Outbreak (film)
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Wolfgang Petersen |
| Produced by |
Gail Katz Arnold Kopelson Anne Kopelson Wolfgang Petersen |
| Written by |
Laurence Dworet Robert Roy Pool |
| Starring | |
| Music by | James Newton Howard |
| Cinematography | Michael Ballhaus |
| Edited by | Neil Travis |
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Production
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Punch Productions, inc.
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Release date
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March 10, 1995 |
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Running time
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128 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $50 million |
| Box office | $189.8 million |
Outbreak is a 1995 American medical disaster film directed by Wolfgang Petersen and loosely based on Richard Preston's nonfiction book, The Hot Zone. It stars Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo and Morgan Freeman, and co-stars Cuba Gooding Jr., Kevin Spacey, Donald Sutherland and Patrick Dempsey.
The film focuses on an outbreak of a fictional Ebola-like virus, Motaba, in Zaire and later in a small town in the United States. It is primarily set in the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the fictional town of Cedar Creek, California. Outbreak's plot speculates how far military and civilian agencies might go to contain the spread of a deadly, contagious disease.
The film, released on March 10, 1995, was a box-office success and Spacey won two awards for his performance. A real-life outbreak of the Ebola virus was occurring in Zaire when the film was released.
A virus called Motaba causing a deadly fever, is discovered in the African jungle in 1967. To keep the virus a secret, U.S. Army officers Donald McClintock and William Ford destroy the army camp where soldiers were infected.
In 1995, the virus resurfaces in Zaire. Colonel Sam Daniels, a USAMRIID virologist, is sent to investigate. He and his crew—Lieutenant Colonel Casey Schuler and new recruit Major Salt—gather information and return to the United States. Daniels asks his superior, (now) Brigadier General William Ford, to issue an alert but Ford tells Daniels the virus is unlikely to spread.
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