Rated PG for sci-fi monster violence, brief language and momentary smoking.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
The Colossus of New York (1958) on DVD Aug 16
Coming to DVD this August is the 1958 science fiction drama The Colossus of New York. A genius humanitarian is killed in an accident just after winning the Nobel Peace Prize. His father, a brilliant brain surgeon, works on the body in secret before burial; later revealing to his other son that he has the brain on life support and hopes to encase it in a robot body!
The film is noted for its haunting minimalistic piano score composed by Van Cleave.
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Coming to DVD this August is the 1958 science fiction drama The Colossus of New York
. A genius humanitarian is killed in an accident just after winning the Nobel Peace Prize. His father, a brilliant brain surgeon, works on the body in secret before burial; later revealing to his other son that he has the brain on life support and hopes to encase it in a robot body! 
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