LANDING SPOT SUNDAY MOVIE- TONIGHT'S FEATURE: THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN (1971)
An encore presentation for today's circumstances...
THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN is a 1971 American science fiction thriller film produced and directed by Robert Wise. Based on Michael Crichton's 1969 novel of the same name and adapted by Nelson Gidding, the film stars Arthur Hill, James Olson, Kate Reid, and David Wayne as a team of scientists who investigate a deadly organism of extraterrestrial origin. With a few exceptions, the film follows the book closely. The special effects were designed by Douglas Trumbull. The film is notable for its use of split screen in certain scenes.
The story is told in flashback by Dr. Jeremy Stone, testifying to a congressional committee. After a satellite, a U.S. government project code-named Scoop, crashes near the small rural town of Piedmont, New Mexico, almost all of the town's inhabitants die quickly. A military satellite recovery team tries to recover the satellite, but is stopped in mid-sentence. Suspecting that the satellite brought back an alien organism, the military activates an elite scientific team it had previously assembled for this type of emergency.
Wearing sealed protective suits, Dr. Stone, the team leader, and Dr. Mark Hall, the team surgeon, are dropped in Piedmont by helicopter, where they search for the satellite. They find that the town's doctor had opened it in his office and that all of his blood had crystallized into powder. They soon discover almost all of the victims' blood had crystallized like the doctor's. Not all victims had died quickly: Two townspeople had gone insane before committing suicide. Stone and Hall retrieve Scoop and locate two survivors — a 69-year-old alcoholic and a 6-month-old infant.
LINK TO MOVIE:
https://ok.ru/video/1319504251439
THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN is a 1971 American science fiction thriller film produced and directed by Robert Wise. Based on Michael Crichton's 1969 novel of the same name and adapted by Nelson Gidding, the film stars Arthur Hill, James Olson, Kate Reid, and David Wayne as a team of scientists who investigate a deadly organism of extraterrestrial origin. With a few exceptions, the film follows the book closely. The special effects were designed by Douglas Trumbull. The film is notable for its use of split screen in certain scenes.
The story is told in flashback by Dr. Jeremy Stone, testifying to a congressional committee. After a satellite, a U.S. government project code-named Scoop, crashes near the small rural town of Piedmont, New Mexico, almost all of the town's inhabitants die quickly. A military satellite recovery team tries to recover the satellite, but is stopped in mid-sentence. Suspecting that the satellite brought back an alien organism, the military activates an elite scientific team it had previously assembled for this type of emergency.
Wearing sealed protective suits, Dr. Stone, the team leader, and Dr. Mark Hall, the team surgeon, are dropped in Piedmont by helicopter, where they search for the satellite. They find that the town's doctor had opened it in his office and that all of his blood had crystallized into powder. They soon discover almost all of the victims' blood had crystallized like the doctor's. Not all victims had died quickly: Two townspeople had gone insane before committing suicide. Stone and Hall retrieve Scoop and locate two survivors — a 69-year-old alcoholic and a 6-month-old infant.
LINK TO MOVIE:
https://ok.ru/video/1319504251439
