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Overview

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Director:
Wolfgang Petersen
Writers (WGA):
Laurence Dworet (written by) &
Robert Roy Pool (written by)
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Release Date:
10 March 1995 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller more
Tagline:
Try to remain calm. more
Plot:
Extreme measures are necessary to contain an epidemic of a deadly airborne virus. But how extreme, exactly? full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 2 nominations more
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(3 articles)
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User Comments:
Worse than I expected more (96 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Dustin Hoffman ... Col. Sam Daniels

Rene Russo ... Robby Keough

Morgan Freeman ... Brig. Gen. Billy Ford

Kevin Spacey ... Maj. Casey Schuler

Cuba Gooding Jr. ... Maj. Salt

Donald Sutherland ... Maj. Gen. Donald McClintock

Patrick Dempsey ... Jimbo Scott
Zakes Mokae ... Dr. Benjamin Iwabi

Malick Bowens ... Dr. Raswani
Susan Lee Hoffman ... Dr. Lisa Aronson

Benito Martinez ... Dr. Julio Ruiz
Bruce Jarchow ... Dr. Mascelli
Leland Hayward III ... Henry Seward
Daniel Chodos ... Rudy Alvarez

Dale Dye ... Lt. Col. Briggs
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language.
Runtime:
127 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Korean
Colour:
Colour (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Arcata, California, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The monkey shown as the host is a White-headed Capuchin, a species native to Central and South America. This conflicts with the setting of the original virus in Zaire, Africa. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: At the opening of the film, the setting is said to be "Zaire, 1967". The country was only called Zaire between 1971 and 1997. In 1967, the country was called the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which was also the name it reverted to after 1997. more
Quotes:
Colonel Sam Daniels: Anything I can do to help?
Major Salt: Just don't make me nervous.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "HBO First Look: Outbreak (#2.1)" (1995) more
Soundtrack:
Sacrifice more

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Why didn't the antiserum E-1101 work?
What is the beginning of the movie supposed to show...where they bomb the encampment in Africa?
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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Worse than I expected, 13 October 1999
Author: insomnia from Australia

There's a marvellous book called: "The Hot Zone" It's a true account of what happened when monkeys were brought into Washington D.C. from Africa - who were carrying the deadly ebola virus. So, I thought that's what the film "Outbreak" would be about. It wasn't - all Wolfgang Peterson had to do was put Richard Preston's book onto celluloid.He didn't Instead, he made a film that had all the tension of a broken rubber band. I would have thought a man who made the excellent film: Das Boot (The Boat), would have equitted himself better. An opportunity missed.

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