Colossus: The Forbin Project

Colossus: The Forbin Project

Colossus: The Forbin Project is an American science fiction thriller film. It is based upon the 1966 novel Colossus, by Dennis Feltham Jones, about a massive American defense computer, named Colossus, becoming sentient and deciding to assume control of the world. Dr. Charles A. Forbin is the chief designer of a secret government project. He and his team have built an advanced supercomputer, called "Colossus", to control all of the United States and Allied nuclear weapons systems. Colossus is built to be impervious to any attack, encased within a mountain and powered by its own nuclear...
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Release date:1970
Directed by:Joseph Sargent
Runtime:100 Minutes
Producer:Stanley Chase
Music by:Michel Colombier
Cinematography:Gene Polito
Screenplay by:James Bridges, Dennis Feltham Jones
Adapted from:Colossus
Genre:Science Fiction, Disaster, Thriller

Cast of Colossus: The Forbin Project

William Schallert
William Schallert
Born:July 6, 1922
Age:89
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Born:July 12, 1930
Age:81
Susan Clark
Susan Clark
Born:March 8, 1940
Age:72
Marion Ross
Marion Ross
Born:October 25, 1928
Age:83
Eric Braeden
Eric Braeden
Born:April 3, 1941
Age:71
Georg Stanford Brown
Georg Stanford Brown
Born:June 24, 1943
Age:68

Film director of Colossus: The Forbin Project

Joseph Sargent
Joseph Sargent
Born: July 22, 1925
Age: 86

Joseph Sargent is an American film director. He has directed many television movies, but his best known feature film works are probably White Lightning, MacArthur, Nightmares and Jaws: The Revenge, with his most popular film being The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. He has won four Emmy Awards. He...
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Music contributors for Colossus: The Forbin Project

Michel Colombier
Michel Colombier

Michel Colombier was a French composer, songwriter, arranger, and conductor.

Filming locations for Colossus: The Forbin Project

Lawrence Hall of Science
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