Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site topaz.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!topaz!@RUTGERS.ARPA:Mary_Couse.osbunorth@Xerox.ARPA From: @RUTGERS.ARPA:Mary_Couse.osbunorth@Xerox.ARPA Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: The Forbin Project Message-ID: <877@topaz.ARPA> Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 13:12:45 EST Article-I.D.: topaz.877 Posted: Tue Mar 5 13:12:45 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 6-Mar-85 05:20:34 EST Sender: À0ð$ÿìP?ÀA@topaz.ARPA Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 20 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