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Nov 21, 1973 · Westworld: Directed by Michael Crichton. With Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin, Norman Bartold. A robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park.
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- Michael Crichton
- PG
- Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Feb 22, 2015 · Boy, have we got a vacation for you... An amusement park for rich vacationers. The park provides its customers a way to live out their fantasies through the ...
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In the near future, a highly realistic adult amusement park called Delos features three themed "worlds": Western World (the American Old West), Medieval World (medieval Europe) and Roman World (the ancient city of Pompeii). The resort's worlds are populated with lifelike androidsthat are practically indistinguishable from human beings, each program...
Screenplay
Crichton said he did not wish to make his feature directorial debut (after one TV film – 1972's Pursuit) with science fiction but "That's the only way I could get the studio to let me direct. People think I'm good at it I guess." Crichton's agent introduced him to producer Paul N. Lazarus III; they became friends and decided to make a film together.The script was written in August 1972. Lazarus said he asked Crichton why he did not tell the story as a book; Crichton said he felt the story was...
Principal photography
The film was shot in 30 days. To save time, Crichton tried to shoot only what was needed, with minimal takes. Westworld was filmed in several locations, including the Mojave Desert, the gardens of the Harold Lloyd Estate, several MGM sound stages and on the MGM backlot, one of the final films to be shot there before the backlot was sold to real estate developers and demolished. It was filmed with Panavision anamorphic lenses by Gene Polito. Richard Benjamin later said he loved making the film...
Score
The score for Westworld was composed by American composer Fred Karlin. It combines ersatz western scoring, source cues, and electronic music.
Box office
The film was released on an experimental regional saturation basis and grossed $2 million in its first week in 275 theatres in the Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland areas. It earned $4 million in rentals in the US and Canada by the end of 1973.After a re-release in 1976, it earned $7,365,000.
Book tie-in
Crichton's original screenplay was released as a mass-market paperback in conjunction with the film.
Critical response
Variety described the film as excellent, saying that it "combines solid entertainment, chilling topicality, and superbly intelligent serio-comic story values". Vincent Canby of the New York Times wrote that Crichton had made "a creditable debut as a film director", but "Crichton the director seems to have had more fun with the film than Crichton the writer, whose screenplay can offer us no better explanation for the sudden, bloody robot rebellion than an epidemic of 'central mechanism psychos...
Westworld was first aired on NBC television on February 28, 1976. The network aired a slightly longer version of the film than was shown in theaters or subsequently released on home video. Some of the extra scenes that were added for the United States television version are:[citation needed] 1. Brief fly-by exterior shot of the hovercraftzooming ju...
A sequel, Futureworld, was filmed in 1976, and produced by American International Pictures, and only distributed by MGM. Only Brynner returned from the original cast to reprise his Gunslinger character (in a dream sequence, as well as footage recapping the original), though it did provide details regarding the carnage: more than 50 guests killed an...
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- Fred Karlin
- August 17, 1973
- Paul N. Lazarus III
Oct 18, 2011 · 4.99K subscribers. 1M views 12 years ago. ...more. Vintage film trailer for "Westworld", starring James Brolin, Richard Benjamin and Yul Brynner.
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Westworld. A high-tech amusement park for adults features historical environments populated by highly realistic androids programmed to indulge the whims of every high-paying guest. 5,308 IMDb 6.9 1 h 28 min 1973. X-Ray PG. Science Fiction · Drama · Eerie · Ominous. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $3.99. Buy movie. HD $9.99 $4.99. More purchase.
