Colossus: The Forbin Project
The United States cedes control of its nuclear defense system to Colossus, the groundbreaking supercomputer designed by Dr. Charles Forbin. It soon becomes evident that the now-sentient Colossus is far more intelligent than its creator realized, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
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Joseph Sargent
Robin S. Clark
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Daz
This film is an overlooked classic. Very rarely seen on TV. It is both a science fiction tale and a Cold War drama. The United States creates a super computer to control its defence systems. This advanced machine has its own intelligence so that it can absorb the mass of data required to manage the nuclear arsenal. Dr Charles Forbin the creator of this computer called Colossus. Forbin is soon informed that there is another system created in the Soviet Union called Guardian and both computers start communicating with each other. The computers start dictating terms/ making demands of their human masters. Forbin is charged with stopping the machines before its too late. What is chilling is that the computers are far more smarter than the humans and things get very tricky. I can't say anymore, give this is go. This film is the forerunner for films like The Matrix and The Terminator. Great stuff.
TkA
**Great movie, still relevant today** I just saw this movie for the first time, and it is an intelligent and well-done sci-fi thriller. It deals with AI sentience, and almost can be seen as the beginnings of Gort (from another excellent sci-fi film from 1951 called The Day The Earth Stood Still)\ \ If you're not sure about watching this, just watch it, you might be surprised and find a hidden, thought-provoking, gem!
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The directors of Colossus: The Forbin Project are Joseph Sargent and Robin S. Clark.
The cast of Colossus: The Forbin Project includes William Traylor as Party Guest (uncredited), William Schallert as CIA Director Grauber, James Hong as Dr. Chin, Robert Cornthwaite as First Scientist, Paul Frees as Colossus (voice) (uncredited), Georg Stanford Brown as Dr. John F. Fisher, Eric Braeden as Dr Charles Forbin, Alex Rodine as Dr. Kuprin, Marion Ross as Angela Fields, Lew Brown as Peterson, Don Ross as Logan US Air Force (uncredited), Susan Clark as Dr. Cleo Markham, and more.
The duration of Colossus: The Forbin Project is 1h 40 mins.
Yes. You can watch the Colossus: The Forbin Project trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
Colossus: The Forbin Project was released on 08 Apr 1970.
Colossus: The Forbin Project is listed under Science Fiction and Thriller on Fanbiz.
Colossus: The Forbin Project has 2 reviews on Fanziz, with an average rating of 4.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "This film is an overlooked classic. Very rarely seen on TV. It is both a science fiction tale and a Cold War drama. The United States creates a super computer to control its..."
