The Film That Was Profitable Before Anyone Watched | Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)

The film Universal Pictures made for free, and then hid from the world. In this episode of Golden Flicker, we uncover the strange, contradictory production history of Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970). We explore how a remarkable corporate sponsorship filled a soundstage with millions of dollars in real computer hardware , why a lead actor was forced to erase his own identity to secure the role , and how a studio's apathy buried a prophetic masterpiece about artificial intelligence. From the presence of a young Steven Spielberg on a closed set to the classified military technology used to create a machine's voice, discover the secrets behind the grandfather of the modern AI thriller. Chapters 00:00 - The Prescient Warning of Colossus 01:46 - The Disastrous 1970 Box Office Release 03:31 - D.F. Jones, James Bridges, and the Script 04:57 - The Control Data Corporation Hardware Deal 06:30 - Hollywood's 1970 Financial Crisis 07:45 - Albert Whitlock's Matte Paintings & Authentic Sets 09:08 - The SIGSALY Vocoder and the Voice of Colossus 09:51 - Eric Braeden's Name Change & Steven Spielberg 13:02 - Censorship and the Infamous "Sex Requirement" Scene 13:45 - James Cameron's Connection & The Alignment Problem 16:43 - Why Universal Pictures Abandoned Colossus #GoldenFlicker #ColossusTheForbinProject #CinemaHistory #ClassicSciFi #BehindTheScenes