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Colossus: the Forbin Project

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Colossus: the Forbin Project

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An all-powerful Western defence computer links up with its Russian counterpart and plots to wrest control of the world from humanity. Sci-fi thriller, starring Eric Braeden and Susan Clark

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Robert Sellers

This chilling suspense film had the misfortune to be made around the same time as 2001: a Space Odyssey, diluting its depiction of machines turning against humankind. Fortunately, the intervening years have been kind to Joseph Sargent's thinking man's sci-fi entry, which imagines a time when one super computer has total control over all western defence systems. When it decides to link terminals with its Soviet counterpart in a bid for world domination, its human masters discover they can't switch the damn thing off. Cleverly playing up the thriller aspects of the story and cannily making the computer the film's central character, this well-acted and utterly persuasive shocker provides a cautionary warning regarding man's dependency on technology.

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rolenameDr Charles ForbinEric BraedenDr Cleo MarkhamSusan ClarkThe PresidentGordon PinsentGrauberWilliam Schallert1st ChairmanLeonid RostoffFisherGeorg Stanford BrownHarrisonTom Basham

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rolenameDirectorJoseph Sargent

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Theatrical distributor

Rank Film Dists Ltd

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English | Russian

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