6.8
Delos is a futuristic amusement park that features themed worlds—ancient Rome, Medieval times and the Old West—populated by human-like androids. After two patrons have a run-in with a menacing gunslinger in West World, the androids at Delos all begin to malfunction, causing havoc throughout the park.
Yul Brynner
The Gunslinger
Richard Benjamin
Peter Martin
James Brolin
John Blane
Norman Bartold
Medieval Knight
Alan Oppenheimer
Chief Supervisor
Victoria Shaw
Medieval Queen
Dick Van Patten
Banker
Linda Gaye Scott
Arlette
Steve Franken
Technican
Michael T. Mikler
Black Knight
Terry Wilson
Sheriff
Majel Barrett
Miss Carrie
Anne Randall
Daphne
Julie Marcus
Girl in Dungeon
Sharyn Wynters
Apache Girl
Anne Bellamy
Middle Aged Woman
Chris Holter
Stewardess
Charles Seel
Bellhop
Wade Crosby
Bartender
Nora Marlowe
Hostess
Lin Henson
Ticket Girl
Orville Sherman
Supervisor
C. Lindsay Workman
Supervisor
Lauren Gilbert
Supervisor
Davis Roberts
Supervisor
Howard Platt
Supervisor
Richard Roat
Technician
Kenneth Washington
Technician
Jared Martin
Technician
Robert Patten
Technician
David M. Frank
Technician
Kip King
Technician
David Man
Technician
Larry Delaney
Technician
Will J. White
Workman
Ben Young
Workman
Tom Falk
Workman
Shirley Anthony
Departing Guest (uncredited)
Julie Bennett
Janet Lane (uncredited)
Tony Brubaker
Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
Barry Cahill
Arthur Kalen (uncredited)
Bill Catching
Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
Ross Dollarhide
Stage Driver (uncredited)
Jaye Durkus
Townsman (uncredited)
Louie Elias
Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
Bob Harks
Incoming Guest (uncredited)
George Hickman
Guest (uncredited)
Robert Hogan
Ed Wren (uncredited)
Kathryn Janssen
Departing Guest (uncredited)
Paul King
Incoming Guest (uncredited)
Rod McGaughy
Townsman (uncredited)
Ty Randolph
Girl in Saloon (uncredited)
Robert Nichols
Robert Lewis (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady
Departing Guest (uncredited)
Charlie Picerni
Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
Leoda Richards
Incoming Guest (uncredited)
David Roya
Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
Tom Smith
Townsman (uncredited)
Paul Sorensen
Ted Mann (uncredited)
Director, Writer
Michael Crichton
December 14, 2016
8
**The amusement park where you can go back in time!**
I wanted to see it before I get into the new television series of the same name based on this. This is totally amazing film, especially coming from the early 70s. Obviously everyone understands the cowboy culture, because it was from the past. But mixing it with the future was the real beauty here. The robots and all, I don't think all the people from that era understood it clearly, but surely they have got entertained. So now, people do have knowledge about the things what in this film was talked, but still this film is effective despite the technology differs.
No doubt this film was the source of inspiration for many films that came after it. That's what I was remembering while watching that so many titles popped in my mind. So hats off to the creator of this. But looking at its rating and reviews, seems an under-rated and under-recognised film. The story was kept simple, not making any complication, either technical terms or characters and the story developments.
The two friends head for an amusement part where they can have the real wild wild west holiday by drawing the arms against the robots. But one day when something goes wrong, one of them who got stranded there, looks for a way out and how he makes it told in the remaining narration. It does not give any reason why malfunction happened. Because that's how things happen right, like when a plane crash, we investigate what caused it later. So in this, it was just focused on a disaster, but the first half of was different which was more an introduction to what kind of world the story sets in.
If 'Star Wars' is the father of all the space films and 'The Lord of the Rings' for all the fantasy films, then this must be the father of all the dystopian films that we see in the present cinema. Certainly it is not a masterpiece, but the idea of the film plot stands alone. It opened the door for the similarly themed films like 'Night of the Living Dead' did for the zombie films. A must, must see film, particularly by the film fanatics.
_8/10_
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$1,200,000.00
Revenue:
$10,000,000.00