Le mystère Andromède

Titre original : The Andromeda Strain

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7,2/10

42 k

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Arthur Hill and James Olson in Le mystère Andromède (1971)

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Alien Invasion Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller

Une équipe de scientifiques de haut niveau travaille fiévreusement dans un laboratoire secret et ultramoderne pour découvrir ce qui a tué les citoyens d'une petite ville et apprendre comment... Tout lireUne équipe de scientifiques de haut niveau travaille fiévreusement dans un laboratoire secret et ultramoderne pour découvrir ce qui a tué les citoyens d'une petite ville et apprendre comment arrêter la contagion mortelle.Une équipe de scientifiques de haut niveau travaille fiévreusement dans un laboratoire secret et ultramoderne pour découvrir ce qui a tué les citoyens d'une petite ville et apprendre comment arrêter la contagion mortelle.

Réalisation
- Robert Wise
Scénario
- Michael Crichton
- Nelson Gidding
Casting principal

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NOTE IMDb

7,2/10

42 k

MA NOTE

Réalisation
- Robert Wise
Scénario
- Michael Crichton
- Nelson Gidding
Casting principal

Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro

Nommé pour 2 Oscars
- 4 nominations au total

Anecdotes
Special effects to create the germ from space cost $250,000.

Gaffes
At the beginning of the movie, vultures are shown circling over the town of Piedmont. Later, when the two scientists approach the town in a helicopter, the vultures are on the ground eating the flesh of the dead. The military even brought gas to kill off the vultures so they wouldn't fly off and spread the disease. What's interesting, is that no one gives a second thought as to why the vultures weren't dead. Even after they kill off a rat and monkey in the lab to test the disease no one wonders how it was that the vultures weren't affected. It is not unusual, in fact rather typical, for pathogens or chemicals to affect some species and not others, or at least affect them more slowly.

Citations
[finding a man dead by self-inflicted drowning in a bathtub]
Dr. Jeremy Stone: I wouldn't believe you could commit suicide that way.
Dr. Mark Hall: Most of them died instantly, but a few had time to go quietly nuts.

Crédits fous
The opening credits read: "ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This film concerns the four-day history of a major American scientific crisis. We received the generous help of many people attached to Project Scoop at Vandenberg Air Force Base and the Wildfire Laboratory in Flatrock, Nevada. They encouraged us to tell the story accurately and in detail." "The documents presented here are soon to be made public. They do not in any way jeopardize the national security."

Versions alternatives
Italian version is 10 minutes shorter than original version (released at 130 min.) and omits many scenes from a subplot about a fallen fighter plane.

Connexions
Edited into L'homme qui valait 3 milliards: Population: Zero (1974)

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9/10

Near Perfect

Robert Wise is an under rated director but in his body of work are such gems as 'The Body Snatcher', 'The Set-Up', 'The Day the Earth Stood Still', 'Odds Against Tomorrow', 'The Haunting', 'West Side Story', 'I Want to Live!' and on its own terms, 'The Sound of Music'. He managed to make genre films more interesting and watchable than other more celebrated directors.

'The Andromeda Strain' is an engrossing film from beginning to end. It is science fiction, alien virus comes to earth type thing, but has more depth than just that. The scientists, played very well by Arthur Hill, David Wayne, Kate Reid and James Olson, are fallible and have real emotions. Yet in them is a longing to know, to discover, to solve. Most popular cinema celebrate the fist or the gun but part of the excitement of this film is the use of the intellect to tackle the problem. Brains and not brawn is key.

The early scenes in the town of Piedmont are fascinating. Nothing dramatic, only small details adding up to a large tragedy. Restrained film making is not common but in this case it is really effective. After these scenes the film moves on as fear and wonder grip the scientists to a satisfying conclusion.

The electronic music is just right, the sets are atmospheric, the hard ware plausible and the photography simple and effective. A mention should be made of Paula Kelly as a nurse, an excellent actor and shamefully under used in films. (She is great in 'Sweet Charity' too.)In a supporting role she gives an intelligent, spirited performance.

A near perfect film. Hopefully no one will re-make it.