Friday 9 September 2011

Contagion' Cruises (2011) Review

Contagion is a 2011 American thriller film centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak. The film is directed by Steven Soderbergh, and stars Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Kate Winslet. The film was released on September 9, 2011.
 



Contagion 'Review :Our temperature is elevated and our palms are sweaty over Soderbergh's apocalyptic virus movie, Contagion.Oh, God, I can only imagine what’s microbes are all over this keyboard. I mean, I touched a bar on the subway before coming to work, and now I’m typing, and I rubbed my eye a moment ago and... oh, I think I feel a little tickle in the back of my throat.These are the thoughts you’ll have after seeing Contagion. That’s the negative. The positive is that you’ll see that rarest of things: a story told in a new way.
Synopsis:
Contagion follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast-moving pandemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. As the virus spreads around the world, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart.
Cast:
* Marion Cotillard as Dr. Leonora Orantes
* Matt Damon as Thomas Emhoff
* Laurence Fishburne as Dr. Ellis Cheever
* Jude Law as Alan Krumwiede
* Gwyneth Paltrow as Beth Emhoff
* Kate Winslet as Dr. Erin Mears
* Enrico Colantoni as Dennis French
* Bryan Cranston as Lyle Haggerty
* Jennifer Ehle as Ally Hextall
* Sanaa Lathan as Mrs. Cheever
* Demetri Martin as Dr. David Eisenberg
* Elliott Gould as Dr. Ian Sussman
* Chin Han as Sun Feng
* John Hawkes as Roger
* Amr Waked as Rafik
* Daria Strokous as Irina
* Dr. Sanjay Gupta as himself
Production:
Contagion is directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Scott Z. Burns. The project was announced in February 2010 with the news that Matt Damon and Jude Law were cast in Contagion in their first collaboration since The Talented Mr. Ripley in 1999. Kate Winslet and Marion Cotillard joined the cast later in the month. Soderbergh received cooperation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and also worked with a group of scientific advisers for the film. With a production budget of $60 million, filming began on September 25, 2010 and was initially scheduled to last until January 11, 2011.
Release:
Contagion had its world premiere at the 68th Venice Film Festival on September 3, 2011. The film was commercially released on September 9, 2011 in the United States and Canada in 3,222 theaters. It was originally scheduled for October 21, 2011. Though the film had a production budget of $60 million.

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