Colossus: The Forbin Project
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| Directed by | Joseph Sargent |
| Produced by | Stanley Chase |
| Screenplay by | James Bridges |
| Based on | the novel Colossus by Dennis Feltham Jones |
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| Music by | Michel Colombier |
| Cinematography | Gene Polito |
| Edited by | Folmar Blangsted |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Colossus: The Forbin Project (a.k.a. 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.
The film is based upon the 1966 science fiction novel Colossus, by Dennis Feltham Jones (as D. F. Jones), about a massive American defense computer, named Colossus, becoming sentient. After being activated, Colossus expands on its original nuclear defense directives to assume total control of the world and end all warfare for the good of mankind despite its creators' orders to stop.
Dr. Charles A. Forbin (Eric Braeden) is the chief designer of a secret project, "Colossus", an advanced supercomputer built to control the United States and Allied nuclear weapon systems. Deep under a mountain, it is impervious to attack and powered by its own nuclear reactor. When Colossus is activated, the President of the United States (Gordon Pinsent) proclaims it the perfect defense system.
Colossus sends a warning message: "THERE IS ANOTHER SYSTEM" and prints out geographical coordinates. CIA director Grauber recognizes these and tells the president they had seen indications of a system known as "Guardian" being built there. Forbin is asked how Colossus deduced Guardian's existence, to which Forbin proudly answers "Colossus may be built better than we thought".
Colossus asks to be linked to Guardian, and the president allows this in order to determine the Soviet machine's capability. Colossus and Guardian begin to communicate using simple arithmetic, quickly moving to more complex mathematics. The two machines synchronize and develop a complicated digital language that no one can interpret.
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