Futureworld was a 1976 sequel to the 1973 science fiction film Westworld. It was written by George Schenk and Mayo Simon, and directed by Richard T. Heffron The cast included Hollywood notables Peter Fonda, Blythe Danner, and Arthur Hill. There is also a cameo appearance by Yul Brynner, who played a deadly robot in the first film. This would prove to be Brynner's last film appearance. 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1973 calendar). ... Poster for The Day the Earth Stood Still, an archetypal science fiction film Science fiction has been a film genre since the earliest days of cinema. ... Westworld, written and directed by Dr. Michael Crichton and released in 1973, was a seminal science fiction movie starring Yul Brynner as a malfunctioning robotic Western movie-style gunslinger in a futuristic amusement park (called Delos) where wealthy patrons vacation to role-play their fantasies. ... ... Peter Fonda Peter Henry Fonda, born February 23, 1940 in New York, New York, is an American actor. ... Blythe Katherine Danner (born February 3, 1943) is a prolific, Emmy-winning American actress who has appeared in numerous stage, screen, and film roles. ... Arthur Hill (born August 1, 1922 in Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada) is an actor in British and American theater, movies and TV. He attended the University of British Columbia and continued his acting studies in Seattle, Washington. ... Yul Brynner Yul Brynner (July 7, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was a Hollywood and Broadway actor who held French citizenship. ...

The film attempted to take the plot in a different direction from the Westworld movie, but it was not generally well-received by the critics. The film was deemed as lacking in action and the acting was not engaging. Futureworld ran for 104 minutes and had an MPAA rating of PG. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is a non-profit trade association formed to advance the interests of movie studios. ... PG can mean: Bangkok Airways: IATA airline designator Page, in chat short-hand Papua New Guinea: ISO 3166-1 country code Parental Guidance, the name given to a number of similar movie and television ratings, including: An MPAA (US) movie rating A BBFC (UK) movie rating TV-PG, a U...

Several years after the Westworld theme amusement park, the corporate owners are planning to open the park again following safety and other improvements. For publicity purposes, a private showing of the park is planned that will include the reporters Chuck Browning (Fonda) and Tracy Ballard (Danner). Just prior to arriving at the park, however, Browning is given a clue by a dying man that something is amiss.

After some investigation, the two reporters discover that Delos' entire resort is simply a rouse to attract World Leaders, the rich, and famous for a sinister plot. Guests are drugged during their stay through one of their meals (as happens to Browning and Ballard), and during this state of unconsciousness, genetic samples are taken. From the extensive genetic sampling, Delos technicians create fully programmed genetically engineered biological clones who, with murderous intent, replace the wealthy and influential visitors - thereby allowing Delos to take over the world. The two reporters are selected for early termination and replacement, but Browning discovers this fact in time. This results in a dramatic chase and battle between the reporters and their doubles.

Having successfully dispatched their twins, the duo make their way to Delos’ airport. Before leaving they come accross the project's chief scientist and tell him that they plan to return to the outside world with “glowing reports” of the new resort – just as planned.

However, just as they reach the busy departure lounge, and much to the surprise of both the chief scientist and the audience, one of the battered and dying evil clones staggers into view claiming “They’re the wrong ones….”, before slumping to the floor. Exasperated, the chief scientist has to watch them walk to safety, as we hear that the story has been successfully broken to the world. Our hero’s are safe and Delos will be ruined by nightfall.

It could be argued that Futureworld resolves the question from the first film about why the robots killed - namely that the evil nature of Delos - and that it was betrayed by the robot's malfunction that switched them to the killing machines they've always been underneath.

Futureworld was the first major feature film to use 3D computer generated images (CGI). CGI was used for an animated hand and face. The movie also used 2D digital compositing to materialize characters over a background. The pseudopod in The Abyss marked CGIs acceptance in the visual effects industry. ...

External links

• Futureworld at The Internet Movie Database