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Colossus: The Forbin Project

1970 · 100 min

A chillingly plausible cold-war thriller that builds quiet dread as a calm machine voice slowly strips away human control.

Directed by
Joseph Sargent
Genres
Science fiction, Thriller
Starring
Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent
Tagline
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).
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Joseph Sargent
Genres
Science fiction, Thriller
Starring
Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • technology
  • power
  • freedom
  • survival
  • morality
Places
  • military
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
science fiction, thriller
Directed by
Joseph Sargent
Written by
James Bridges
Starring
Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, William Schallert, Georg Stanford Brown, Willard Sage, Alex Rodine, Martin E. Brooks
Music
Michel Colombier
Cinematography
Gene Polito
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Italian, Russian

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