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Also known as Colossus

1969 film by Joseph Sargent

Film · TMDB

7.0

The U.S. has handed over control of its nuclear defense system to the Colossus supercomputer designed by scientist Dr. Charles Forbin. It soon becomes clear, that the now-sentient Colossus is far more intelligent than its creator realized—with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.

Released: 1970-04-08100 minDir: Joseph SargentScience Fiction, ThrillerBudget: $2.0MBox office: $308,828

Cast

  • Eric Braeden as Dr Charles Forbin
  • Susan Clark as Dr. Cleo Markham
  • Gordon Pinsent as The President
  • William Schallert as CIA Director Grauber
  • Georg Stanford Brown as Dr. John F. Fisher
  • Willard Sage as Dr. Blake

Themes

  • artificial intelligence (a.i.)
  • computer
  • usa president
  • based on novel or book
  • cold war
  • super computer
  • scientist
  • technology runs amok
  • computer scientist
  • new technology

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Ratings

IMDb

7.1/10

11,612 votes

Year
1970
Runtime
100 min
Genres
Sci-Fi, Thriller

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Based on
Colossus
Cast member
James Hong
Duration
5767
FilmAffinity ID
418839
Distribution format
video on demand
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publication date
1970-04-08
film editor
Folmar Blangsted
title
Colossus: The Forbin Project
after a work by
Dennis Feltham Jones
distributed by
Netflix
costume designer
Edith Head
assessment
Bechdel test
review score
89%
capital cost
2000000
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