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Colossus, the Forbin project / a Universal Picture ; screenplay by James Bridges ; directed by Joseph Sargent ; produced by Stanley Chase.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 26204 | UniversalSeries: Universal studio selectionsPublication details: Universal City, Calif. : MCA Universal Home Video, ©2004.Description: 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 1417026871
  • 9781417026876
Other title:
  • Colossus
Uniform titles:
  • Colossus, the Forbin project (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Gene Polito; music, Michel Colombier; editor, Folmar Blangsted.
Cast: Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent.Summary: "The ultimate computer creates the ultimate terror in this chillingly real sci-fi suspense thriller. When electronic genius Charles Forbin creates a massive computer complex that is capable of independently regulating the national defense of the United States, it appears that no enemy will ever be able to penetrate its sovereign borders. But such a promising thought turns into a stunning nightmare when it's discovered the Russians have built an equally sophisticated computer and that these two 'doomsday machines' have linked, sharing classified information and top secrets. Desperately, Forbin and his Soviet counterparts try to stop the all-knowing 'monster' computers from seizing command of the world's nuclear missile stockpiles"--Container.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD SF/FANT Colossus Available 33111009046349
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The granddaddy of all "computer run amok" films, Colossus: The Forbin Project concerns a huge electronic brain designed to control the American missile defense system. Colossus' technicians do not count on the computer developing an intelligence of its own. Communicating with its Russian counterpart, Colossus decides to take over the earth, threatening global destruction should anyone try to pull its plug. The film's climax is unsettling, but no more so than the actual state of world affairs in 1970. Colossus: The Forbin Project was filmed in Canada. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Not rated.

Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent.

Based on the novel Colossus by D.F. Jones.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1970.

DVD, region 1, NTSC, full frame 1.33:1; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono.

"The ultimate computer creates the ultimate terror in this chillingly real sci-fi suspense thriller. When electronic genius Charles Forbin creates a massive computer complex that is capable of independently regulating the national defense of the United States, it appears that no enemy will ever be able to penetrate its sovereign borders. But such a promising thought turns into a stunning nightmare when it's discovered the Russians have built an equally sophisticated computer and that these two 'doomsday machines' have linked, sharing classified information and top secrets. Desperately, Forbin and his Soviet counterparts try to stop the all-knowing 'monster' computers from seizing command of the world's nuclear missile stockpiles"--Container.

Director of photography, Gene Polito; music, Michel Colombier; editor, Folmar Blangsted.

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