Colossus: The Forbin Project/Silent Running

In a double feature with Silent Running. Based on D.F. Jones’ novel “Colossus,” Colossus: The Forbin Project stars Eric Braeden as Dr. Charles Forbin, the world’s leading expert on computer systems who conceives and creates an advanced electronic brain named ”Colossus” for the U.S. government. Impartial, emotionless and a paragon of reason, Colossus is sealed inside a Colorado mountain and placed in irrevocable control of America’s national security. However, the highly-developed machinery is also capable of creative thought and uses its superior intelligence to detect and join forces with an identical Soviet computer system, creating a global dictatorship. With nuclear missiles poised to fire at any nation that resists the absolute authority of the two computers, the world is helpless unless a solution is found to disarm the power of Colossus. This critically acclaimed science fiction thriller is exciting and has been called “well-directed... chilling and believable.”