Film Forum

U.S., 1970
Directed by Joseph Sargent
With Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, WIlliam Schallert, Paul Frees (voice of Colossus)
Approx. 100 min. DCP.

“In the midst of the Cold War, Colossus, a supercomputer created by the United States to defend the country, discovers the existence of its Soviet alter ego, Guardian. The two systems come into contact, develop their own language, become aware of their own identity and decide to take full power. Based on a novel by Dennis Feltham Jones, Joseph Sargent's film imagines the potential of computers in a particularly chilling way, with insights whose visionary quality is astonishing today.” – Cinematheque

Presented with support from the Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film

Reviews

“Full of surprising moments of humor and intelligence.”
– Vincent Canby, The New York Times