Colossus: The Forbin Project
This is the dawning of the Age of Colossus (where peace is compulsory... freedom is forbidden... and Man's greatest invention could be Man's greatest mistake).
Production
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.
Trailers & Videos
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) - Official Trailer (HD)
John Landis on COLOSSUS THE FORBIN PROJECT
Cast
Eric Braeden
Dr Charles Forbin
Susan Clark
Dr. Cleo Markham
Gordon Pinsent
The President
William Schallert
CIA Director Grauber
Georg Stanford Brown
Dr. John F. Fisher
Willard Sage
Dr. Blake
Alex Rodine
Dr. Kuprin
Martin E. Brooks
Dr. Jefferson J. Johnson
Marion Ross
Angela Fields
Dolph Sweet
Missile Commander
Byron Morrow
Secretary of State
Sid McCoy
Secretary of Defense
James Hong
Dr. Chin
Robert Cornthwaite
First Scientist
Tom Basham
Thomas L. Harrison
Paul Frees
Colossus (voice) (uncredited)
Robert Quarry
Scientist (uncredited)
Don Ross
Logan US Air Force (uncredited)
William Traylor
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Reviews
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.
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