Colossus - The Forbin Project (1970)
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88% of critics liked it
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The granddaddy of all "computer run amok" films, Colossus: The Forbin Project concerns a huge electronic brain designed to control the American missile defense system. Colossus' technicians do not count on the computer developing an intelligence of its own. Communicating with its… More The granddaddy of all "computer run amok" films, Colossus: The Forbin Project concerns a huge electronic brain designed to control the American missile defense system. Colossus' technicians do not count on the computer developing an intelligence of its own. Communicating with its Russian counterpart, Colossus decides to take over the earth, threatening global destruction should anyone try to pull its plug. The film's climax is unsettling, but no more so than the actual state of world affairs in 1970. Colossus: The Forbin Project was filmed in Canada. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Joseph Sargent
- Written By
- James Bridges, D.F. Jones
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
R,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1970 Wide
- Studio
- MCA Universal Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Tom Milne, Time Out
After an excellent beginning, the craven script (based on DF Jones' novel Colossus) develops cold feet, injects some tiresome comic relief, and gradually begins to drag the whole thing down.
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Vincent Canby, New York Times
The movie is full of marvelous, absurd dialogue.
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Above-average science fiction.
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, TV Guide's Movie Guide
Taut, well-made sci-fi thriller about a massive computer.
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Ian Berriman, SFX Magazine
A crisp, well-crafted movie that achieves its effects by calmly stating the facts, with the bare minimum of histrionics.
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Cast
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Eric Braeden
as Forbin
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Susan Clark
as Cleo
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Gordon Pinsent
as President
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William Schallert
as Grauber
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Leonid Rostoff
as First Chairman
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Georg Stanford Brown
as Fisher
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Tom Basham
as Harrison
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Willard Sage
as Blake
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Martin E. Brooks
as Johnson
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Marion Ross
as Angela
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Dolph Sweet
as Missile Commander
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Byron Morrow
as Secretary of State
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Lew Brown
as Peterson
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Sid McCoy
as Secretary of Defense
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Robert Cornthwaite
as First Scientist
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James Hong
as Second Scientist
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Sergei Tschernisch
as Russian Translator
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Alex Rodine
as Dr. Kurpin
