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Here's another quicky of one of my favorite Science Fiction films, one of my favorite Robert Wise films and one of my favorite Michael Crichton films all rolled into one. It's a methodical procedural that keeps you hanging on the edge of your seat from beginning to end. The technology on display and the premise itself must have been remarkably original and new to audiences back when the movie debuted in 1971, keep that in mind if you ever sit down to watch it. It also has one of the most frightning sequences I've ever seen in a film, when the two lead scientists are airlifted into a town thats been affected by something that they have to identify before its too late. Don't wanna spoil it for you. I also appreciate the fact that Wise cast really engaging character actors for the 4 lead scientist rolls, even the lead James Olson isn't your typical "leading man" type, he was in a ton of TV, as well as the movies Moon Zero 2, Ragtime, Amityville 2 & Commando. Kate Reid who plays Dr. Ruth Leavitt is one of my favorites in the movie, shes cantankerous as hell . Reid was in a LOT of televison including my favorite part of hers, Aunt Lil Trotter in DALLAS!
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:iconjohnmiic:
The actress plaing that woman scientist looked like my late Mother. Scary!
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:iconquantuminnovator:
Did you know that this movie actually got rated G by the Motion Picture Association of America? Even the people making the movie evidently thought the G rating was too lenient, because the trailer has a text message which states "Rated G-but may be too intense for younger children".
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:iconyelahttam:
This is a quickie? You rule, Dusty. - mh
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*coalesceny Jan 23, 2013  Professional Digital Artist
Great movie!
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:iconmorbiusx33:
Great film and book. The remake was ok but didn't have the impact.
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:iconmarkcartoonguy:
I love this...Andromeda Strain is one of my all time faves, I always considered it to be a cult film that most people
brushed off as being too much content and not enough action (just the opposite of most sci-fi movies nowadays)
I am surprised at how many people just here in the forum have even heard of it. I never bothered to watch the
remake they are almost always a disappointment.
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*CD-B2 Oct 21, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
This is one of my favorite movies of all time! It's probably too slow-moving for today's audiences but back in the day it scared the living daylights out of me! It's probably the first Michael Crichton book adapted for film.
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I don't know if you've ever seen this movie,but it's one of my favorite obscure movies of all time. It was an anthology movie from the eighties that featured three stories from different genres. One was an adaption of the Sherlock Holmes story The Silver Blaze, one was a new version of the story The Rocking Horse Winner, and the third was by Isaac Asimov and i can't remember the title of it. Kate Reid played a nurse who mwas assigned to take care of a cro-magnon
child who had been displaced in time by a government experiment. They grew very bclose and when the time came to send the child back to his own time she protested and said that the child would pine without her and die. So she decides
to make the ultimate sacrifice and go back with the child she has grown to love as her own. Andromeda Strain is one of my favorite movies of all time. The scene where the scientists have to make that mad race to stop the self destruction of the lab, dodging lasers as they go is one of the most suspenseful sequences ever.
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:iconkgreene:
Love this movie too! Not a fast movie so I don't know if it will appeal to everyone. Tense, deliberate pace. And a great finish as well. Great piece. And, in a huge coincidence, I found a cool Japanese movie poster for this very movie about 20 minutes ago.
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:iconarchangelmemnoch:
601!?!? Really great job. Love it.
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