Arthur C. Clarke

Writing

Arthur C. Clarke

Born December 16, 1917 · Minehead, Somerset, England, UK

Died March 19, 2008 · aged 90

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke CBE FRAS (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was an English science-fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, one of the most influential films of all time. Clarke was a science fiction writer, an avid populariser of space travel, and a futurist of …

Known For

2001: A Space Odyssey2001: A Space Odyssey · 1968
2001: A Space Odyssey
★ 8.01968
MovieScience FictionMystery
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
20102010 · 1984
2010
★ 6.71984
MovieThrillerScience Fiction
While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.
BaddegamaBaddegama · 1980
Baddegama
★ 6.61980
MovieDrama
Baddegama or, more correctly, Beddegama is a 1980 award winning Sinhalese language film directed by Lester James Peries that follows the lives of village people in British Colonial Sri Lanka. The film is based on the 1913 book titled as "The Village in the Jungle" by Leonard Woolf. Silindu is a hunter in a small village where he and his family endure a life of hardships. After facing disease and poverty under colonial rule, the final blow comes when Silindu is tried for murder.
Rescue PartyRescue Party · 1978
Rescue Party
1978
MovieScience FictionAdventure
Presents a story about a spaceship from the Galactic Federation which is given a mission to rescue the inhabitants of Earth before the Sun explodes.
Island of TreasuresIsland of Treasures · 1962
Island of Treasures
1962
MovieRomance
The movie is about the discovery of an underwater treasure. It involves a mixture of ancient legends, human treachery and romance.
Trapped in SpaceTrapped in Space · 1994
Trapped in Space
★ 4.61994
MovieScience FictionThriller
After an accident during a routine trip to Venus, a spaceship has only enough oxygen left for three people... out of five on board.
The Nine Billion Names of GodThe Nine Billion Names of God · 2018
The Nine Billion Names of God
★ 3.32018
MovieScience Fiction
1957, New York. A Tibetan monk rents an automatic sequence computer. His goal is to list all of the names of God. Two Western engineers are hired to install and program the machine in Tibet.
Arthur C. Clarke: The Man Who Saw the FutureArthur C. Clarke: The Man Who Saw the Future · 1997
Arthur C. Clarke: The Man Who Saw the Future
★ 7.01997
MovieDocumentary
Profile of the author of 2001 looking at his life and his latest novel: 3001.

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