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"Contagion" 3-D virus thriller dir. by Steven Soderbergh

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Commodore
Commodore
starring Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Marion Cotillard

dir. by Steven Soderbergh
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=66026
imdb listing
Contagion (2011)
synopsis:
An action-thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak.

Release Date:
21 October 2011 (USA)
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Sounds like Outbreak to me!
hmm other films in the virus thriller category:

Outbreak (1995)
summary:
A lethal virus is transported to the United States via an African monkey host. The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infections Diseases and the Centre for Disease Control are two Federal agencies headed by an ex-husband and his former wife rush to stop its deadly spread.
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Contagion (2001)
aka "The Last Breath" - USA (TV title)
summary: a group of terrorists have concocted a seemingly unstoppable strain of Ebola, and their first target is the President of the United States (Bruce Boxleitner)! As the virus spreads, an epidemic seems inevitable, but a team of courageous doctors and scientists, led by Dr. Diane Landis (Megan Gallagher) work desperately to contain the threat.
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Deep Red (1994) (TV)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Carriers (2009)

The Andromeda Strain (1971)
28 Days Later... (2002)
The Crazies (1973)/ and remake The Crazies (2010)
 
This is one of my notable films of the year so I'll be watching...in 2D though if it's available otherwise I'll pass on it.
 
Been waiting to see how a serious, straightforward 3D drama with critical cred will be received... this could be just that test run.

Also, 3D Kate Winslet? I'm definitely interested.
 
Yeah, I've been looking forward to this one as well.

I don't ordinarily care for 3D, but now I'm actually curious to see what Soderbergh does with it.
 
Oh wow. I have a shelf of epidemic books and a plush Ebola toy on my desk at work. I'm very much interested.

I have Outbreak on DVD. Silly as it is, it's a great romp. There was actually a competing movie called "Crisis in the Hot Zone" which was to be directed by Ridley Scott and to star Robert Redford and Jodie Foster. Sadly, it never got off the ground.
 
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I saw this last night and quite enjoyed it. I wouldn't really call it an "action" thriller, though, as that synopsis quoted in the opening post did. Soderbergh took a much different approach to this type of epidemic movie than most directors do or would.
 
Beyond Antares said:
Why was it in 3D?
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Why do hate progress?

Don't you know that's like asking "why was it in colour?" Or, "why did it have sound?"

Get with the times, or get out of the way, Grandpa. It's a whole new dimension for a whole new millennium. 3D for 3K.




But seriously...

I don't know. I'm curious about that myself.
 
Beyond Antares said:
Why was it in 3D?
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That's a very good question, and I didn't even know there was a 3D release until I saw this thread. None of the three local theaters here are showing it in 3D, though the theater with the "fake" IMAX (i.e., not full-size) has "The IMAX Experience" version (not sure if that's 3D or not). I saw absolutely nothing during the film where I thought 3D would make any sense at all. I haven't tried finding any information as to this, but I'm left wondering if the studio ended up deciding not to do a 3D version after all.
 
I don't think it ended up having a 3D release (although the studio did release it in IMAX, which strikes me as a bit bizarre given what I've heard about the movie).
 
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