Colossus: The Forbin Project
Colossus: The Forbin Project (promoted 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.
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| Directed by | Joseph Sargent |
| Screenplay by | James Bridges |
| Based on | Colossus by Dennis Feltham Jones |
| Produced by | Stanley Chase |
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| Cinematography | Gene Polito |
| Edited by | Folmar Blangsted |
| Music by | Michel Colombier |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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.
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