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2001: A Space Odyssey originally had a 20-foot-tall green alien and a 'crap' script

April 3, 2026
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2001: A Space Odyssey originally had a 20-foot-tall green alien and a 'crap' script

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Published Apr 3, 2026, 2:46 PM EDT For 2001's 58th anniversary, we look back at a wild interview with SFX supervisor Douglas Trumbull, including a wild story about a dead, painted horse Jump Links Nearly six decades after its wide release on April 3, 1968, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is.

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