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Colossus: The Forbin Project

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).

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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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$2M
Box office
$308.8K
Language
English
  • artificial intelligence (a.i.)
  • computer
  • usa president
  • based on novel or book
  • cold war
  • super computer
  • scientist
  • technology runs amok
  • computer scientist
  • new technology
  • dramatic

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPGOriginally rated GP8 Apr 1970
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM1 Jan 1971
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1210 Jul 1970
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical710 Jul 1970

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Colossus: The Forbin Project was released on 8 April 1970.

Audience reviews

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  • D

    Daz

    2/7/2017

    This film is an overlooked classic. Very rarely seen on TV. It is both a science fiction tale and a Cold War drama. The United States creates a super computer to control its defence systems. This advanced machine has its own intelligence so that it can absorb the mass of data required to manage the nuclear arsenal. Dr Charles Forbin the creator of this computer called Colossus. Forbin is soon informed that there …

  • T

    TkA

    7/31/2026

    8/10

    **Great movie, still relevant today** I just saw this movie for the first time, and it is an intelligent and well-done sci-fi thriller. It deals with AI sentience, and almost can be seen as the beginnings of Gort (from another excellent sci-fi film from 1951 called The Day The Earth Stood Still)\ \ If you're not sure about watching this, just watch it, you might be surprised and find a hidden, thought-provoking,…

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