Summary Of The Film 2001: A Space Odyssey

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Five... People are anxious for this moment to be a success. Four... U.S. citizens grit their teeth, hoping the lift off will be a success. Three... Butterflies. Butterflies fill stomachs during this nerve racking moment. Two... Families of Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and their crew hold their breath. One... Blast off. Cheers ring all across the country, “to the moon!” Rather to a deserted area that could serves as a good representation to the moon. There is an abundance of evidence supporting the theory that the very first moon landing, in 1969, was a hoax. The American flag quivered as if bothered by the wind and stars refused to glisten in any footage or pictures; lights, cables, and cross-hairs were used inappropriately for a real-life …show more content…
The Stanley Kubrick Theory is a theory involving Stanley Kubrick approached by the United States government years before the moon landing mission to hoax the moon landing and his film 2001: A Space Odyssey was a practice run for him (Foxx). Another route to the theory engages Stanley Kubrick as he approached by the United States government after his making of the film to hoax the event of the 60 's considering the accuracy and quality of the film, for the generation (Foxx).The film may be coincidental with its accuracy and released nearly one year before the actual moon landing. However, there are clues hidden in movies Kubrick produced after the event of the decade (Foxx). In the Shining the young boy in one scene wears an Apollo 11 sweater and the mysterious room is has the room number of 237- the moon 's 238,000 miles from the earth (Foxx). Any person the number would not understand a correlation, but to a conspiracy theorist the number has great meaning. If 238,000 is divided by 1,000 the quotient would be 238 and 238 minus 1 is 237, which is the mysterious room number (Foxx). Another clue is typed on Jack Nicholson 's typewriter, a character from The Shining, that reads " All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" (Foxx). The "All" in the message is suppose to stand for A11 or otherwise known as Apollo 11. There are more clues within many of his other films, these are just a few of the obvious. The list of clue continue to a long list; there is almost too many clues to be unintentional secret seeping

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