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The Andromeda Strain

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 0025192123924
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 01, 2003
Running Time: 131 minutes
Sales Rank: 5971
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: March 12, 1971

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Scientists rush to isolate an alien germ brought back by a space probe.From the michael crichton novel. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 04/01/2003 Starring: James Olson Arthur Hill Run time: 131 minutes Rating: G Director: Robert Wise

Amazon.com:
The best-selling novel by Michael Crichton was faithfully adapted for this taut 1971 thriller, about a team of scientists racing against time to destroy a deadly alien virus that threatens to wipe out life on Earth. As usual with any Crichton-based movie, the emphasis is on an exciting clash between nature and science, beginning when virologists discover the outer-space virus in a tiny town full of corpses. Projecting total contamination, the scientists isolate the deadly strain in a massive, high-tech underground lab facility, which is rigged for nuclear destruction if the virus is not successfully controlled. The movie spends a great deal of time covering the scientific procedures of the high-pressure investigation, and the rising tensions between scientists who have been forced to work in claustrophobic conditions. It's all very fascinating if you're interested in scientific method and technological advances, although the film is obviously dated in many of its details. It's more effective as a thriller in which tension is derived not only from the deadly threat of the virus, but from the escalating fear and anxiety among the small group of people who've been assigned to save the human race. The basic premise is still captivating; it's easy to see how this became the foundation of Crichton's science-thriller empire. --Jeff Shannon




Rating: - Silver Iodine Cloud Seeding
1. Dr. Jeremy stone is retrieved by the US Air force because a wildfire is brewing.
2. Communications ... Read More

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Rating: - SCIENCE FICTION CLASSIC
THIS IS A GREAT ADAPTATION OF THE MICHAEL CRIGHTON CLASSIC SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL...THE MOVIE IS CERTAINLY DATED ... Read More

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Rating: - Good - but dated
This is a good story, but it is an old film and lacking in special effects. Also, I didn't feel there was much sense ... Read More

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Rating: - Sci Fi at its Best
Made in the 70's, this movie still has the suspense and good acting as it did when it was first released. Moreover, the ... Read More

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Rating: - Good Movie
Loved this movie. It kept me interested from start to finish. It's far better than the TV rendition.

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