Westworld (film) Westworld (film) Westworld is a 1973 American science fiction Western thriller film written and directed by novelist Michael Crichton about amusement park androids that malfunction and begin killing visitors. It stars Yul Brynner as an android in a futuristic Western-themed amusement park, and Richard Benjamin and James Brolin as guests of the park. The film served as Crichton's feature directorial debut. It was also the first feature film to use digital image processing to pixellate photography to simulate an android point of view. The film was nominated for Hugo, Nebula, and Saturn awards. "Westworld" was followed by a sequel, "Futureworld"
Westworld (film) the park, including sexual encounters and a simulated fight to the death. Delos's tagline in its advertising promises, "Boy, have we got a vacation for you!" Peter Martin, a first-time Delos visitor, and his friend John Blane, on a repeat visit, go to Westworld. One of the attractions is the Gunslinger, a robot programmed to instigate gunfights. The firearms issued to the park guests have temperature sensors that prevent them from shooting anything with a high body temperature, such as humans, but allow them to 'kill' the cold-blooded androids. The Gunslinger's programming allows guests to draw their guns and kill