Outbreak
“Try to remain calm.”
Director
Wolfgang Petersen
Screenplay
Robert Roy Pool, Laurence Dworet
5 wins · 5 nominations
Wolfgang Petersen's medical thriller follows Army virologist Sam Daniels (Dustin Hoffman) racing to contain a lethal, highly contagious virus after it's smuggled into a small California town via an infected monkey. As the death toll climbs, Daniels clashes with military officials who see the outbreak as an opportunity to weaponize the virus rather than simply cure it, while a quarantine threatens to turn the town into a sacrifice zone. Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, and Cuba Gooding Jr. round out a cast racing the clock in a film that plays as much like a conspiracy thriller as a disease movie. Its premise proved eerily prescient decades later, and it's frequently revisited as a pop-culture touchstone during real-world pandemic anxieties.
Release
Mar 10, 1995
Budget
$50M
Country
United States of America
Revenue
$190M
Cast
Dustin Hoffman
Sam Daniels
Rene Russo
Robby Keough
Morgan Freeman
General Billy Ford
Kevin Spacey
Casey Schuler
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Major Salt
Donald Sutherland
General Donald McClintock
Patrick Dempsey
Jimbo Scott
Zakes Mokae
Dr. Benjamin Iwabi
Malick Bowens
Dr. Raswani
Susan Lee Hoffman
Dr. Lisa Aronson
Benito Martinez
Dr. Julio Ruiz
Bruce Jarchow
Dr. Mascelli
Dale Dye
Colonel Briggs
Kara Keough
Kate Jeffries
Gina Menza
Mrs. Jeffries
Michelle Joyner
Sherry Mauldin
Tim Ransom
Tommy Hull
Maury Sterling
Sandman One
Michael Emanuel
Sandman One Co-Pilot
Lucas Dudley
Viper One Pilot
Joseph Latimore
Viper Two Co-Pilot
Diana Bellamy
Mrs. Pananides
Lance Kerwin
American Mercenary
Bill Stevenson
Biotest Guard
Kellie Overbey
Alice
Reviews
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