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Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, Donald Sutherland, Cuba Gooding Jr., Patrick Dempsey
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Outbreak |
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OUTBREAK is a movie directed by German born director Wolfgang Petersen (Das Boot) in 1995.
An extremely dangerous airborne virus is killing by dozen the population of a small California town. While the army is isolating the town, an army doctor (Dustin Hoffman) and his crew is searching for a cure. They'll eventually discover that this virus is not unknown to some militaries who'd preferred to wipe out the town rather than to help Hoffman find how this plague has entered the country.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Outbreak |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 70%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Medical Thriller?
Yes
Medical Plotlets:
- getting cure/new technology
Technology/treasure/info search
Yes
involving:
- cure/disease/bioweapons
Disaster, Natural/Nuclear
Yes
Kind of disaster:
- plague
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- doctor
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) long curly
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Africa
Yes
Part of Africa:
- Black Africa
Air?
Yes
Air:
- passenger plane
- warplane
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
- scientific labs
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 2 (a little)
Kind of violence:
- mission to rescue
- mission to destroy something
- mental battles
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- flamed
- biohazard/virus
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding bombs
- nasty human transformations
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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