The Andromeda Strain (1971)

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🗓️ 22 April 2020

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

A whole new kind of sickness struck the 1970s with the release of The Andromeda Strain. Four scientists hunker down in a top secret lab to study the space plague inadvertently brought to Earth by a fallen satellite. Can they find a cure for the killer alien bug before politicians use nukes to inoculate the planet? And will this first film adaptation of Michael Crichton’s bestseller develop a fatal case of disco fever coming from the director of musicals West Side Story and The Sound of Music? Find out now!

{Viral Outbreak Series}

{Andromeda Strain Series}

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0:00.0	Last night a NASA satellite lost orbit and came down in a remote part of southern Utah.
0:09.6	When a sucker came down they killed a lot of people.
0:11.8	I mean no one's saying infectious outbreak.
0:14.0	Could be a gas or some kind of a virus.
0:17.0	We suspect a biological agent now code named Andromeda.
0:23.0	Welcome to Now Playings and Dramatistrain Retrospective Series.
0:27.0	There'll be a thousand mutations and Andromeda will spread everywhere they'll never be rid of it.
0:32.0	Parts of the Now Playing Viral Outbreak movie review series.
0:36.0	Don't be scared. I'm a doctor.
0:38.0	Hosted by Jacob.
0:40.0	What have you got to fight this?
0:42.0	Stuart. How much does he know about Project Scoop?
0:44.0	First we can tell nothing yet.
0:46.0	And Arnie.
0:47.0	I just wanted to inform you that all members of your team have been cleared and are now being called in.
0:51.0	They'll get complete details on everything when your team is assembled.
0:54.0	This podcast may contain detailed plot spoilers and harsh language.
0:58.0	I recommend calling a wildfire alert.
1:00.0	Listen to our discretion is advised.
1:02.0	I guess you better go and have a look.
1:10.0	Today we're discussing The Andromeda Stream,
1:14.0	starring Arthur Hill, James Olson, Kate Reed, David Wayne, Paula Kelly, George Mitchell,
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