Colossus - The Forbin Project From:Eric Braeden , Susan Clark , Gordon Pinsent , William Schallert , Leonid Rostoff , Universal , Joseph Sargent , Universal Studios ,
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 9781417026876
Format: Color
Format: Dolby
Format: DVD-Video
Format: Full Screen
Format: NTSC
ISBN: 1417026871
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Packaged Height: 58 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 710 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 18 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 542 hundredths-inches
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-11-23
Running Time: 101 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 1970
Product Description:
Dr. Forbins pentagon supercomputer links with its soviet counterpart to hold the world hostage for peace. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 11/23/2004 Starring: Eric Braeden Martin Brooks Run time: 100 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Joseph Sargent
Customer Reviews:
Very good film and the wide screen anamophic is available!, 2008-10-18
Stay away from this ugly pan and scan and instead consider MGM's European PAL region 2 version (if your DVD player can handle it) - The PAL 2 is a near perfect, beautiful, anamorphic wide screen. You can find the PAL copy at Amazon UK or I bought mine from xploitedcinema.com. Colossus's plausible plot combines three elements - the cold war, computers running amuck, and a doomsday scenario. Many similar elements can be found in War Games, Star Trek (VGER), Andromeda Strain, Doctor Strangelove, The Day The Earth Stood Still and Fail Safe. The basic ideas and premise, acting, directing, and set design work well together and make for an exciting and thoughtful film. I particularly liked when the computer's first start to chat with each other and their tantrum-like demand for communication. Colossus never earned classic status - my guess that was due to a trite sounding title, a mostly unknown cast, a subjective ending, and a sometimes visable thin layer of Hollywood-cheese spread. Otherwise there is little to complain about the film - for the most part Colossus is a cool film and deserves high standing on all Sci-Fi lists.
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