| Colossus: The Forbin Project | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Joseph Sargent |
| Screenplay by | James Bridges |
| Based on | Colossus by Dennis Feltham Jones |
| Produced by | Stanley Chase |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Gene Polito |
| Edited by | Folmar Blangsted |
| Music by | Michel Colombier |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million[1] |
| Box office | $0.3 million[2] |
Colossus: The Forbin Project (originally released as The Forbin Project) is a 1970 American science-fiction thriller film from Universal Pictures, produced by Stanley Chase, directed by Joseph Sargent, that stars Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, and William Schallert. It is based upon the 1966 science-fiction novel Colossus by Dennis Feltham Jones.[3]
The film is about an advanced American defense system, named Colossus, becoming sentient. After being handed full control, Colossus' draconian logic expands on its original nuclear defense directives to assume total control of the world and end all warfare for the good of humankind, despite its creators' orders to stop.[4]
- ^ "Computer-as-Dictator Beats Sabotage; Universal Sales Slant: 'Science-Fact'". Variety. May 6, 1970. p. 17. Retrieved March 31, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
grosswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Jones, D. F. (1966). Colossus: A Novel of Tomorrow That Could Happen Today. New York City: G. P. Putnam's Sons. ASIN B004V7DZ0U.
- ^ "Colossus: The Forbin Project". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved June 4, 2017.