The 40th anniversary 'premiere' of SO; 2001 was shown yesterday.

One of the original actors was present.
Tom Hanks emceed the event.
Buzz Aldrin was also present.

Did you know that when Buzz Aldrin saw the original movie, he and Neil Armstrong
and Mike were the "back up crew" for the Apollo 8 mission.
That's right!...Apollo 8.

As far as the movie itself, we're still waiting here in 2008 for computers with genuine AI, a genuine HAL.
The late Sir Arthur C. Clarke was right on the mark when the movie clearly indicated a manned mission to Jupiter would require a combination of nuclear propulsion and electrical generation, and
a crew in a mix of hibernation and artificial gravity.
And when the Galileo jovian atmospheric probe sent back results, it showed that Mr. Clarke's
view of a turbulent jovian atmosphere was essentially correct.