Computers on film

A request from a colleague sent me on a spin through the web, looking for information about computers/tech in the movies. Here is a preliminary list.

Hal from flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zephir/170766844/)

I can't - for the time being - find my original list, but here are two search strategies on imdb that yield interesting hits:

Internet

"http://imdb.com/Find?select=Plots&for=internet""http://imdb.com/Find?select=Plots&for=internet

Computers -- http://imdb.com/Find?select=Plots&for=computers

Some other links:

A nice little list of computer-centric films: http://www.gcn.com/cgi-bin/udt/im.display.printable?client.id=gcn&story.id=20145

A great list and commentary: http://technollama.blogspot.com/2006/12/computers-in-movies.html

Oddball:

The Computer Who Wore Tennis Shoes (1970)--After a strange encounter with the new college computer, half-wit student Dexter Riley (Kurt Russell) is transformed into a genius. The only problem is that now he knows too much, including information about shady business deals involving the town's biggest businessman. A classic family film from Disney. Directed by Robert Butler. Featuring: Kurt Russell ; Michael McGreevey ; Richard Bakalyan ; Alan Hewitt ; Cesar Romero ; Debbie Paine ; Joe Flynn 

Desk Set (1957)--The legendary screen duo of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn bring their keen comic timing and elegant, palpable chemistry to Walter Lang's Desk St. Hepburn is cast as Bunny Watson, an exceedingly feminine reference librarian in a longtime lukewarm relationship with TV executive Mike Cutler (Gig Young). Tracy plays Richard Sumner, a hardheaded computer whiz who has designed a system named Miss Emmy to replace Bunny and the rest of her staff. Bunny and Richard clash at first, but their fiery encounters soon begin to take on an unmistakably romantic glow. Lang's film features an excellent script by Henry and Phoebe Ephron, adapted from the play by William Marchant. The sharp, hilarious dialogue is delivered with flair by Tracy and Hepburn, who had played opposite each other seven times before filming began. Fine work from supporting actors Young and Joan Blondell, as well as some unintentionally amusing 1950s conceptions of a computerized world, round out Desk Set's overflowing collection of buoyant charms. Directed by Walter Lang. Featuring: Spencer Tracy ; Sue Randall ; Katharine Hepburn ; Neva Patterson ; Nicholas Joy ; Dina Merrill ; Gig Young ; Harry Ellerbe ; Joan Blondell 

Both of these from: http://www.computerhistory.org/about/press_relations/releases/20040714_cinema_series/

A nice paper on "cybercinema" -- http://www.cbi.umn.edu/iterations/crowtherheyck.pdf

Cybercinema web site: http://www2.english.uiuc.edu/cybercinema/

Computers in film course from Calvin College http://cs.calvin.edu/curriculum/interim/film/