2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) – Filming Locations
Science Fiction / Mystery / Adventure · Directed by Stanley Kubrick · Starring Keir Dullea, Margaret Tyzack
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.
Where was 2001: A Space Odyssey filmed?
- Shepperton, England, United Kingdom, Shepperton – Interior spacecraft sets, Discovery One bridge, HAL 9000 chamber, and all zero-gravity sequences filmed in massive soundstages. Kubrick built elaborate full-scale spacecraft interiors and rotating wheel sets at these studios, where most principal photography took place over 4+ years
- Boreham Wood, England, United Kingdom, Boreham Wood – Secondary soundstage work and additional technical filming for the spacecraft sequences. Additional studio facilities used to accommodate the enormous sets and technical requirements of filming the complex spacecraft interiors and special effects sequences
- Monument Valley, Arizona, United States, Monument Valley – The film's opening prehistoric dawn-of-man sequence with the ape-men discovering the monolith in the desert landscape. Kubrick chose this iconic American landscape to represent the primordial Earth during humanity's first encounter with the monolith
- Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States, Merritt Island – Realistic documentary-style footage of spacecraft launches and space operations integrated into the film's opening sequences. Kubrick filmed at NASA's actual launch facilities to lend scientific authenticity and documentary realism to the space exploration scenes
- Fylingdales, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Fylingdales – Exterior shots of the distinctive pyramid-shaped radar station representing the Earth-based space command facility. The futuristic-looking RAF radar station served as an authentic symbol of humanity's technological monitoring capabilities in the near-future setting