969British Academy Film AwardsBest Film — Stanley Kubrick · nominated
• 1969Hugo AwardsBest Dramatic Presentation — Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke
• 1969Moscow International Film Festival · Films in competitionselected
• 2018Cannes Film Festival · Cannes Classicsselected

Set in prehistoric veld / Africa, -4000000 · Moon, including Clavius Base and Tycho crater (fictional), 2001 · Discovery spacecraft en route to Jupiter and the Jupiter system (fictional), 2001

• Filmed at Shepperton Studios, Surrey — Principal photography began on Stage H; source identifies the Tycho crater excavation scene as the first scene shot there.
• MGM-British Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire — Live-action and special-effects filming moved there in January 1966; AFI also states the Discovery centrifuge and other sets were built on MGM-British soundstages.
• field near MGM-British Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire — The skull-smashing Moonwatcher scene was shot on a small elevated platform in a field near the studio; exact field not identified.
• Spitzkoppe, Erongo Region — Still photographs from the Spitzkoppe mountains, then in South West Africa, were used as backgrounds for the Dawn of Man sequence.
• Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah — Live-action landscape shots for the Star Gate sequence included Monument Valley footage.
• Hebridean islands and mountains of northern Scotland — Live-action landscape shots for the Star Gate sequence included the Hebridean islands and northern Scotland; source does not identify more precise sites.