Andromeda Strain

Andromeda Strain

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

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1971
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Senator from Vermont:
You're absolutely sure it worked? You better be!

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
All reports continue to indicate that the experiment was successful, Senator.

Senator from Vermont:
Then we can feel confident your so-called "biological crisis" is over?

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
As far as Andromeda is concerned, yes. We have the organism at Wildfire, and we continue to study it. We know now beyond a doubt that othe forms of life exist in the universe.

Senator from Vermont:
Thanks to Scoop?

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
Yes.

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
However, with this new knowledge, there is no guarantee that another so-called "biological crisis" won't occur again.

Senator from Vermont:
Hmm. What do we do about that?

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
Precisely Senator. What do we do?

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
According to this there'll be a super-colony of Andromeda over the entire southwest in...

Dr. Charles Dutton:
Jeremy! These are biological *warfare* maps!

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
Why, yes... so they are... uh... but... Simulations, Charlie. Defensive... it's just a scenario.

Dr. Ruth Leavitt:
That's not the POINT for God's sake! Wildfire was built for germ warfare! Wildfire AND Scoop! And you knew, Stone! YOU KNEW IT!

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
That's not true Ruth! I learned about Scoop the same time you did!

Dr. Charles Dutton:
They already have Andromeda programmed! The purpose of Scoop was to find new biological weapons in outer space, and then use Wildfire to develop them!

Dr. Ruth Leavitt:
It STINKS, Stone!

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
You're blowing yout tops! We have no proof...

Dr. Charles Dutton:
The MAP!

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
DON'T BE AN ASS! That map only shows what Andromeda *could* do in the hands of an enemy!

Dr. Charles Dutton:
Enemy? We did it to OURSELVES!

Dr. Mark Hall:
Most of them died instantly. A few had time to go quietly nuts.

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
When the bomb goes off there'll be a thousand mutations! Andromeda will spread everywhere! They'll never be rid of it!

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
Stick to established procedures.

Dr. Ruth Leavitt:
Establishment gonna fall down and go boom.

Dr. Rudolph Karp:
Fools! They refuse to believe life exists in meteorites. I showed them at the astrophysics conference what I just showed you. But no! Even with a microscope they are blind! What do I have to do? Hit them over the head?

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
Hall? Take a look at this.

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
Are you sure this isn't coronary?

Dr. Mark Hall:
No, coronary is painful. They should grimace.

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
If it was fast, they wouldn't have time.

Dr. Mark Hall:
Fast? These people were cut down in mid-stride!

Jackson:
Hell of a way to run a hospital.

Dr. Mark Hall:
Tell us what happened, Mr Jackson.

Jackson:
I don't wanna think about it.

Dr. Mark Hall:
You know what people will say: "Piedmont was bad, that's why it was punished." First the town went crazy and then was destroyed...

Jackson:
YOU'RE crazy! Folks at Piedmont was good, decent, normal folks.

Dr. Mark Hall:
The man we found all dressed up in his doughboy's uniform, call that normal?

Jackson:
Pete Arnold, who worked at the store. It was the disease!

Dr. Mark Hall:
How do you know?

Jackson:
'Cause the only thing wrong with him before that night, was sugar.

Dr. Mark Hall:
Diabetes? Did he take insulin?

Jackson:
Couple of times a day! *Hated* the needle. *I* tried to talk him into usin' squeeze.

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