The Andromeda Strain

The Andromeda Strain

  • Director: Robert Wise
  • Writer: Michael Crichton,Nelson Gidding
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: March 12, 1971
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: Andromeda - Tödlicher Staub aus dem All
  • "The Andromeda Strain" is a mystery film directed by Robert Wise, starring Arthur Hill and David Wayne.
    The film tells the story of an American space capsule falling onto a small Mexican suburban town, causing all the townspeople to die bizarrely.

    Details

    • Release date March 12, 1971
    • Filming locations Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA
    • Production companies Universal Pictures, Robert Wise Productions

    Box office

    Budget

    $6,500,000 (estimated)

    Movie reviews

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    • By Verda 2022-10-02 21:56:56

      Chill without blood

      Horror movies have always been my favorite. I really like watching those bloody and tragic pictures. Westerners are always scary and Japanese make your scalp numb. They all have their own flavors, but they really make you tingle. I am excited, and I still hope to see the last scene where evil is not overwhelming. Whether it is with the power of faith or the sharpness of the axe, it makes people very addicted. In today’s film, there is no evil, no blood (really no blood), no zombies and...

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    • By Braxton 2023-09-22 08:15:43

      Works from the 1970s still look...

    • By Aryanna 2023-09-16 00:42:07

      Can't appreciate this slow-paced and dull sci-fi...

    • By Osbaldo 2023-09-08 22:09:15

      It takes a lot of courage to launch such a meticulous sci-fi film. It is just a demonstration of experimental analysis. It is really difficult to think of how the director can find investment in the Hollywood market, but then again, the experimental pursuit of this film seems too much. Playing and taking things for granted, the plot is completely dead as a dull slave, except that the scene of the whole death of the Mexican town at the beginning is a bit interesting, and then there is nothing to...

    • By Madilyn 2023-07-26 04:29:25

      Pretty hardcore and good-looking sci-fi movie (varies from person to person). Although it is an old film, some of the shooting techniques and Wildfire Lab design are too good. The experimental part at the end occupies most of the film, some people find it boring, but I think it's too fascinating!...

    • By Sonny 2023-07-25 09:20:55

      It feels like a biosafety lab...

    Movie plot

    Describes that a space capsule in the United States crashed into a small town in the suburbs of Mexico, causing all the residents of the town to die bizarrely. Only one old and one young were seriously injured. The special rescue team rescued them back to the laboratory to study their condition, and finally discovered the mystery.
    A US military satellite Scoop VII No. crashed in New Mexico in the skin Demont on a remote plateau town....
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    Background creation

    That's right, the brothers Ridley Scott and Tony Scott will start to make the best-selling book "The Andromeda Strain", this time not on the big screen of the theater, but into a four-hour TV miniseries.
    "The Andromeda Strain" is written by Michael Crichton, the most popular writer in the United States today. The story describes a US space capsule falling into a small Mexican suburban town, causing all the townspeople to die bizarrely,...
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    Movie quotes

    • [Hall and Stone are sealed off in a section of the lab with an unfinished sub-station for locking out the self-destruct device, which has been activated and is counting down]

      Dr. Jeremy Stone: The defense system is perfect, Mark. It'll even bury our mistakes!

    • Dr. Mark Hall: Why did you pick me?

      Dr. Jeremy Stone: You're an MD, a talented surgeon who knows blood chemistries... and you're single. The Odd Man Hypothesis.

      Dr. Mark Hall: What the hell is that?

      Dr. Jeremy Stone: Didn't you read the Wildfire material I've been sending you?

      Dr. Mark Hall: [smirks] Very little. I never went in much for science fiction.

      Dr. Jeremy Stone: [glares at Hall] Nor do I.

    • Answering Service Supervisor: [Dr. Hall has been overheard "flirting" with the recorded female voice that's been coming over the PA system] This is the Answering Service Supervisor. We wish you would adopt a more serious attitude, Dr. Hall.

      Dr. Mark Hall: Sorry... Her voice is quite luscious.

      Answering Service Supervisor: Well, the voice belongs to Miss Gladys Stevens, who is 63 years old. She lives in Omaha and makes her living taping messages for voice-reminder systems.

      Dr. Mark Hall: [slightly sarcastic] Much obliged.