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Subject: The Forbin Project
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Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 13:12:45 EST
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From: Couse.osbunorth@XEROX.ARPA


Glad that somebody finally mentioned "Colossus, the Forbin Project."
This film, which was released originally as just "The Forbin Project"
didn't do well in the theaters, primarily because the movie going public
couldn't seem to relate to computers in 1971 (when the movie was made)
like they would now.  The movie was relatively low-key, without any
shoot-'em-ups or other flashy gimmicks and was received well by
everybody I knew who knew anything about computers.  

Trivia Note:  The exterior shots were filmed at the Lawrence Hall of
Science on the University of California Berkeley campus.  The opening
shot where the helicopter flew down over the top of a building and
landed in front of LHoS had to be shot more than once because everybody
in the Space Sciences Lab (the building they flew over and down in front
of) was staring out the windows on the first shot.  Both building are
located on the hill behind the campus with a sweeping view of the Bay.

/Mary