Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) Review
I have watched this more times than is defensible. A film about a computer, a requirements document and a mountain, and the machine is never once broken.
James Bridges wrote and directed The China Syndrome and Urban Cowboy, and was nominated for Academy Awards for both The Paper Chase and The China Syndrome. Earlier he adapted D. F. Jones’s novel Colossus into the screenplay for Colossus: The Forbin Project. One of his scripts is reviewed here, at 9 out of 10.
D. F. JonesI have watched this more times than is defensible. A film about a computer, a requirements document and a mountain, and the machine is never once broken.
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