Andromeda Strain

UPC: 025192123924

Studio: Universal Studios

MPAA Rating: G   Contains:[Questionable for Children]

Summary: The "Andromeda Strain" is a deadly extraterrestrial virus. It is brought to Earth when a research satellite crashes near a tiny Arizona town. Everyone in the community dies within days, except for a baby and an "insulated" drunkard. Recruited from labs all over North America, doctors Charles Dutton (David Wayne), Jeremy Stone (Arthur Hill), Ruth Leavitt (Kate Reid), and Mark Hall (James Olson) don radiation suits and race against time to isolate and destroy the virus. The film is based on a novel by Michael Crichton. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Science Fiction

Awards: Best Original Score – null Best Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Score – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Features: Making of "The Andromeda Strain"
A portrait of Michael Crichton
Theatrical trailer

Andromeda Strain

Format: DVD

Release Date: 04/01/2003

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Cinemascope

Audio: DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 131 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English,Spanish,French

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. Main Title: First Day
2. SCOOP Mission Control
3. Senate Committee on Space
4. The Satellite
5. Situation Room
6. Flatrock County, Nevada
7. Decontamination
8. Third Day
9. Level Five... 4:33 A.M.
10. MEDCOM Analysis
11. Autopsy
12. Satellite Analysis
13. Crash Site
14. Big Head Pass, Utah
15. Crash Site... 4:30 P.M.
16. Fourth Day
17. Andromeda Molecules
18. Contamination
19. The Central Core
20. End Titles

Lucia Bozzola

Based on the novel by best-selling science fiction alarmist Michael Crichton, The Andromeda Strain combines nuclear fears with space-age technophobia and early-'70s paranoia. Though the action occasionally flags, director Robert Wise documents a diverse group of scientists' efforts to identify a mysterious killer organism and vanquish it with clinical precision, making the most of split-screen editing to show the complexity of the work and ratchet up the suspense. Mostly shot on an elaborate set with a cast of unknowns, The Andromeda Strain also showcases the power and allure of technology, reaching a visually trippy climax as a young doctor scales the core of the multi-level, underground "Wildfire" lab and dodges lasers to avert a nuclear holocaust. One of the period's many dire cautionary tales about the perils of overreaching and the potential nefarious motives of the government, The Andromeda Strain still earned attention for its sleek look, garnering Oscar nominations for art direction and editing. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Joe di Reda  Actor 
Bill Dunbar  Actor 
Ramon Bieri  Actor 
Ken Swofford  Actor 
Richard Bull  Actor 
Kermit Murdock  Actor 
Mark Jenkins  Actor 
Peter Helm  Actor 
Frances Reid  Actor 
Peter Hobbs  Actor 
Carl Reindel  Actor 
Walter Brooke  Actor 
Eric Christmas  Actor 
Richard O'Brien  Actor 
John Carter  Actor 
Nelson Gidding  Screenwriter 
Gil Melle  Composer (Music Score) 
Robert Wise  Director 
Robert Wise  Producer 
Arthur Hill  Actor 
David Wayne  Actor 
James Olson  Actor 
Kate Reid  Actor 
Paula Kelly  Actor 
George Mitchell  Actor 

Country: USA