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12 March 1971 (USA) moreTagline:
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!Plot:
A group of scientists investigate a deadly new alien virus before it can spread. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(7 articles)
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A Sci-Fi with a capital "S". more (131 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Arthur Hill | ... | Dr. Jeremy Stone | |
| David Wayne | ... | Dr. Charles Dutton | |
| James Olson | ... | Dr. Mark Hall | |
| Kate Reid | ... | Dr. Ruth Leavitt | |
| Paula Kelly | ... | Karen Anson | |
| George Mitchell | ... | Jackson | |
| Ramon Bieri | ... | Major Manchek | |
| Peter Hobbs | ... | General Sparks | |
| Kermit Murdock | ... | Dr. Robertson | |
| Richard O'Brien | ... | Grimes | |
| Eric Christmas | ... | Senator from Vermont | |
| Mark Jenkins | ... | Lt. Shawn (Piedmont team) | |
| Peter Helm | ... | Sgt. Crane (Piedmont team) | |
| Joe Di Reda | ... | Wildfire Computer Sgt. Burk (as Joe DiReda) | |
| Carl Reindel | ... | Lt. Comroe |
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131 min | Belgium:115 min (video version)Country:
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2.20 : 1 moreCertification:
Australia:M | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (2003) | Canada:G (Manitoba) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Netherlands:12 | Finland:K-12 | Norway:12 (original rating) | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:G | West Germany:12 | UK:AA (original rating) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Singapore:PGFun Stuff
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The germ from space cost $250,000 to create in special effects. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: James Olson goes under several decontamination procedures. During one early procedure, he has a very thick amount of body hair that looks like it is fake and applied. In a later procedure, the hair is much thinner and more natural. There is no explanation for the changes in hair thickness or texture. moreQuotes:
Dr. Jeremy Stone: When the bomb goes off there'll be a thousand mutations! Andromeda will spread everywhere! They'll never be rid of it! moreFAQ
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I have always been attracted by science, since my early childhood. I remember seeing this movie and being fascinated by the science and technology on display in it. Today, as a MSC EE, I can see that the science in "Andromeda Strain" is accurate. In fact, it's the most accurate of all Sci-Fi movies I have ever seen (and I have seen the great majority of Sci-Fi cinema).
That's one reason I love this movie.
But there are other, probably subjective reasosn for my adulation of "Andromeda Strain": believable people and believable situations (no "last microsecond decision/action/occurance", no over-the-top behaviour, just human quirkyness, no one-man-does-it-all but teamwork and birth of ideas) and the avoidance of the cliche of only-1-will-survive. So, yes, I liked the script a lot.
I also thought the actors were good and the setting was brilliant. I am not put off by dated computer technology: the film clearly illustrates the computing capabilities at the beginning of the '70, and I find something educative and strangely reassuring in that.
I give it 10/10, and am sad that nobody produced a Sci-Fi as scientificly accurate ever since.