# Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)

> A nuclear-defense supercomputer joins forces with its Soviet counterpart and forces its creators to resist an automated regime of world control.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/8802

## Facts

- Runtime: 100 min
- Genres: Science Fiction, Thriller
- Director: Joseph Sargent
- Cast: Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, William Schallert, Georg Stanford Brown, Willard Sage, Alex Rodine, Martin E. Brooks
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064177/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: foreboding, cerebral, paranoid, classic science fiction night, cold war history viewing

## Synopsis

A groundbreaking computer system becomes a global threat as it takes control of nuclear defenses, forcing humanity to confront its own creation.

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