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The Andromeda Strain
(1971)
The
picture runs 130 minutes!... The story covers 96 of the
most critical hours in man's history!...
The suspense will last through your lifetime!
Director: Robert Wise, rated G
  Starring:
Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid, Paula Kelly,
George Mitchell, Ramon Bieri, Kermit Murdock, Richard O-Brien,
Peter Hobbs, Eric Christmas
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★☆☆
- great "I'll
have the answer when I know why a sixty-nine-year-old
sterno drinker with an ulcer is like a normal
six-month-old baby." –
Dr. Mark Hall
Why watch this?
The 70's produced several excellent Sci-Fi movies. This is one
of them.
Plot Summary: An
event occurs where all the residents of the small New Mexico
town of Piedmont are found dead, literally dropped in their
tracks. This eerily corresponds with the recovery of a U.S.
satellite that has crash-landed nearby. An elite team of
scientists visit the town, finding two survivors: a bawling
infant and a raving old man. The rest of the residents, when
examined, have veins filled with dust. It is quickly deduced
that something, an airborne virus or poison, is responsible. A
team of government experts are tasked with the urgent burden of
identifying the organism and finding a way to kill it - before
it can spread to more populated areas.
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Dad's Preview:
This space-age thriller, based on the novel by Michael Crichton
(Jurassic
Park, 1993;
The 13th
Warrior, 1999), has been praised by actual scientists for its accuracy regarding
virus control. It's an textbook example of hard sci-fi. There are no
Hollywood A-list stars here, and that adds to its feeling of
authenticity. A satellite returns to Earth and a town dies
instantly. As the valuable time ticks by, the science team becomes
more desperate to find an answer. Is this a bio-weapon or a new
germ from outer space? Regardless, the film is compelling as the
team works through dead-ends and startling discoveries. |
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Robert Wise; Universal Pictures
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