Outbreak
The movie poster for Outbreak
Directed by	Wolfgang Petersen
Produced by	Duncan Henderson Anne Kopelson Gail Katz
Written by	Laurence Dworet Robert Roy Pool
Starring	Dustin Hoffman Rene Russo Morgan Freeman Kevin Spacey Cuba Gooding Jr. Donald Sutherland
Music by	James Newton Howard
Distributed by	Warner Brothers
Release date(s)	March 10, 1995
Running time	127 min.
Language	English
IMDb profile

Outbreak (1995) is a suspense film starring Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Spacey. The film was directed by Wolfgang Petersen. In addition, Outbreak features Cuba Gooding Jr., Donald Sutherland, and Patrick Dempsey. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (615x875, 60 KB) Summary Movie poster for the film Outbreak Licensing This image is of a movie poster or title card, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the movie or the studio which... Wolfgang Petersen Wolfgang Petersen (born March 14, 1941 in Emden, Lower Saxony, Germany) is a German film director. ... Gail Katz is a film, television, and theater producer. ... Dr. Laurence Dwoert, M.D. (usually just credited as Laurence Dwoert) is an American screenwriter. ... Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is a two-time Academy Award-winning, BAFTA-winning, and five-time Golden Globe-winning American method actor. ... Rene Russo Rene Russo (born February 17, 1954 in Burbank, California, USA) is an American film actress and model. ... Dawsons Creek director, see Morgan J. Freeman. ... Kevin Spacey (born July 26, 1959) is an Academy Award-winning American actor (film and stage) and director. ... Cuba Gooding Jr. ... For other persons named Donald Sutherland, see Donald Sutherland (disambiguation). ... This article is about James Howard, the composer. ... Warner Bros. ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year (70th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The year 1995 in film involved some significant events. ... Look up Suspense in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is a two-time Academy Award-winning, BAFTA-winning, and five-time Golden Globe-winning American method actor. ... Rene Russo Rene Russo (born February 17, 1954 in Burbank, California, USA) is an American film actress and model. ... Dawsons Creek director, see Morgan J. Freeman. ... Kevin Spacey (born July 26, 1959) is an Academy Award-winning American actor (film and stage) and director. ... Wolfgang Petersen Wolfgang Petersen (born March 14, 1941 in Emden, Lower Saxony, Germany) is a German film director. ... Cuba Gooding Jr. ... For other persons named Donald Sutherland, see Donald Sutherland (disambiguation). ... Patrick Galen Dempsey (born January 13, 1966) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American actor who first became prominent in Hollywood during the late 1980s. ...

The film focuses on an outbreak of a fictional Ebola-like virus called Motaba. Its primary settings are government disease control centers USAMRIID and the CDC, and the fictional town of Cedar Creek, California. Outbreak shows how far the military and civilian agencies might go to contain the spread. Virus outbreaks occur when a virus bypasses infection control measures and a relatively high number of infections are observed where no cases or sporadic cases occurred in the past. ... For other uses, see Ebola (disambiguation). ... The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases is based at Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland. ... The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, is recognized as the leading United States agency for protecting the public health and safety of people. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ...

The film was released in March 1995 and proved a moderate box office success. The film was nominated for various awards but failed to garner any major award nominations. It also raised various "what-if" scenarios: media outlets began to question what the government would really do in a similar situation and the CDC has plans in case an outbreak ever does occur. The term box office can refer to either: A place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to a venue The amount of business a particular production, such as a movie or theatre show, does. ...

The film was shot at various locations in California and Hawaii. The locations used in California include Eureka, Ferndale, Los Angeles, and Pasadena. The lone spot used in Hawaii was Kauai, which was used to film some of the scenes that were supposed to be in Africa. This article is about the U.S. State. ... Motto: Eureka! - (I have found it!) Eureka shown within Humboldt County in the State of California Coordinates: , Country State County Humboldt Founded May 13, 1850 (settlement) Incorporated April 18, 1856 (town) Re-incorporated February 19, 1874 (city) Government  - Type Mayor-council  - Mayor Virginia Bass  - City manager David Tyson Area  - Total... Ferndale, California Ferndale is a city in Humboldt County, California, United States. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... Kauai (Hawaiian IPA pron. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ...

The film was inspired by a rival, never-produced virus outbreak movie, Crisis in the Hot Zone, an adaptation of Richard Preston's factual 1994 best-seller The Hot Zone. Crisis in the Hot Zone was the title of a 1994 non-fiction article in New Yorker magazine by Richard Preston. ... Richard Preston (b. ... For the Stargate Atlantis episode, see Hot Zone (Stargate Atlantis). ...

Synopsis

A virus similar to Ebola and Lassa is discovered in the African jungles in 1967 and kept top-secret. The discovery is covered up by destroying the mercenary camp where it is discovered with a fuel-air bomb, a specially-designed conventional weapon capable of very high explosive yields. Species Ivory Coast ebolavirus Reston ebolavirus Sudan ebolavirus Zaire virus Ebola hæmorrhagic fever (EHF — alternatively Ebola hemorrhagic fever; commonly referred to as simply Ebola) is a recently identified, severe, often fatal infectious disease occurring in humans and some primates caused by the Ebola virus. ... Lassa fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic fever first described in 1969 in the Nigerian town of Lassa in the Yedseram River valley. ... Thermobaric weapons distinguish themselves from conventional explosive weapons by using atmospheric oxygen, instead of carrying an oxidizer in their explosives. ...

Twenty-five years later, it resurfaces in Africa again. Col. Sam Daniels (Hoffman), a virologist of the U.S. Army is sent to investigate the Motaba case with his crew. He and his crew contain the virus and return to the United States where he asks his superior, General Ford (Freeman), to put out an alert for the virus. Ford, who knows the virus is not new, tells Daniels that it is unlikely to show up. What neither of the men knows is that the host animal, a monkey, has been brought to the U.S. on a ship to be sold illegally in the pet trade. Jimbo Scott (Dempsey) bribes a guard at the shipping location and takes the monkey to Cedar Creek to sell for breeding. On the trip, the monkey spits in Jimbo's face, infecting him. Virology, often considered a part of microbiology or of pathology, is the study of organic viruses: their structure and classification, their ways to infect and exploit cells to reproduce and cause disease, the techniques to isolate and culture them, and their potential uses in research and therapy. ... Approximate worldwide distribution of monkeys. ... For other uses, see Reproduction (disambiguation) Reproduction is the biological process by which new individual organisms are produced. ...

Once Jimbo arrives at the pet store in Cedar Creek, the owner of the store tells him he got the wrong sex but only after the monkey has scratched him, infecting him. Jimbo then takes the monkey and releases him into the woods of California. Jimbo starts to show signs of infection on his plane trip to Boston where he gets off the plane and kisses his girlfriend, infecting her. They are both hospitalized and Daniels' ex-wife, Robby (Russo), is called in to investigate this infection. While all of this is going on, the owner of the pet store in Cedar Creek begins to show signs of infection as well. Robby investigates and concludes that everybody in Boston checked out all right. Cedar Creek may refer to: Cedar Creek in Virginia in the United States, site of the 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An infection is the detrimental colonization of a host organism by a foreign species. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ...

While the techs in the hospital are running tests on the pet store owner's blood, a vial in a centrifuge breaks and splatters blood on Henery Seward (USAMRIID), infecting him. Later on, he goes to a packed movie theatre and coughs, expels, and exposes hundreds of citizens of Cedar Creek to the virus and this starts the massive Cedar Creek outbreak. Col. Daniels learns of the infection and wants to be sent there but is being sent to New Mexico. He disobeys orders and flies to Cedar Creek where he joins Robby and the rest of the crew. They work on isolating the town, especially the sick, and finding out where the virus came from. They find out about the pet store owner and believe that a host animal at the store may be carrying antibodies. They search the store and find a monkey; the monkey is already sick but they contain it and examine it. It is also apparent that a state of martial law has been declared in Cedar Creek as the army controls everything from rounding up the sick to setting a curfew. For the town in the Republic of Ireland, see Hospital, County Limerick. ... A typical megaplex (AMC Rolling Hills 20 in Rolling Hills Estates, California). ... Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Largest metro area Albuquerque metropolitan area Area  Ranked 5th  - Total 121,665 sq mi (315,194 km²)  - Width 342 miles (550 km)  - Length 370 miles (595 km)  - % water 0. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... For other uses, see Martial law (disambiguation). ...

While in Cedar Creek, several accidents happen. Casey's (Spacey) protective suit tears and he is infected with the virus. While treating Casey, Robby pokes herself with a dirty needle infecting herself. Several citizens of Cedar Creek try to escape in two vehicles and three men in the lead vehicle are killed when a helicopter fires at one of the trucks. The second vehicle, a family with children, is surrounded by armed troops wearing MOPP gear. A mystery serum, E-1101, is introduced to those suffering from Motaba. Daniels wonders what this is and administers it to the infected monkey obtained from the pet store. The monkey gets better but the citizens of Cedar Creek do not. This tells Daniels that E-1101 is not experimental and people knew about this virus beforehand. He confronts Ford about the serum and he says it was not revealed due to national security. Also the virus has mutated to become airborne and E-1101 only worked on the monkey because it was infected with the original virus not the mutated one. For other uses, see Helicopter (disambiguation). ...

Daniels then learns of Operation Clean Sweep, a plan by the U.S. military to destroy the town of Cedar Creek by bombing it, led by Maj. Gen. Donald McClintock (Sutherland), again using a Thermobaric weapon. This leads him on a frantic search to find the host animal to save the town, Casey, and Robby. Daniels learns about the shipping location where the monkey was picked up from and finds out about the ship that brought it in. He flies to this ship and obtains a picture of the host monkey and broadcasts it on the news, when a mother watches and realizes her daughter plays with the monkey in their backyard. Daniels arrives at the family's house and asks the daughter to coax out the monkey, and then shoots it with a tranquilizer. He obtains the monkey and begins back to Cedar Creek to obtain antibodies for treatment. Once in Cedar Creek, Salt creates the anti-serum and Daniels learns Operation Clean Sweep is in progress and flies in the way of the bomber to stop it. He successfully stops the bombing as the bombers drop the weapon over water and not the town. Ford then places McClintock under arrest for withholding information from the President. Daniels makes up with his wife and the town is treated for Motaba. Thermobaric weapons distinguish themselves from conventional weapons by using atmospheric oxygen, instead of carrying an oxidizer in their explosives. ...

Awards & Nominations

ASCAP Award

• Top Box Office Film (Won)

Saturn Award

• Best Science Fiction Film (Nominated)

NAACP Image Award

• Cuba Gooding Jr. - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (Nominated)

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

• Kevin Spacey - Best Supporting Actor (Won) - This nomination also included the film Swimming with Sharks, Se7en, and The Usual Suspects.

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Box office

US Gross Domestic Takings: US$ 67,659,560 Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ...

+ Other International Takings: $122,200,000

= Gross Worldwide Takings: $189,859,560

Cast

• Dustin Hoffman as Col. Sam Daniels
• Rene Russo as Robby Keough
• Morgan Freeman as Brig. Gen. Billy Ford
• Kevin Spacey as Casey Schuler
• Cuba Gooding Jr. as Maj. Salt
• Donald Sutherland as Maj. Gen. Donald McClintock
• Patrick Dempsey as Jimbo Scott
• Zakes Mokae as Dr. Benjamin Iwabi
• Malick Bowens as Dr. Raswani
• Susan Lee Hoffman as Dr. Lisa Aronson
• Benito Martinez as Dr. Julio Ruiz
• Bruce Jarchow as Dr. Mascelli
• Leland Hayward III as Henry Seward
• Daniel Chodos as Rudy Alvarez
• Dale Dye as Lt. Col. Briggs
• Johnny Kim as Seaman Chulso Lee
• Katie as the monkey.

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Trivia

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• The monkey shown as the host is a white-headed capuchin, a species native to Central and South America. This conflicts with the setting of the original virus (Zaire, Africa).
• Katie, the white-headed capuchin Monkey, also appeared in the sitcom Friends as Marcel, Ross' pet. Additionally, Marcel was supposed to star in the fictional Outbreak 2: The Virus Takes Manhattan in the show.
• The Biological-Chemical protective suits that the soldiers wore were actually real and not props. The masks were also real, known as the M-17. The suit that Hoffman wore is now displayed in the Planet Hollywood restaurant in the Disney Village section of Disneyland Resort Paris.
• Outbreak is referenced in Chasing Amy when Banky Edwards says the line: "I'm telling you that chick is probably a bigger germ farm than that monkey in Outbreak".
• The film was also the inspiration for one episode of Clerks: The Animated Series, when Randal Graves fears that the monkey in the new pet shop next door will carry the deadly motaba virus and attempts to assassinate it.

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External links

• Outbreak at the Internet Movie Database
• Boxoffice information