Outbreak (1995) DVD - Widescreen & Full Screen - 5.1 Retail
Outbreak (1995) DVD - Widescreen & Full Screen -
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When an African monkey gets loose and spreads a lethal
virus, government and military personnel move in to try
and stop it before the fast-moving disease wipes out the
entire U.S. population.
In director Wolfgang Petersen's fast-paced,
intelligently written thriller, Dustin Hoffman plays
Col. Sam Daniels, an expert on infectious diseases who
is called in to study the outbreak of a deadly illness
in Zaire. He finds a virus that spreads so quickly it
could wipe out an entire nation in just a few weeks, and
he believes that it might have spread to the United
States. With the help of his ex-wife (Rene Russo), who
works at the Centers for Disease Control, Daniels tracks
the virus to the quiet seaside town of Cedar Creek,
California. His superiors' reticence to help begins to
raise questions in Daniels's mind, and he must find a
cure before a panicky U.S. army general decides to kill
the town's populace in order to save the world. The
all-star cast includes Hoffman, Russo, Kevin Spacey,
Donald Sutherland, Morgan Freeman, and Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Filmed on Kauai, Hawaii, and in California.
The film's deadly monkey regularly appeared in the
television sitcom FRIENDS as a feisty pet named Marcel.
On one episode, when his owner, Ross (David Schwimmer),
has to give up the monkey, it's revealed that Marcel is
working on OUTBREAK, and the FRIENDS cast go to visit
him on the set.
Kevin Spacey and Morgan Freeman also appeared together
in the acclaimed thriller SEVEN in 1995.
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association voted Kevin
Spacey the runner-up for best supporting actor for his
body of work (SEVEN, THE USUAL SUSPECTS, OUTBREAK) in
1995.
The role of Sam Daniels, played by Dustin Hoffman, was
originally intended for Harrison Ford.
J.T. Walsh briefly appears in an uncredited role as the
Chief of Staff.
Screenwriter Laurence Dworet made his living as an
internist before writing this, his first script!!
