Colossus: The Forbin Project

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Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) is a science fiction film based upon the 1966 novel Colossus, by Dennis Feltham Jones, about a massive, eponymous American defense computer becoming sentient and deciding to assume control of the world. Imagine Entertainment and Universal Studios confirmed that a remake titled Colossus, to be directed by Ron Howard, would be in production as of April 2007, but seems to have ended up in development hell. Dr. Cha... more
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Initial release date:

  • 1970

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Runtime:

  • 1 h 40 min

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Also known as:

  • Colossus The Forbin Project,
  • The Forbin Project,
  • Forbin Project,
  • Colossus: the Forbin Project

Film

Directed by

Joseph Sargent

Joseph Sargent (born 22 July 1925) is an American film director. He has directed many television movies, but his best known feature film works are probably White Lightning, MacArthur, Nightmares and Jaws: The Revenge, with his most popular film being The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. He has won...

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  • We built a super computer with a mind of its own and now we must fight it for the world!
  • 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).

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  • 1 h 40 min

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Colossus

Colossus is a science fiction novel written in 1966 by the British author Dennis Feltham Jones. The book was followed by two sequels (The Fall of Colossus and Colossus and the Crab) and was made into a film in 1970 called Colossus: The Forbin Project. Professor Charles Forbin, one of the world's...
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