The Andromeda Strain
- Original title
- The Andromeda Strain
- Year
- 1971
- Running time
- 130 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Nelson Gidding. Novel: Michael Crichton
- Cast
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- Arthur Hill
- David Wayne
- Kate Reid
- James Olson
- Paula Kelly
- George Mitchell
- Ramon Bieri
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Sci-Fi. Mystery | Pandemic. Disaster Film
- Movie Groups
- Michael Crichton Adaptations
- Synopsis
- When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico are found to have died after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. Many years prior to this incident, a group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone advocated for the construction of a secure laboratory facility that would serve as a base in the event an alien biological life form was returned to Earth from a space mission. Stone and his team - Drs. Dutton, Leavitt and Hall - go to the facility, known as Wildfire and try to first isolate the life form and to determine why two people from Piedmont, an old wino and a months old baby, survived. The scientists methodically study the alien life form unaware that it has already mutated and presents a far greater danger in the lab, which is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device should it manage to escape.
- Awards
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1971: 2 nominations for Oscar: Best Editing, Best Art Direction.1971: Nominated for Golden Globe: Best Original Score.
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