There is a directors cut out there that completely erases Ford’s narration. BTW, Ford did not want to narrate it but I guess he was told to and he wasn’t happy about it. He liked it the way it was without the narration. Are you a fan fan of 2001 a space odyssey? 12th of January 1992.
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Yes, and for an odd reason. I'd just read the book before I saw the movie with some friends and found myself attempting to explain the ending to them on the way out of the theater. They thought I was full of crap and I begged them to read the book but I don't think anyone of them ever did.
It's funny - I was, as I said, convinced that no one in the movies understood SF. For evidence I offer that, and the hideous abortion that Starship Troopers turned into. Clarke and Heinlein, down the drain, but Bradbury had Blade Runner and I was never happier to be wrong.