2001: A Space Odyssey Quotes

A hominid looks toward the monolith. He grabs a bone from the tapir's skeleton. He lightly taps it once, twice. Then an idea dawns on him, and he smashes it down on the skull, crushing it. Images o...

A leopard leaps down from the rocks and attacks a hominid. The screen fades to black as the leopard grips the hominid's neck and he struggles for his life.

The hominid pack returns to the watering hole. This time, they're armed with bone clubs, and when a rival hominid attempts to attack, they beat him to death.

FLOYD: I don't suppose you have any idea what the damn thing is.HALVORSEN: I wish to hell we did. Nope, the only thing we're sure of is that it was buried 4 million years ago.FLOYD: Well, I must sa...

The early hominids awaken to discover a large black monolith looming over them. At first, they are terrified but eventually they draw close to the mysterious artifact and touch it.