The Colossus of New York

Finally, this classic gem from 1958 is getting a proper DVD release. This is one of my all-time favorite science fiction flicks.

Ross Martin plays a brilliant scientist who is tragically killed in an accident at an airport. His father, a brilliant brain surgeon played by Otto Kruger, can't deal with his son's death, so removes his brain and keeps it alive in a basement laboratory. He then enlists the aide of his other son to build a robotic body in which to house the brain. Once encased in steel, the brain continues to function dangerously.

When I was a kid back in the '70s, this was one of those movies I had to watch every time it aired. I couldn't get enough of it. The robot in this movie is one of the coolest film robots ever. Plus the move has a very unique musical score. It's all piano but it is very effective. It more than captures the entire tragic aura of the story. I can't wait to get this DVD. Hopefully the transfer is magnificent. I'll update this posting after I get it.

Update: I never got around to buying the DVD, but I did get the Blu-ray. The picture and sound are completely awesome.

very unusual 50"s sci fi starring an early ross martin that somehow became a lost film for who knows why, for years no one could get a quality print, now at last a beautiful print in anamorphic { fills the whole rectangular screen in proper ratio, no distortion,} one of the most creepy sci fi robots ever created in my humble opinion,interesting story that goes beyond many "b" drive-in movies of its period,primative but dramatic special effects might even be interesting to a young student of sci fi film, an absolute pristine high quality print from "olive films"

thank you olive films, what a pleasure to watch.

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I'm not going to talk about this film's story. You can check IMDb for that-or some of the other reviews here on Amazon. They cover that subject well.

This is only about the new DVD from Olive Films.

I received my long-awaited DVD of "Colossus/NY" yesterday (Aug.8) and played it last night. (I didn't buy it here;-I pre-ordered mine from DeepDiscount.)

My only other copy of this film was a VHS tape, purchased from the now-defunct HellFire Video in New York City. They were the only folks who offered it, way back when.--

The source print that HellFire used was very poor. It was dark and muddy. It could sometimes be difficult to make out much of what was on screen, especially backgrounds.

I kept that tape, anyway, because it was all I had. "Colossus" rarely made it to TV, or I would have recorded my own copy (off TV) long ago.

Well....now I can toss that tape! The Olive Films DVD of the film isn't perfect, but it's very close! It's a really, really good job, and should satisfy any "Colossus" fan. The B&W image is clean and clear, the sound is also clear, and the film is presented in it's original widescreen aspect ratio of 1.78-1.

There are no extras, but that's fine with me. I'm just pleased to have a good quality print of "Colossus" after all these years.

I highly recommend this disc to those who want to enjoy this really eerie movie!

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I first saw this movie back in 1959 (age 8) and I found it so incredibly creepy in that it was

the epitome of malevolent sci-fi behavior (Gort). I was awestruck at his incorrigible mind set

and was freaked out when he fried everybody at the United Nations forum. The scene where he walks

across the floor of the East River was over the top. This film is a masterpiece much in the

same vein as the 'Quatermass' films.

Keith Owen

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THE COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK (1958), is a thoughtful science fiction tale about a Nobel Prize winning scientist (Ross Martin) who is accidently killed, and whose brain is transplanted into a robot by the dead man's father (Otto Kruger) and brother (Robert Hutton). Unable to endure his wretched existence, the mechanical man decides to unleash his frustration upon humanity.

Directed by Eugene Lourie, this exceptional little B-film is just as good, if not better, than most movies of this type, and yet it's not given the attention it deserves. COLOSSUS' strength is in the characterizations, particularly Otto Kruger as the well meaning but ultimately misguided father, Robert Hutton as the envious other son, and Mala Powers as the dead scientist's wife whose worst suspicions are disregarded by everyone.

The robot in this film is pretty ominous, and the later scenes of it walking under the water, then rising up out of it against a backdrop of the Brooklyn Bridge has a genuinely eerie atmosphere. It also unexpectedly shoots laser beams from its eyes; this it does quite mercilessly at the climax of the film which takes place in the United Nations Building. The economical production methods are actually a plus factor in giving COLOSSUS its particular brand of effectiveness. A further addition to the creepiness is a stringent, all piano music score.

Olive Films has released a pristine, widescreeen edition of THE COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK that's worth picking up. This is one sci-fi gem that you'll be watching again and again.

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