《2001太空漫游》后9年,前国家航天委员会主任弗洛伊德博士(罗伊•谢德 Roy Scheider 饰)接受苏美合作计划,带领发现号航天站设计者科脑博士(约翰•利思戈 John Lithgow 饰)和HAL9000电脑的创始人钱德拉博士(鲍勃•巴拉班 Bob Balaban 饰)登录木星附近的苏联航空站,与苏联宇航员卡布珂(海伦•米伦 Helen Mirren 饰)等合作,空中接轨美国发现号航天站,调查九年前的事故原因,探索木卫二的神秘黑石,并查明宇航员大卫•伯曼(凯尔•杜拉 Keir Dullea 饰)缘何神秘失踪。然而任务执行尚未过半,美苏关系愈发紧张,战争一触即发;与此同时,大卫•伯曼竟突然现身对弗洛伊德博士发出神秘警告。 本片改编自亚瑟•克拉克的小说《2010太空漫游》,获第59界奥斯卡最佳艺术指导—布景,最佳服装设计,最佳视觉效果,最佳化妆和最佳声效五项提名。
By 1820, Edmund Kean is the most admired Shakespearan actor. But if his art is peerless, his free lifestyle is ill thought of, particularly by the high society. Kean has fallen passionately in love with Countess Elena de Koefeld, the wife of the ambassador of Denmark. Elena loves him too but hesitates to give up her rank in society and follow Kean. On the other hand, Anna, a rich heiress who refuses to marry Lord Mewill, the husband chosen by her parents, confesses her love for Kean and decides to become an actress like him... The aristocrats, outraged by Edmund's profligate ways, decide to boycott his performances and his career is broken. Kean does not recover from such a blow and, on a stormy night, dies in Elena's arms.