FATAL CONTACT - BIRD FLU IN AMERICA shows what could occur in an outbreak of the Avian Flu Virus, depicting the absolute worst-case scenario. The film follows the virus from its origins in Hong Kong, through a mutation that allows it to be passed from human to human and spread worldwide. The pandemic results in mass panic, with .. Read more
| Starring | Joely Richardson, Scott Cohen, Justina Machado, Ann Cusack |
|---|---|
| Director | Richard Pearce |
| Genres | Drama |
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FATAL CONTACT - BIRD FLU IN AMERICA shows what could occur in an outbreak of the Avian Flu Virus, depicting the absolute worst-case scenario. The film follows the virus from its origins in Hong Kong, through a mutation that allows it to be passed from human to human and spread worldwide. The pandemic results in mass panic, with people dying in the tens of millions, whole neighbourhoods and cities quarantined, and the very structure of society undermined.
| Starring | Joely Richardson, Scott Cohen, Justina Machado, Ann Cusack, David Ramsey, Stacy Keach |
|---|---|
| Director | Richard Pearce |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 21 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 21 May 2007 Production year: 2006 |
| Format | DVD |
Don't know if this was a made for TV movie but that is certainly how it comes across. Opportunist scaremongering with an implausible plot. Quite some feat to make a disaster movie this boring. Watch The Birds instead!