The colossus
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| German title | The colossus |
| Original title | The Amazing Colossal Man |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1957 |
| length | 77 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Bert I. Gordon |
| script | Bert I. Gordon, Mark Hanna |
| production | Bert I. Gordon |
| music | Albert Glasser |
| camera | Joseph F. Biroc |
| cut | Ronald Sinclair |
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The Colossus (Original title: The Amazing Colossal Man ) is an American science fiction film by Bert I. Gordon from 1957. The premiere in Germany took place on June 22, 1962.
action
The US is testing a plutonium bomb. Soldiers are stationed nearby. Shortly before the explosion, a private pilot crash-lands in the test area. Lieutenant Colonel Glenn Manning tries to save the pilot, but he's late. Manning survived the explosion, seriously injured. Doctors give him up for lost. But the next day they find that Manning is healed. But the radioactive radiation to which it was exposed causes it to grow until it reaches a size of almost 20 meters. At this size, the heart cannot pump enough blood to the brain, causing Manning to gradually go insane. Manning is shipped to an army camp near Las Vegas , where he lives in a kind of quarantine.
Army doctors and scientists are trying to reverse Manning's growth with a serum. But Manning grabs the hypodermic needle, which is the size of a spear, and kills one of the doctors with it. He escapes the military and kidnaps his girlfriend Carol. He reached Las Vegas and wreaked havoc and havoc in the city. The army can surround the giant at Hoover Dam . Manning releases his girlfriend, then is mortally wounded by the soldiers and falls into the Colorado .
Reviews
"A piece of science fiction fantasy that is not only poor in terms of tricks."
"Unintentionally weird!"
"The film has a painful number of pathetic and sometimes even dumb scenes ... The special effects ... are pathetic and unconvincing."
" Despite its primitive design, the Colossus was possibly Bert I. Gordon's best film."
background
As is often the case in his B-Movies, Bert I. Gordon took on several functions at once for cost reasons. Here he was not only a director, but also co-author, co-producer and responsible for the special effects, which by the way consisted almost entirely of rear projections . This film was his fourth directorial job. A year later, a sequel to this film followed under Gordon's direction: War of the Colossal Beast (English title: Gigant des Horens ).
After this film, Cathy Downs worked almost exclusively for television. She just made one more movie.
The future Oscar winner Jack Solomon was the recording studio manager. Cinematographer Joseph Biroc also received Oscar honors later.
Web links
- The Colossus in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Review by Geoff Andrew on Time Out London
- Review in the New York Times (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Colossus. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.cinema.de/film_aktuell/filmdetail/film/?typ=inhalt&film_id=10039
- ↑ Bill Warren: Keep watching the skies! ; quoted here from: Ronald M. Hahn; Volker Jansen: Lexicon of Science Fiction Films. 720 films from 1902 to 1983. Original edition, Heyne, Munich 1983 (Heyne-Buch; 01/7236), ISBN 3-453-01901-6 , p. 304
- ↑ Ronald M. Hahn; Volker Jansen: Lexicon of Science Fiction Films. 720 films from 1902 to 1983. Original edition, Heyne, Munich 1983 (Heyne-Buch; 01/7236), ISBN 3-453-01901-6 , p. 304