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  • Actors: James Olson, Arthur Hill, David Wayne, Kate Reid, Paula Kelly
  • Directors: Robert Wise
  • Writers: Michael Crichton, Nelson Gidding
  • Producers: Robert Wise
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Uca Catalogue
  • DVD Release Date: 6 Jun 2005
  • Run Time: 125 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000DC16B
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 5,456 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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When a small space probe falls to earth in a remote village of New Mexico, all but two of the town's inhabitants--an infant and an old alcoholic--meet death as their blood turns to powder. After two reconnaissance pilots have also perished, a national state of emergency is declared. The two survivors and the recovered space probe are transported to a mammoth five-story underground laboratory, and a team of scientists--biologist Jeremy Stone (Arthur Hill), microbiologist Ruth Leavitt (Kate Reid), blood chemistry authority Mark Hall (James Olson), and pathologist Charles Dutton (David Wayne)--is swiftly brought to the lab to discover the nature of the deadly organism brought by the space probe. The team is subjected to gruelling hours of precautionary decontamination measures--which are filmed with extraordinary art direction in stunning monochromatic sequences--and informed that the laboratory complex is equipped with an automatic self-destruct device that will be triggered should infection spread. Through exhaustive tests, the team learns that the minute organism, dubbed the ANDROMEDA STRAIN, is alien in nature, and the scientists must quickly find a cure before all of humanity is wiped out. Quietly thrilling, with superb pacing from director Robert Wise, THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, based on the novel by Michael Crichton, is one of the most stylistically beautiful science fiction films ever made.

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39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Appallingly low quality release., 2 Sep 2006
By Holly Jepps (England) - See all my reviews
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To repeat the comments made by M. N. Malik "Nefarious", this version has butchered titles. Don't buy it, it's a shoddy lazy release of a classic film which deserves more respect.

The video is of mediocre quality transfer, the audio is clear, there are a couple of extras but neither anything to write home about. For a DVD it would be pretty average.

But his film is an all time classic and deserves the best, let alone taking the average and making it worse by removing style and content from the original film and replacing it with cheap pixelated titles which look like a 5 year old did the job.

Poor show Universal!

Wait for them to release a proper version. Ticker-tape and all!
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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Botched Reissue, 7 Jul 2006
By M. N. Malik "Nefarious" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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I think very highly of this film and enjoy it a lot.It's a shame that when the studio released this version they failed to include the original ticker tape introduction to various scenes and put in their own bastardized version. I imagine this was to simplify reissue for the foreign language versions on the disc. I wish I knew who was reponsible for this decision as I would like to explain to him what a mistake they have made.I am glad I still have an original VHS copy of the film still.
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32 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Pure art, pure science, no artificial ingredients., 16 Sep 2004
By R. Paijmans - See all my reviews
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People expecting a sci-fi film of the James Cameron ("guns are fun") variety, will be either disappointed, or find their horizons pleasantly expanded. This film is, to my mind anyway, the most realistic portrayal of what might happen if we really did come across alien life. The acting, camera work, soundtrack and highly realistic sets (no cardboard here, and all the equipment you see existed in real life) add to its unique athmosphere of trepidation and creeping paranoia, as the microscopic but extremely contageous and destructive lifeform is discovered and carefully examined. The alien lifeform is satisfyingly alien and unlike anything conceivable on Earth. The science is suffiently meaty and substantial to satisfy any geek --no airy pseudo-scientific babble here, and the whole film manages to avoid descending into simple schlock-horror.

People have commented on a lack of plausibility of the slow Government response to the alien threat, the illogical selection of scientists and the possible suggestion (which eludes me, actually) that the microscopic lifeform might have some form of intelligence ("how can a microbe be intelligent?" Well, ever hear of collective intelligence?). But to me, the unpreparedness, miscalculation and inconsistency with which the government and scientific bodies respond, despite the fact that they thought they had prepared for this eventuality, sounds scarily true-to-life to me. So do the mishaps that cause mistakes and miscommunication at vital moments. And when you are confronted with an incident like this, who you gonna call?

People have also commented on the lack of glamour and charisma of the main characters. Well, we are talking real geeks here, and to my mind they are far more credible than the eponimous double-D cupped 25 year old pouty blonde who just happens to be a brilliant scientific authority on exo-biological physics, or the war-decorated, tanned, athletic he-man who, inbetween his career as a test pilot, also happens to dabble in nuclear physics a fair bit. Yeah, right... Closer to the truth is that real top-scientists, the driven, obsessive geeks who put in the hours to become foremost authorities in their field, tend to be not so tanned, not so athletic, not so groomed, and perhaps not so abundant in people skills. And that is what is portrayed here.

The film was shot in 1971 and this, of course, shows in its style. It is almost presented as a documentary however, and is best viewed as a hypothetical account of Earth coming in contact with alien life in that time period, and how it dealt with it. The conclusion to some is a bit contrived and disappointing, but to me again a scarily realistic portrayal of how we, despite our "preparedness" and scientific cleverness, tend to survive the big crises that threaten humanity almost through pure dumb luck in the end.

In short, Director Robert Wise refused to give in to Hollywood formula and made an artful, realistic portrayal of a darn good book. The story is what matters. This film, I do not hesitate to say, is art. Ignore the cheesy (irrelevant) cover illustration on the DVD. Watch the film.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie; substandard Release
Its a scif classic but the removal of the old tikertape and replacement with modern subtitles styled info over the tikertape intros completely ruins the feel of the film... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Lurker

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth adding to your collection
Not only well put together but ahead of its time in many respects. A cool mix of graphic horror, suspence, science fiction and drama. Read more
Published 6 months ago by CD

5.0 out of 5 stars Absorbing sci fi
I'm not a purist about films transferred onto dvd, and having never had the pleasure of seeing this film on its original release or in any other format, I've no quibbles about the... Read more
Published 6 months ago by stripeyunited

3.0 out of 5 stars Classic sci-fi.
This is an excellent science fiction film, that only occasionally suffers from datedness.

It is one of the best of the early modern (colour but pre-dating Star Wars)... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mr. A. M. HOGG

4.0 out of 5 stars Odd man and computers
This is a 1971 film based on a 1969 book with the same name. Together, they established Michael Crichton's reputation as a talented writer of techno-thrillers. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Michael W. Perry

5.0 out of 5 stars Great example of 70's film-making
I'm strugling to think of a single film ever made that can really be compared to the Andromeda Strain. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. Edward J. Forsyth

5.0 out of 5 stars Rating is for the FILM ONLY
As I have never seen the version referred to in other reviews on here, I can't comment on the effect of the removal of the ticker tape intros to various scenes. Read more
Published on 12 Nov 2007 by listeningtofire

5.0 out of 5 stars A true suspense film
This movie is of a microbiological Armageddon which unfolds with such perfectly metered suspense that no matter how many times you watch it, you find yourself riveted to your... Read more
Published on 5 Oct 2007 by M. A. Ramos

3.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic film

Now - this is easily a 4 star film, but the DVD presentation means I can only give it a 3.

As another reviewer has said, the tickertape introductions to... Read more
Published on 11 April 2007 by DangermouseZilla

4.0 out of 5 stars Space cooties
A space probe has brought back a mysterious metamorphosing molecular life form. The real story is a combination of running away form the bug and what is our government up to type... Read more
Published on 28 May 2005 by bernie

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