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Colossus - The Forbin Project [1970]
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Great Sci-Fi film of the 70s
Review date: 2008-06-06 Rating: 10 out of 10
Great to see this out at long last and in the correct aspect ratio.. A forgotten classic..
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Reviews
GREAT FILM, GREAT DVD!!
Review date: 2008-05-29 Rating: 10 out of 10
Not sure what the poster below is going on about. Have just received my copy and I think the whole presentation is first class. Yes there are some artefacts here and there but to see this film in it's original aspect ratio is a real joy.. There are some extras on it as well including commentary track from the 82 year director of the film! If you have been waiting for this film as long as I have then I would say buy with confidence..
Warning, about fabulous films transfer of the movie
Review date: 2008-05-28 Rating: 2 out of 10
Just got the new so called anamorphic widescreen transfer DVD,
from amazon.co.uk.
Sorry to say it, they really blew this up on fabuluos films ltd.
Its a very badly done resize of the old laserdisc masters!!!
If you just want a hint of how this movie could look
in its original format, then you maybe could live with that....
But...
When you resize a ntsc video source you should always do
a proper inverse telecine. This can be a complicated proces,
and they didnt bother to do this...
When a resize is done without this part of the proces you
get strange lines on the screen - wich are esp. noticable on
progressive screens - called combing artifacts....
I think that even amateur video entusiasts could have done
a better job, with a transfer from the laserdisc, wich is out there
somewhere....
5 stars for the movie
0 stars for the trasfer= 1 star ;-(
Don't buy this!
THIS is the voice of world control.......
Review date: 2008-05-24 Rating: 10 out of 10
Time for us Brits to feel all smug and superior as we get a DVD of this cold war techno-thriller classic in full widescreen. As if that wasn't enough it also comes with extras where the region one edition was bare-bones! Several key 60/70s SF pictures remain unreleased on DVD (whither the Mike Hodges classic "The Terminal Man"?) and it is satisfying to finally be able to cross this one off the list as I refused to acknowledge the existence of the butchered version the Yanks released (why did they do it? WHY?!?!?). A sampling favourite of electronic artistes (check out Manufacture's brilliant use of samples from the movie on their "Voice of World Control" LP) and an excellent adaptation of the book, I applaud Fabulous Films for doing right by this awesome flick.
A 70s Classic
Review date: 2008-05-20 Rating: 10 out of 10
I saw this film as an impressionable teenager and ended up programming computers. I recently bought a region 1 dvd version and found the film as watchable now as it was all those years ago. Although the technology in the film is dated the themes are not and are a warning for the future. A remake of this film could also be on cards. I also recommend finding the second and third books in the Colossus trilogy as they take the Colossus story to some fantastic extremes.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Susan Clark
George Stanford Brown
William Schallert
Gordon Pinsent
Eric Braeden
Creators:
Eric Braeden (Primary Contributor)
Susan Clark (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Fabulous Films Ltd.
Manufacturer: Fabulous Films Ltd.
EAN: 5030697015129
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2008-05-26
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 95 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1970
Language: English (Unknown)