Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)

Nutzer-Bewertung:

7.1/10   

Regisseur:

Joseph Sargent

Drehbuchautoren:

James Bridges (writer)
D.F. Jones (novel)

Premierendatum:

10. Juli 1970 (Bundesrepublik Deutschland)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Thriller

Werbezeile:

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

Plot:

An artificially intelligent supercomputer is developed and activated, only to reveal that it has a sinister agenda of its own.

Plot Keywords:

Surveillance | World Domination | Nuclear Bomb | Computer Tries To Take Over The World | Dystopian Outlook

Auszeichnungen:

1 win & 1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

Best evil-computer film of the 20'th century.

Besetzung

Eric Braeden	...	Dr. Charles Forbin
Susan Clark	...	Dr. Cleo Markham
Gordon Pinsent	...	The President
William Schallert	...	CIA Director Grauber
Leonid Rostoff	...	Russian Chairman
Georg Stanford Brown	...	Dr. John F. Fisher
Willard Sage	...	Dr. Blake
Alex Rodine	...	Dr. Kuprin
Martin E. Brooks	...	Dr. Jefferson J. Johnson (as Martin Brooks)
Marion Ross	...	Angela Fields
Dolph Sweet	...	Missile Commander
Byron Morrow	...	Secretary of State
Lew Brown	...	Peterson
Sid McCoy	...	Secretary of Defense
Tom Basham	...	Thomas L. Harrison

Alternativ:

The Day the World Changed Hands
The Forbin Project
Colossus (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

100 Min

Land:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch | Russisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Altersfreigabe:

UK:X (original rating) | USA:M (original rating) | USA:PG (re-rating) | Australia:PG

Drehorte:

Lawrence Hall of Science - Centennial Drive, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

Firma:

Universal Pictures

Dies und das:

The computer seen in the film was the payroll computer at the studio.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: At 14:15 into the movie, Colossus displays its first message. The President turns to look at the small monitor, and the display reads "WARN HERE IS ANOTHER SYSTEM". On the big ceiling monitor however it reads "WARN THERE IS ANOTHER SYSTEM", the correct message.

Dialogzitate:

Colossus: [to Dr. Charles Forbin] You are being irrational. Go back to bed.

Querbezüge:

Bezug enthalten in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Stranded in Space (#4.5)" (1991)

Best evil-computer film of the 20'th century.

This is one rare movie. It deals intelligently with complex scientific issues and does so without dumbing down the concepts, nor making any painful errors in trying to keep up with its own topic. I found it convincing when I was a kid hacker in the mid-70's (when "hacker" meant "person who writes programs for fun"), and it is just as persuasive to me now (after I have acquired a computer science grad degree, and 25 years of experience in the field).

Spooky score takes it up a rung on the ladder, too. See it.