Westworld
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6.8Delos is a futuristic amusement park that features themed worlds populated by human-like androids. After two patrons have a run-in with a menacing gunslinger in West World, the androids at Delos all begin to malfunction, causing havoc throughout the park.
Released: 1973-08-1589 minDir: Michael CrichtonAdventure, Science Fiction, Western
Cast
- Yul Brynner as The Gunslinger
- Richard Benjamin as Peter Martin
- James Brolin as John Blane
- Norman Bartold as Medieval Knight
- Alan Oppenheimer as Chief Supervisor
- Victoria Shaw as Medieval Queen
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Michael Crichton
- Written by
- Michael Crichton
- Produced by
- Paul N. Lazarus III
- Starring
- Yul Brynner Richard Benjamin James Brolin
- Cinematography
- Gene Polito
- Edited by
- David Bretherton
- Music by
- Fred Karlin
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Distributed by
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Release date
- August 17, 1973 ( 1973-08-17 )
- Running time
- 88 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
Key dates
- Published
- 1973
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- Western film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Futureworld
- Main subject
- escapism
- Director
- Michael Crichton
- Screenwriter
- Michael Crichton
- Cast member
- Davis Roberts
- Composer
- Fred Karlin
Article
Westworld is a 1973 American science fiction Western film written and directed by Michael Crichton. The film follows guests visiting an interactive amusement park containing lifelike androids that unexpectedly begin to malfunction. It stars Yul Brynner as an android in the amusement park, with Richard Benjamin and James Brolin as guests of the park.
The film was from an original screenplay by Crichton and was his first theatrical film as director, after one TV film. It was also the first feature film to use digital image processing to pixellate photography to simulate an android point of view. Critical reception was largely positive at the time and in retrospective reviews. Westworld was nominated for Hugo, Nebula, and Saturn awards.