The story moves fastĪnd keeps throwing compelling images at you, adding to the feel of reality, Clearly the secret of a cure for this alien disease, later code-namedĪndromeda, must lay in the answer to the question: why did these two liveĪll this happens very quickly, with a minimum of exposition.
We assume a different landing zone was intended.Īs Stone and Hall are leaving they find two miraculous survivors: a baby and an Satellite is part of project Scoop, specifically meant to look for life
They find the satellite in the town doctor's office, next to the dead doctor. A quick check with a scalpel shows that whatever killed these people turned their blood to powder. Hall notices that no one is bleeding despite a few injuries Here are disturbingly well done as we see ordinary townsfolk who clearlyĭied so fast they barely had time to be surprised. Stone and Hall don their moon suits and are choppered in to Piedmont. Leavitt is reluctant to go, for very good reason we find out later. Olson: MOON ZERO TWO, AMITYVILLE II: The Possession, THE MAFU CAGE). Ruth Leavitt ( Kate Reid: EQUUS, PLAGUE) and surgeon Dr. Similar groups of soldiers also round up scientists Dr. Stone isįrightened and upset so she tries to place a call to her father the senator,īut a government operator comes on the line and says this call is beingĭisconnected for reasons of national security. Leaves with them immediately, not even bothering to pack.
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When the soldiers deliver the code phrase "There's a fire", Dr. Stone ( Arthur Hill: FUTUREWORLD, REVENGE OF THE STEPFORD WIVES, SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES), much to the consternation Shortly afterward a group of soldiers interrupt a dinner party at the house of Dr. He opens a door marked "emergency only" and makes a call on a special phone. Major Manchek ( Ramon Bieri: SORCERER, THE MUMMY AND THE DEMON) takes action. Lots of corpses, lying in the streets of Piedmont. We hear the tense voices of the two men as they describe corpses, Our point of view switches to the air force base in radio contact with the men in The van contains a lot of electronicĮquipment and the men are in radio contact with a military installation.Ĭonversation makes it clear they are searching for a satellite. The men get in a van and drive into the town, which turns out toīe Piedmont, New Mexico, population: 68. He and another man notice that buzzards are circlingĪbove. He's using a night vision scope to look atĪ nearby small town. Soon to be made public, giving the movie a based-on-a-true-story feel. The opening credits containĪ disclaimer about how the events depicted here are based on documents THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN was written by Nelson Gidding ( THE MUMMY LIVES), based on the novel by Michael Crichton ( THE TERMINAL MAN, WESTWORLD, COMA, JURASSIC PARK, THE 13th WARRIOR, SPHERE),Īnd directed by Robert Wise ( THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, THE HAUNTING, AUDREY ROSE). Rated: Finland: K-12 / Norway, Sweden: 15 / UK: PG / USA: G / West Germany: 12 "This Ray Bradbury-esque is one of the most memorable and one of the more original stories I've read in a long time."
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"'Willow Blue' will burrow under your skin and stay there long after you've put the book down."