The Andromeda Strain
1971 · 131 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 41,746 VOTES · DIR. Robert Wise
Overview
When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scramble to a secure laboratory and try to first isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont - an old alcoholic and a six-month-old baby - survived. The scientists methodically study the alien life form unaware that it has already mutated and presents a far greater danger in the lab, which is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device designed to prevent the escape of dangerous biological agents.
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00:04:15 Piedmont, New Mexico. Population 68.
00:10:51 What is this?
00:14:48 I want that new plate read as soon as it's developed.
00:18:53 "and to provide laboratories for its analysis.
00:27:54 Have a look at his buttocks.
00:33:59 No, but... I'll get you an appointment.
00:40:06 Ding-a-ling. That means a message coming in is for the Wildfire Team.
00:44:14 We don't want anything to contaminate a possible organism.
00:48:59 Have you any allergies? Yes, to ragweed pollen.
00:55:42 Do you wish something, sir?
00:59:13 Notice the capsule has already been delivered...
01:06:06 - Have you worked in them? - Not for real. But I've been drilling for three months.
01:12:38 There's a good chance it's alive. Airborne transmission?
01:19:38 If this is really something new, some brand-new form oflife...
01:24:57 Naturally he has acidosis. His blood pH was nine points off normal.
01:30:02 These were highly-trained electronics men, Senator
01:35:05 You could spend years working on a thing like that without solving its structure.
01:40:09 I tried to talk him into usin' squeeze.
01:45:05 We sent you a couple messages on it.
01:49:33 No, you've got to stop 7-12 from being carried out.
01:53:26 All right, I'll run them against a rat in autopsy.
01:57:38 - What the hell you doing? - Turn off the oxygen. Put him on room air.
02:01:14 Right in front of you.
02:05:53 There are now two minutes to self-destruct.