Westworld (film)
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Theatrical release poster by Neal Adams
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| Directed by | Michael Crichton |
| Produced by | Paul N. Lazarus III |
| Written by | Michael Crichton |
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| Music by | Fred Karlin |
| Cinematography | Gene Polito |
| Edited by | David Bretherton |
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| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.25 million |
| Box office | $10 million |
Westworld is a 1973 American science fiction Western thriller film written and directed by novelist Michael Crichton about amusement park androids that malfunction and begin killing visitors. It stars Yul Brynner as an android in a futuristic Western-themed amusement park, and Richard Benjamin and James Brolin as guests of the park.
The film served as Crichton's first theatrical feature. It was also the first feature film to use digital image processing, to pixellate photography to simulate an android point of view. The film was nominated for Hugo, Nebula, and Saturn awards.
Westworld was succeeded by a sequel, Futureworld (1976), and a short-lived television series, Beyond Westworld (1980). A new television series from HBO, based on the original film, debuted on October 2, 2016.
In the then-future year of 1983, a high-tech, highly realistic adult amusement park called Delos features three themed "worlds"—Westworld (the American Old West), Medieval World (medieval Europe), and Roman World (the ancient Roman city of Pompeii). The resort's three "worlds" are populated with lifelike androids that are practically indistinguishable from human beings, each programmed in character for their assigned historical environment. For $1,000 per day, guests may indulge in any adventure with the android population of the park, including sexual encounters and even a fight to the death. Delos's tagline in its advertising promises, "Boy, have we got a vacation for you!"
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