Andromeda Strain (1971)
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- Released
- 01/04/2003
- Film and TV Genre
- Science Fiction
- Video Format
- NTSC
- DVD Region
- 1 (will only play on Region 1 and Multi-Region DVD players)
Description
When a small space probe falls to earth in a remote village of New Mexico, all but two of the town's inhabitants--an infant and an old alcoholic--meet death as their blood turns to powder. After two reconnaissance pilots have also perished, a national state of emergency is declared. The two survivors and the recovered space probe are transported to a mammoth five-story underground laboratory, and a team of scientists--biologist Jeremy Stone (Arthur Hill), microbiologist Ruth Leavitt (Kate Reid), blood chemistry authority Mark Hall (James Olson), and pathologist Charles Dutton (David Wayne)--is swiftly brought to the lab to discover the nature of the deadly organism brought by the space probe. The team is subjected to grueling hours of precautionary decontamination measures--which are filmed with extraordinary art direction in stunning monochromatic sequences--and informed that the laboratory complex is equipped with an automatic self-destruct device that will be triggered should infection spread. Through exhaustive tests, the team learns that the minute organism, dubbed the ANDROMEDA STRAIN, is alien in nature, and the scientists must quickly find a cure before all of humanity is wiped out. Quietly thrilling, with superb pacing from director Robert Wise, THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, based on the novel by Michael Crichton, is one of the most stylistically beautiful science fiction films ever made.
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Product Details
- Actors
- Director
- Robert Wise
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Aspect Ratio
- 2.35:1
- Media Format
- DVD-Video
- Run Time (minutes)
- 131
- Disc Layers
- 1
- Label / Studio
- UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
- Film Format
- Anamorphic
- Disc Features
- Interactive Menus
- Making Of
- Scene Selection
- Theatrical Trailer
- Anamorphic
- Film Rating (Australia)
- G
- Year of release
- 1971
- Film Rating (UK)
- 15
- Subtitle Language
- English,
- French,
- Spanish
- Cast & Crew
- Richard H. Kline (Cinematographer)
- Gil Mellé (Composer)
- Jack Holmes (Editor)
- Jack W. Holmes (Editor)
- Stuart Gilmore (Editor)
- Robert Wise (Producer)
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Additional Information
- APortraitofMichaelCrichton
