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Jan 16, 2021 - 11:44 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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I last saw the film in 2007 (my second viewing). After 50 years, it still holds up.
German actor Hans Gudegast was contractually obligated to change his name to “Eric Braeden,” based on his recently signed multiple-picture deal with Universal that was set to launch with the production of "Colossus." But it was as Hans Gudegast that he appeared as the main German bad guy on ABC's "The Rat Patrol" for its two season run (1966-68). Braeden started appearing on "The Young and the Restless" in 1980 and is still on the show in his 41st year.
The title of the film was changed three times prior to theatrical release, between February and October 1969, from "Colossus" to "Colossus 1980" to "The Day the World Changed Hands" and finally to THE FORBIN PROJECT. The picture cost less than $2 million (with an additional $1 million possibly spent during a protracted post-production period).
Following rumors that the film “couldn’t be put together,” producer Stanley Chase lobbied Universal to release THE FORBIN PROJECT in New York City as a “one-city test release.” But while en route to the East Coast for a sneak preview screening, Chase was shocked to discover THE FORBIN PROJECT as his in-flight movie! The picture opened in New York on 4 May 1970 and garnered good reviews but disappointing box-office returns. Universal decided to pull the picture from theaters, devise a new advertising campaign based around the New York reviews, and re-release it as COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT in October 1970.
In Los Angeles, the film played in many theaters on a double bill with ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS. The film was still a financial flop, with box office earnings of probably around half a million dollars.
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Susan Clark was a very busy little girl from late 60s to early 70s.
After seeing her in Madigan, Coogan's Bluff, Willie Boy, Forbin, valdez, Showdown, Midnight man and night moves.
Didnt know she was Canadian. Maybe it isnt tons of films but it seemed she was cropping up a lot to me at the time.
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Jan 17, 2021 - 12:57 AM
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Graham Watt
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Susan Clark was a very busy little girl from late 60s to early 70s.
After seeing her in Madigan, Coogan's Bluff, Willie Boy, Forbin, valdez, Showdown, Midnight man and night moves.
Didnt know she was Canadian. Maybe it isnt tons of films but it seemedshe was cropping up a lot to me at the time.
Was it Philip Jenkinson who did the weekly film reviews in the Radio Times in the mid to late '70s? Or perhaps Barry Norman (or perhaps not)? Whoever it was, I remember his comment, "the female lead is played by unknown actress Susan Clark", and I thought, "Bloody hell, I've seen her in all those films Bill Carson mentioned"...and I didn't even know who Bill Carson was back then, although his name rang a bell from some spaghetti western or something.
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Ahh, see graham, miles apart but same movie tastes, espec that bbc1 monday premiere slot! Forbin certainly was i think.
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Jan 17, 2021 - 1:37 AM
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Graham Watt
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Ahh, see graham, miles apart but same movie tastes, espec that bbc1 monday premiere slot! Forbin certainly was i think.
I would have bet a half pint of PG Tips on that too, Bill. However, according to the BBC Genome site, it's listed as being first shown on Friday 24 March 1978, at 21:55. Hang on - I've got something better than that...My old jotters of the films wot I saw... And, wait a mo - blimey, it's correct.
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I thought it was much earlier than that, nearer 76 or 77.
It wouldve been eligible for uk tv screening in 75!!
I dont trust that genome site. Like everything bbc, it sucks. And you think you find a reliable screening date, and then buried among a load of 80s n 90s listings, you find one from much earlier. Bastards. 
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