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 .. Read more
| Starring | Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid |
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| Director | Robert Wise |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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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 gruelling 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.
| Starring | Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid |
|---|---|
| Director | Robert Wise |
| Studio | 4 FRONT VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 5 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1970 To Rent: DVD: 14 Mar 2005 |
Soon after this fair-to-middling adaptation of his sci-fi novel, Michael Crichton took to directing his own scripts. No... read more on Time Out
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Horses for Courses
I'd have to say that this is probably one of Crichtons best films albeit not as entertaining as say Jurassic Park.
IF you like Science and Sci-Fi... read more »
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Absorbing and Intelligent Si-Fi
If you love Si-Fi, you must see this. Ground breaking for its time in the way that it was filmed, with a story that is exciting and believable, as well as real ... read more »
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(Un)Sexing Up Science
I thought the film was vaguely interesting, but dull, so I’m not quite sure why I’ve now hired the 2008 mini-series (doh). The 1970 film felt worthy ... read more »
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It just grows on you
A great 'what if....' film.
Sure it's a fictional experiment - or is it?
The premise that the U.S. has a secret lab dealing ... read more »
Robert Wise, director of The Sound of Music, has died at the age of 91. Wise had a Hollywood career that covered seven decades and included some of the finest works of the film industry over the years. In 1941, he worked as an editor on Orson Welles' famous Citizen Kane, widely regarded as one of the best films of all time. Indeed, Wise had been the last surviving crew member from that film. He went on to win four Oscars, including one for co-directing West Side Story, and one for The Sound Of... Read more
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