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imdb.com/title/tt0064177/

A guy at work brought this in. Pretty fun! :D From 1970, it's about a suercomputer that is made to take control of our missles, so someone having a bad day doesn't push the button. But it turns out to be a little smarter than they planned. And it finds a counterpart to itself in the USSR. They get together, and... Oh well, I'll let you see for yourself. heh.
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saw it when i was a kid. i don't remmeber much other than it was entertaining. i shall have to rent it agin. thanks, :)
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*nod*

One of the first my Daddy introduced me to. Loved it.
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Its cool.
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Great movie! Haven't seen it in years and years, but sort of a Terminator prequel.
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I find it baffling that I've never seen this film. I've heard of it many times and it's made lists like "Best Sci Fi of the 1970s". It sounds like something I would have loved to have seen before now and now I must see it.
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