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Doomsday Film Fest: DOOMSDAY RARITIES (Double Feature!)
Damnation Alley
Jack Smight, U.S., 1977; 95 min
A band of World War III survivors set out across a devastated America in an armored Landmaster in search of a faint radio signal from the last outpost of civilization Albany, New York. Along the way, they encounter freak storms, ragged survivors, and giant killer cockroaches. At one time intended by studio 20th Century Fox to be the big blockbuster of 1977, it was soon forgotten in the shadow of Star Wars. With Jackie Earle Haley, George Peppard, Jan-Michael Vincent, Paul Winfield and Dominique Sanda(!).
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Joseph Sargent, U.S., 1969; 100 min
"I think Frankenstein ought to be required reading for all scientists." So says Dr. Forbin, creator of supercomputer Colossus designed to take over the United States' nuclear arsenal and remove any human (and thus fallible) human interaction. The warning comes too late however and before you can say HAL (or Skynet, or the Matrix), Colossus starts going haywire and turns against its human masters. The granddaddy of "technology run amok" films, Colossus was actually produced before 2001 but its studio was so upset by the film's grimness that it delayed the film's release for more than a year. Never dull, with a literate script and taut direction by Joseph Sargent (The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3).
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LocationSpectacle Theater
124 South 3rd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
United States
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| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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