2010: The Year We Make Contact ★★★ 1984 (PG) Based on Arthur C. Clarke's novel, which is his sequel to "2001: A Space Odyssey." Americans and Russians unite to investigate the abandoned starship Discovery's decaying orbit around Jupiter and try to determine why the HAL 9000 computer sabotaged its mission years before, while signs of cosmic change are detected on and around the giant planet. 116m/C VHS, DVD, Wide. Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban, Keir Dullea, Madolyn Smith, Mary Jo Deschanel; Director: Peter Hyams; Writer: Peter Hyams, Arthur C. Clarke; Writer: Peter Hyams; Cameo: David Shire; V: Douglas Rain, Candice Bergen.