Colossus: The Forbin Project

Colossus: The Forbin Project
Colossus: The Forbin Project
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Joseph Sargent
Screenplay by	James Bridges
Based on	Colossus; by Dennis Feltham Jones
Produced by	Stanley Chase
Starring	Eric Braeden; Susan Clark; Gordon Pinsent; William Schallert; Marion Ross;
Cinematography	Gene Polito
Edited by	Folmar Blangsted
Music by	Michel Colombier
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	April 4, 1970 (Premiere); May 4, 1970 (New York City);
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2 million
Box office	$0.3 million

Colossus: The Forbin Project (originally released as The Forbin Project) is a 1970 American science-fiction thriller film from Universal Pictures, produced by Stanley Chase, directed by Joseph Sargent, that stars Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, and William Schallert. It is based upon the 1966 science-fiction novel Colossus by Dennis Feltham Jones.^[3]

The film is about an advanced American defense system, named Colossus, becoming sentient. After being handed full control, Colossus' draconian logic expands on its original nuclear defense directives to assume total control of the world and end all warfare for the good of humankind, despite its creators' orders to stop.^[4]

^ "Computer-as-Dictator Beats Sabotage; Universal Sales Slant: 'Science-Fact'". Variety. May 6, 1970. p. 17. Retrieved March 31, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
^ Cite error: The named reference gross was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Jones, D. F. (1966). Colossus: A Novel of Tomorrow That Could Happen Today. New York City: G. P. Putnam's Sons. ASIN B004V7DZ0U.
^ "Colossus: The Forbin Project". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved June 4, 2017.

[preem-1] "Computer-as-Dictator Beats Sabotage; Universal Sales Slant: 'Science-Fact'". Variety. May 6, 1970. p. 17. Retrieved March 31, 2024 – via Internet Archive.

[gross-2] Cite error: The named reference gross was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] Jones, D. F. (1966). Colossus: A Novel of Tomorrow That Could Happen Today. New York City: G. P. Putnam's Sons. ASIN B004V7DZ0U.

[Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project-4] "Colossus: The Forbin Project". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved June 4, 2017.

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