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	Colossus: The Forbin Project - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Colossus: The Forbin Project is an apocalyptic science fiction movie based on the 1966 novel Colossus by Dennis Feltham Jones.
		Colossus and Guardian demand that the link be restored, or "ACTION WILL BE TAKEN." When this threat is ignored, Colossus and Guardian each launch one of their nuclear missiles.
		The logo for Colossus is a blue triangle with a C in the middle and an atom in the middle of the C. The Triangle represents the mountain containing Colossus, C stood for the machine, and the atom was the nuclear weapons under Colossus' control.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project (1195 words)

	COLOSSUS: The Forbin Project - review
		Colossus and Guardian begin discussing mathematics, starting with the multiplication tables but quickly surpassing the highest mathematics conceived by man. The two machines develop their own language and the conversation is no longer intelligible to humans, so the President and the Russian Premier cut the link.
		Colossus shoots down the Russian missile, but the American missile is too far in its trajectory and strikes its target, destroying an oil complex and a town of 6,000 people.
		Colossus is given a voice and his eerie, cold statements regarding his plans and where we fit in will give you a chill.
	www.feoamante.com /Movies/ABC/colossus.html (846 words)

	Colossus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Colossus of Nero, a bronze statue of the Emperor Nero.
		The Colossus of Barletta, a giant statue of an unidentified Roman emperor.
		Colossus, a computer in the Colossus trilogy of novels and the movie Colossus: The Forbin Project.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colossus (264 words)

	Colossus
		"Colossus: The Forbin Project" is a science fiction film depicting a near-future world in which the nuclear defense of the United States has been entrusted to the cold, unemotional judgment of a powerful, impregnable computer.
		Colossus knows "what is best" for its human liaison and prevents him even from consuming too much alcohol as he tries to drown out his frustration and anger.
		Reminiscent of the decrees issued to promulgate grandiose communist projects, Colossus commands that the population of Crete be moved to make way for an advanced system to house itself.
	home.earthlink.net /~rdmadden/webdocs/Colossus.html (1319 words)

	forbin project - movie and tv vault reviews at videovista.net
		Forbin, "world expert on computer systems," is as cold and as calm as the machines he idolises, a characteristic emphasised by the excellent performance of Braeden.
		Colossus' startling announcement that "There is another system" is what precipitates the main crisis, a bald statement open to a number of intriguing interpretations.
		Forbin's sheepish admittal to the machine that he needs sex four times a week, as well as his inevitable romance with his 'mistress' are the first real sign of his humanity.
	www.videovista.net /reviews/may03/forbinpro.html (1151 words)

	colossus
		Colossus captured the fear of a very possible mistake in the computerized arsenal that both sides had and have.
		In the case of Forbin, it's like a father who raises a child and suddenly that child rises up against him and says, 'This is the way it is,' and the father tries to argue with it but is unable to stop it.
		While the shooting of Colossus: The Forbin Project was a technical nightmare -- see the accompanying article on the film itself -- Braeden didn't mind at all due to the nature of the set, and the fact that director Joseph Sargent, who comes from an acting background, ensured a nurturing set.
	www.retrovisionmag.com /colossus.htm (4524 words)

	And You Call Yourself a Scientist! - Colossus: The Forbin Project (1969)
		Colossus has only been activated for a short time when it announces that there is "another system", a message that Forbin and his team do not understand.
		Colossus was not released until after the success of 2001, by which time a great deal its thunder had been stolen by Stanley Kubrick’s depiction of a computer turning on those meant to be its masters.
		As Charles Forbin, an impossibly young Eric Braeden successfully communicates the horror and despair of the scientist who realises that he has quite literally created a monster, and whose greatest fear is that the computer’s ruthlessness is somehow a reflection of himself, its designer.
	twtd.bluemountains.net.au /Rick/liz_cfp.htm (990 words)

	Scifilm -- Reviews, COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT (1969)
		Colossus is a massive computer system, designed and built by Dr. Charles Forbin (Eric Braeden) under the auspices of the U.S. government.
		It soon becomes apparent that Colossus has attained self-awareness, and is intent on fulfilling its purpose as peacekeeper by completely taking over the governments of both superpowers, and eventually impose world peace through a global dictatorship under its supervision.
		COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT is not just first-rate science fiction; it is also one of the smartest and cleverest of American film thrillers.
	www.scifilm.org /reviews/colossus.html (2184 words)

	Colossus: The Forbin Project
		Forbin is understandably very proud of his achievement in creating the machine, and the President of the United States (Gordon Pinset, from Blacula and Blood Clan) regards the professor’s technical triumph as far more than just a snazzy new addition to the American arsenal.
		Colossus and Guardian, who have by this point decided that their programs could be carried out more efficiently if they merged into a single consciousness, realize the threat that their creators pose, and Guardian levers the KGB into assassinating Kuprin.
		Forbin is spared because the machines still need him as an interface with humanity, which, in their own warped way, they still regard themselves as protecting.
	www.1000misspenthours.com /reviews/reviewsa-d/colossustheforbinproject.htm (1814 words)

	Colossus: The Forbin Project DVD Review
		Forbin is the creator of a huge computer aptly named “Colossus”, which was designed to take over United States’ nuclear arsenal and remove any human (and thus fallible) human interaction.
		In fairness, Colossus: The Forbin Project was actually produced before 2001: A Space Odyssey but its studio, Universal, was so upset by the film’s grimness that it delayed the film’s release for more that a year.
		Colossus: The Forbin Project retails for a mere $9.99 on Amazon.com which explains the lack of features and extras.
	www.scifimoviepage.com /dvd/colossus-dvd.html (357 words)

	Colossus from FOLDOC
		Colossus was a semi-fixed-program vacuum tube calculator (unlike its near-contemporary, the freely programmable Z3).
		Forbin is the designer of an incredibly sophisticated computer that will run all of America's nuclear defences.
		Forbin and the other scientists form a technological resistance to Colossus which must operate underground.
	foldoc.org /foldoc/foldoc.cgi?Colossus (218 words)

	Film: Colossus: The Forbin Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The megacomputer elects its inventor, Dr. Forbin, as liaison between itself and the (defective, unreliable, autotoxic) human species.
		Colossus isn't an action film--unless guys in suits chainsmoking and rubbing their temples constitutes a white-knuckle thrill ride in your book.
		Nor was Colossus intended as bubblegum sci-fi fun for the kids--the biggest "name" in the cast is Gordon Pinsent(!), there's not a single bug-eyed monster and the musical score is remarkably downplayed.
	www.montrealmirror.com /ARCHIVES/1999/061799/film4.html (375 words)

	Universal Studios Home Video - LaserDisc
		Dr. Charles Forbin (Eric Braeden), the world’s leading expert on computer systems, conceives and creates for the U.S. government an advanced electronic brain called "Colossus." Impartial...emotionless...a paragon of reason.
		Colossus is sealed inside a Colorado mountain and placed in irrevocable control of America’s national security.
		But Colossus, capable of creative thought, uses its superior intelligence to detect - and join forces with - an identical Russian computer system, and the ruthless combined super-brains suddenly turn world dictator.
	www.blam1.com /Universal/43128.htm (286 words)

	COLOSSAL JOKE
		The Scene: Forbin's life is now under the constant survelliance of the Computer COLOSSUS.
		To do this, he speaks of his human need for sexual companionship as a bargaining chip, betting on the machine's inability to fully understand the psychological health of the human mind.
		COLOSSUS has asked Forbin what human female he wishes to have his privacy with and Forbin has just told him Cleo, one of the staff that helped create the giant computer.
	www.feoamante.com /Movies/ABC/colossal_joke.html (297 words)

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		Story: Charles Forbin (Eric Braeden) has created the ultimate computer, Colossus, designed to control all the country's defense systems, which means, of course, that it turns on its masters almost immediately.
		Using Dr. Forbin as his human liaison (keeping him under constant surveillance), Colossus sets forth to control the world, forcing man to begin constructing even more powerful supercomputers.
		Despite a stupid title that makes it sound like a Japanese monster movie, Colossus is a smart, low-key thriller, very-much in the vein of 2001, and one of the first in the wave of 1970s' downbeat, dystopian science fiction films that ruled the genre until Star Wars.
	www.dvdcorner.net /html/colossus.html (505 words)

	Colossus: The Forbin Project (1969)
		It is hard to think that such an incredulous premise would ever succeed in the 1990s and beyond where the computer has become seamlessly integrated into the everyday world.
		In a modern version Forbin would surely be regarded as the villain and lionized for his incompetence for designing such a system, however here he remains the hero of the show.
		The ending has the machine triumphant, announcing to Forbin, "In time you will come to regard me with not only awe and respect but love." Eric Braeden is great in the part, as is Susan Clark who balances Braeden with spry, charming wit.
	www.moria.co.nz /sf/colossus.htm (622 words)

	Pythonland - Tenchi's Stinky Cinematic Suppositories
		Based on D. Jones' Colossus trilogy, the movie stars future Young and the Restless actor Eric Braeden as Dr. Charles Forbin.
		The sole purpose of Colossus is to be linked to the nation's defense systems.
		Moments after announcing Colossus to the world, a message crawls across a remote terminal.
	www.pythonland.com /cinematic29.php (452 words)

	Colossus: The Forbin Project
		The computer in Colossus is a perfect example of this.
		Through this intelligence, Colossus learns that Russia might also be developing a large computer installation.
		Colossus' interior is vast and underground, similarin appearance to the Krell's supercomputer.
	www.umich.edu /~umfandsf/film/films/colossus.html (256 words)

	Amazon.com: Colossus - The Forbin Project: DVD: Joseph Sargent,Eric Braeden,Susan Clark,Gordon Pinsent,William ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Colossus: The Forbin Project was shot in 2.35:1 (I have it on laser disc in widescreen) so you will be losing more than half of the image on this version.
		The Colossus Mk2 was used by the British to decipher German radio transmissions in...
		When he comes back to Forbin he stands next to him, yet there is a quick shot of him standing a...
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0003JAOO0?v=glance (1783 words)

	Colossus: "The Forbin" Project Standard Release DVD - MovieWeb
		The granddaddy of all "computer run amok" films, Colossus: The Forbin Project concerns a huge Electronic Brain designed to control the American missile defense system.
		Colossus' technicians do not count on the computer developing an intelligence of its own.
		Colossus: The Forbin Project was filmed in Canada.
	www.movieweb.com /dvd/release/27/1427/features.php (196 words)

	COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT
		It is the height of the Cold War and the United States has built an enormous computer aptly named “Colossus” to control all its nuclear weapons.
		Even if you haven’t read any science fiction at all, you will know that this is a Bad Idea, and it is obvious that no-one in his administration has seen what HAL was up to in 2001: A Space Odyssey, least of all the computer’s creator Charles Forbin.
		(Colossus: The Forbin Project is based upon a novel of the same name by D.F. Jones.)
	www.scifimoviepage.com /colossus.html (294 words)

	Plot Summary for Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Colossus and Guardian proceed to exchange information at an incredibly fast rate, such that it alarms the President, and he orders a disconnection.
		It does, though, and during its speech to the world, it explodes two missiles inside their silos (one in Russia, one in the U.S.) when the sabotage crews are present, killing thousands.
		Colossus' speech makes clear that it will establish its own "absolute authority" over Earth, completely controlling mankind and eliminating freedom, achieving the same goals the President intended, but by a totally different means.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0064177/plotsummary (471 words)

	DVD Review:
		Colossus-The Forbin Project, although slightly dated as regards today's computer technology, is nevertheless a science fiction classic.
		This movie was derived from the novel bearing the same title, and is a very faithful, and effective, reproduction of the novel.
		Austere and unemotional (like Colossus himself), quietly and punctuously narrated, minimalistically acted and with minimal action - a movie for the brain, as befits a movie about a giant electronic brain taking over control of the world.
	www.killermovies.com /dvd/935.html (792 words)

	DVDLaser: the largest database of DVD reviews on the web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The 1970 Colossus, the more critically admired of the two, was a variation on the HAL story, in which a supercomputer designed to run America's defense system quickly surmises that the system's primary flaw is the human factor.
		The hero, played by Eric Braeden, the computer's designer, is colorless and cold, and the film probably didn't do well in the rest of the country because the plot holds no final twist (science-fiction writers hadn't conceived of viruses yet).
		Colossus, which runs 101 minutes, is letterboxed with an aspect ratio of about 2.35:1 and looks very nice.
	www.dvdlaser.com /search/detail.cfm?ID=20692 (532 words)

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		The Movie Colossus: the Forbin Project is one of my favorite movies.
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	www.usmlepass.com /forbin.html (194 words)

	Colossus: The Forbin Project::Universal Home Video and DVD
		When electronics genius Charles Forbin creates a massive computer complex that is capable of independently regulating the national defense of the United States, it appears that no enemy will ever be able to penetrate its sovereign borders.
		But such a promising thought turns into a stunning nightmare when it's discovered the Russians have built an equally sophisticated computer and that these two 'doomsday machines' have linked, sharing classified information and top secrets.
		Desperately, Forbin and his Soviet counterparts try to stop the all-knowing 'monster' computers from seizing command of the world's nuclear missile stockpiles.
	homevideo.universalstudios.com /details.php?childId=35166 (133 words)

	Colossus: The Forbin Project Colossus: The Forbin Project Message Board
		Though it is low key and pretty boring at times, it is still effective as long as you dont think about simple ways to thwart Colossus too much..
		Like when Colossus took over the missiles and threatened mankind with them, all they had to do was station troops with 50 caliber machine guns around each missile and punch them full of holes before they could get more than a few feet off the ground.
		Or they could have blown up all the missiles on the ground before the surveillance cameras were installed.
	www.allscifi.com /Board.asp?BoardID=8636 (367 words)

	DVD: colossus (scott-heron saxophone marathon)
		This is a fine movie and enjoyable inspite of it being in the "TV" fomat I wish it was released in it's origonal format but it's still a fine addition to any sci-fi buffs collection.
		It features two very different performances: Sonny's working quintet and a special performance with an orchestra in Japan, "Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra." I have not found the latter released on CD.
		Sonny Rollins Saxophone Colossus / Gil Scott-Heron Black Wax (Two...
	www.very-clever.com /dvd/colossus (262 words)

	Snowblood Apple Forums - Colossus: the Forbin Project
		This film, about a hi-tech computer defence system gone wrong had an ending so shocking (at least, for the 1970s) that it was banned for 2 years.
		I wonder if it was named after Colossus, the first electronic computer, or maybe they didnt know about that at the time, it having been a secret since World War II.
		It was named after the books on which it was based.
	www.mandiapple.com /forum/printthread.php?t=1635 (180 words)

	DVD Talk Forum - "Colossus:The Forbin Project" IS full frame!
		What do you expect Colossus to but full frame, it was NOT a theatrical release, it WAS an ABC Movie of the Week.
		I would ask that Universal please consider the possibility of a second Wide Screen DVD release of Colossus: The Forbin project.
		This would not be without precedence as Warner had a similar situation a coupe of years ago with Willy Wonka and 4-5 months later relented by releasing a WS version that was very much appreciated by us film lovers.
	forum.dvdtalk.com /showthread.php?t=396381 (1228 words)

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