Question 1

What real-world company provided free computer equipment for the film, and why?

Accepted Answer

Control Data Corporation supplied $4.8 million worth of equipment for public exposure, with each piece prominently displaying the CDC name.

Question 2

How did the author D.F. Jones's WWII experience influence the film's title?

Accepted Answer

D.F. Jones worked with computers in Britain during WWII and knew about Colossus, the code-breaking computer at Bletchley Park.

Question 3

What footage from this film was reused in 'Cyborg: The Six Million Dollar Man'?

Accepted Answer

Universal reused the entire activation sequence of Colossus in 'Cyborg: The Six Million Dollar Man' before Steve Austin's bionic surgery.

Question 4

What plot point in the film is not in the original novel but appears in its sequel?

Accepted Answer

The humans' attempt to overload Colossus by feeding it too much data is not in the novel 'Colossus' but is a major plot point in the 1974 sequel 'The Fall of Colossus'.

Question 5

Why was the film initially promoted as 'The Forbin Project' instead of 'Colossus'?

Accepted Answer

Universal executives worried 'Colossus' would make audiences think it was an Italian sword-and-sandal movie, which had declined in popularity by the 1960s.

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