Virus letale

Titolo originale: Outbreak
Regia: Wolfgang Petersen |
Anno: 1995
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Azione Dramma Fantascienza Thriller
Tag: research | army | general | river | monkey | epidemic | medical research |
Cast: Dustin Hoffman | Rene Russo | Morgan Freeman | Kevin Spacey | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Donald Sutherland | Patrick Dempsey | Zakes Mokae | Malick Bowens | Susan Lee Hoffman | Benito Martinez | Bruce Jarchow | Leland Hayward III | Daniel Chodos | Dale Dye | Kara Keough | Gina Menza | Per Didrik Fasmer | Michelle Joyner | Donald Forrest | Julie Pierce | Tim Ransom | Michelle M. Miller | Maury Sterling | Michael Emanuel | Lucas Dudley | Robert Alan Joseph | Joseph Latimore | Michael Sottile | Ed Beechner | Matthew Saks | Diana Bellamy | Lance Kerwin | Brett Oliver | Eric Mungai Nguku | Larry Hine | Nickolas H. Marshall | Douglas Hebron | Jae Woo Lee | Johnny Kim | Bill Stevenson | Kellie Overbey | Dana Andersen | Patricia Place | Nicholas Pappone | Traci Odom | Herbert Jefferson Jr. | Thomas Crawford | Buzz Barbee | Jenna Byrne | Brian Reddy | Ina Romeo | Teresa Velarde | Jane Jenkins | Carmela Rappazzo | Kurt A. Boesen | Jack Rader | Robert Rigamonti | Mimi Doyka | C. Jack Robinson | Robert Alan Beuth | Gordon Michaels | Peter Looney | Conrad Bachmann | Cary J. Pitts | Cynthia Harrison | Marcus Hennessy | Albert Owens | David Silverbrand | Julie Araskog | Frank Rositani | George Christy | Bruce Isacson | Marilyn Brandt | Philip Handy | Tim Frazee | Moses Williams | Roland Tsui | Keith Butler | Davi Lee Phillips | Ralph Miller | Mark Brown | Jim Antonio | Ellsworth Hanna | Jeanne Hanna | Bruce Holman | Jack Kyle | Bob Lazar | John Lizzi | Beau Lotterman | David Novak | Ross Turner | J. T. Walsh | David A.R. White | Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc | Binx the Monkey |

Un medico militare viene mandato in Africa per studiare un virus devastante. Torna convinto che possa diffondersi l'epidemia anche in USA. Nessuno gli dà credito finché in una cittadina della California si segnalano le prime vittime. Sotto c'è un ignobile complotto militare.

Approfondimenti

(At around forty-one minutes) The music and (briefly seen, somewhat blurred) footage of a cartoon se [...] D
Danny Glover was considered to play Brigadier General Billy Ford. D
They drop a BLU-82 "Daisy Cutter" bomb on the mercenary camp. D
When Robby goes to the pet store where she notices the other monkey in its cage near death. To accom [...] D
When Rudy, the pet store owner, becomes sick with the virus and collapses over a shelf of aquariums [...] D
When investigating the village in Zaire, several huts are burned down. This is the traditional triba [...] D
When the dogs are in the taxi, they are barking to get out to Sam. One of them hangs his head out of [...] D
The character of Sam Daniels (Dustin Hoffman) was originally intended for Harrison Ford. Coincidenta [...] D
When Sam is bathing his dogs, he goes to answer the phone, leaving the dogs in the tub. The dogs jum [...] D
Features four Oscar winners; Dustin Hoffman, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, and Cuba Gooding Jr. D
When Sam and Salt shoot the monkey with a tranquilizer gun, the monkey walks slowly back into the wo [...] D
In Cedar Creek, Jimbo drives a forklift which moves the caged monkey. To accomplish this scene, the [...] D
Donald Sutherland took over from Joe Don Baker because director Wolfgang Petersen and producer Arnol [...] D
The bomb that explodes in the ocean was scripted to explode over the town, vaporizing it. Boss Film [...] D
While in Zaire, Jim, one of the attendants, captures one of the monkeys by throwing a net over him. [...] D
The film was inspired by real-life events covered in the book "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston, Jr. D
Director Wolfgang Petersen and Rene Russo previously worked together on In the Line of Fire (1993). D
Betsy, the white-headed capuchin Monkey, also appeared on "Friends (1994)" as Marcel, Ross' pet. The [...] D
Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, and Sylvester Stallone were offered the leading role of Colonel Sam Danie [...] D
J.T. Walsh is uncredited as the White House Chief of Staff. D
The movie gained a resurgence of popularity in March of 2020 with the outbreak of coronavirus and su [...] D
(At around twenty-six minutes) In the film, it is said that "Motaba" was more deadly than the "Ebola [...] D
When McClintock (Sutherland) and Ford (Freeman) visit the mercenary camp in the prologue segment, th [...] D
When Jimbo drives the car with the monkey in the cage in the back seat. In reality, the car was on a [...] D
Donald Sutherland plays a General to Dale Dye's Colonel. In "JFK - Un caso ancora aperto (1991)," Dy [...] D
Danny Glover was considered for the role of the General, which ultimately went to Morgan Freeman. Un [...] D
The station call sign KPIX belongs to the CBS affiliate Channel 5 in San Francisco. D
The CGI artists at Boss Film Studios added a little note in a single frame. The note was attached to [...] D
This film won a development battle with a similar viral-outbreak thriller project at Twentieth Centu [...] D
When Jodie Foster dropped out of the film, Meryl Streep, Sharon Stone and Robin Wright were all rumo [...] D
Dustin Hoffman and Maya Angelou did uncredited work on the script, but most of their work went unuse [...] D
The capuchin monkeys are New World Monkeys, they are not from Africa, but from Central and South Ame [...] D
When Jimbo takes the monkey to the pet store the monkey scratches Rudy on the arm which draws blood. [...] D
SS Lane Victory, a vintage Victory ship from World War II, was used as the freighter "Tae Guk Seattl [...] D
When Colonel Daniels and General Ford are arguing in Ford's office about sending Daniels to Cedar Cr [...] D
When the monkey in the pet store reacts to the fish tank crashing and is frightened by the noise, th [...] D
Additional animal action included various laboratory monkeys, apes or rabbits in cages. There were a [...] D
In the scenes when Colonel Daniels wears his Army uniform, he does not wear his Army headgear, even [...] D
The breed of the two dogs , Henry and Lewis, that belong to Sam (Dustin Hoffman) and Robbie (Rene Ru [...] D