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The Andromeda Strain

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Genre Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Suspense/Thrillers, Mystery & Suspense
Format Multiple Formats, NTSC, Color, Dolby, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Subtitled, Widescreen
Contributor Paula Kelly, Nelson Gidding, Kate Reid, James Olson, Ramon Bieri, Robert Wise, Arthur Hill, David Wayne, Stuart Gilmore, George Mitchell, John W. Holmes See more
Initial release date 2003-04-01
Language English
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Directed with clinical precision by Academy Award winner Robert Wise, this compelling account of the earth's first biological crisis is perhaps the most chillingly realistic science fiction thriller ever made. After an errant satellite crashes to earth near a remote New Mexico village, the recovery team discovers that almost everyone in the town are victims of a horrible death, with the mysterious exception of an infant and an old homeless man. The survivors are brought to a state-of-the-art laboratory descending five stories beneath the ground where the puzzled scientists race against time to determine the nature of the deadly microbe before it wreaks worldwide havoc. A trailblazer in the areas of special effects and inventive sets, The Andromeda Strain is based on Michael Crichton's best-selling novel that created national paranoia for its topical relevance to the first moon landing.


Bonus Content:

  • The Making of The Andromeda Strain
  • A Portrait of Michael Crichton
  • Theatrical Trailer
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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.35:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ G (General Audience)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 3.84 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 1021239
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Robert Wise
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, NTSC, Color, Dolby, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 11 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ April 1, 2003
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid, Paula Kelly
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ Spanish, French
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Robert Wise
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00008438U
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Nelson Gidding
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 5,011 ratings

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4.6 out of 5 stars
4.6 out of 5
5,011 global ratings
A great movie that looks great in HD
5 Stars
A great movie that looks great in HD
The Andromeda Strain is one of my favorite movies and this review is about the Blu-Ray version released in July, 2015. The movie is about the landing of a specimen return probe sent into space to collect extra-terrestrial samples of life. The mission of collecting a alien life form was successful, but the sample return capsule inadvertently comes down near the small town of Peadmont, NM. The townspeople find the probe and unwisely decide to open it. The extremely dangerous organism within is released and it promptly kills almost everyone in the town. It organism then threatens to spread and destroy the rest of the planet.The subsequent four days in the movie are related to the retrieval of the probe and the assembly of a small group of specialized scientists at a secret, underground biological warfare lab in southern Nevada. Their job is to figure out what this new organism is, and how they can contain, characterize, control and destroy it before it destroys all the other life on planet.The movie is unlike almost all movies before or since due to its very realistic portrayal of scientific labs and quarantine procedures. The actors and actresses in the movie were not really well known even when the movie was released in 1971. This unfamiliarity aids the movie as the resulting characters are able to lend a very realistic and believable scientific quality to the movie.The scan quality of the Blu-Ray image is very good considering it’s a 45 year old movie. The presentation is in full HD at a 2.35:1 aspect ratio. The non-effects related scenes in particular are very clear, colors and b/w gradations are excellent in general. The scan of the movie does not appear to have had any digital noise reduction done on it so there is some noise and dust speckle but these are mostly in the special effects related parts of the movie. This is to be expected for a 45 year old movie based on the effects technology they had at that time. I personally prefer no noise reduction with a little speckle as opposed to pasty face artifacts related to noise reduction.Like the DVD version, the Blu-Ray disc contains a interesting and informative 480p based, 30 minute featurette about the making of the movie as well as a 13 minute portrait of Michael Crichton and the history of how he came to create the book the movie was based on. I would highly recommend the purchase of this Blu-Ray movie as it’s a classic movie and it looks great in HD.
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