# 2010 (1984)

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**Runtime**: 116 min
**Genres**: Thriller, Science Fiction
**Directed by**: Peter Hyams
**Written by**: Peter Hyams
**Starring**: Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban, Keir Dullea, Douglas Rain

> *In the very near future, a small group of Americans and Russians set out on the greatest adventure of them all...to see if there is life beyond the stars.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Cosmonauts floating near Discovery, autumn darkness, alarm blares. 
Aboard Leonov, Russian and American scientists converge. 
Peter Hyams directs this cold war era thriller.

**Mood tags**: cerebral, slow-burn

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