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Colossus origins on small screen?

posted 13 years ago by ddc300
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IIRC, wasn't this film planned as a made-for-TV movie, but at the last minute Universal big-wigs realized the importance and impact of "Colosus" and so had it released as a feature film? Seem to recall reading that somewhere. And I seem to recall they did the same thing with James Earl Jones' movie "The Man" (which came out around the same time).

[–] filmklassik 8 years ago

No. That's a myth regarding the movie, but just watch it for 3 minutes and pay attention to the framing, the camera movement, the general scope of the motion picture and you'll realize that it has the aesthetic of a feature and not a MOW.