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Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)

Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)

Science Fiction Thriller

This is the dawning of the Age of Colossus (where peace is compulsory... freedom is forbidden... and Man's greatest invention could be Man's greatest mistake).

Release Date: 1970, April 8
Directors: Joseph Sargent
Countries: United States of America
Production: Universal Pictures
Cast: James Hong, William Schallert, Eric Braeden, Alex Rodine, Byron Morrow, Paul Frees, Sid McCoy, Marion Ross, Robert Cornthwaite, Georg Stanford Brown, Lew Brown, Don Ross

Overview:

The U.S. has handed over control of its nuclear defense system to the Colossus supercomputer designed by scientist Dr. Charles Forbin. It soon becomes clear, that the now-sentient Colossus is far more intelligent than its creator realized—with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.

Keywords:

artificial intelligence (a.i.) based on novel or book cold war scientist dramatic usa president computer super computer new technology computer scientist technology runs amok