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Virus (1995 Film)
''Virus'' is a 1995 television film starring Nicollette Sheridan, William Devane, Stephen Caffrey, Dakin Matthews, Kurt Fuller, Barry Corbin and William Atherton. It was directed by Armand Mastroianni and written by Robin Cook and Roger Young, based on Cook's 1987 novel ''Outbreak''. The film was also released on DVD under the title ''Formula for Death''. Plot This is based on the medical fiction novel ''Outbreak'' by Robin Cook. Cast * Nicollette Sheridan as Marissa Blumenthal * William Devane as Dr. Harbuck * Stephen Caffrey as Tad * Dakin Matthews as Dr. Dubcheck * Kurt Fuller as Dr. Williams * Barry Corbin as Dr. Clayman * William Atherton as Dr. Reginald Holloway * Joe Minjanes as Dr. Newman Reception Todd Everett of ''Variety'' wrote, "In reducing the hazard to the level of personal melodrama, both the feature and the telepic trivialize the real-life menace, which is plenty scary on its own." John J. O'Connor of ''The New York Times'' called the story inane and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outbreak (novel)
''Outbreak'' is a medical thriller written by Robin Cook and published in 1987 which deals with an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the United States. Despite its name and similar storyline, the book is not related to the 1995 movie also called ''Outbreak''. In 1995, the book was adapted into a film and released under the title "'' Robin Cook's Virus"'', later renamed ''Formula for Death'', starring Nicollette Sheridan and William Devane. Synopsis When the director of a Los Angeles health maintenance clinic succumbs to an untreatable and virulently contagious virus, killing himself and seven of his patients, the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta responds immediately with a state of high alert . Unless the virus is isolated and checked, mankind may be facing its gravest medical crisis since the Black Death The Black Death (also known as the Pestilence, the Great Mortality or the Plague) was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Western Eurasia and North Afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Cook (novelist)
Robert Brian "Robin" Cook (born May 4, 1940)Stookey, Lorena Laura (1996). ''Robin Cook: A Critical Companion'', Westport, Connecticut, London: Greenwood Press. is an American physician and novelist who writes about medicine and topics affecting public health. He is best known for combining medical writing with the thriller genre. Many of his books have been bestsellers on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller List. Several of his books have also been featured in ''Reader's Digest''. His books have sold nearly 400 million copies worldwide. Early life and career Cook was born in Brooklyn, New York City, and grew up in Woodside, Queens. He moved to Leonia, New Jersey when he was eight, where he could first have the "luxury" of having his own room. He graduated from Wesleyan University and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and finished his postgraduate medical training at Harvard. Cook ran the Cousteau Society's blood-gas lab in the south of France. He lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebola In Popular Culture
Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by ebolaviruses. Symptoms typically start anywhere between two days and three weeks after becoming infected with the virus. The first symptoms are usually fever, sore throat, muscle pain, and headaches. These are usually followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash and decreased liver and kidney function, at which point, some people begin to bleed both internally and externally. The disease kills between 25% and 90% of those infected – about 50% on average. Death is often due to shock from fluid loss, and typically occurs between six and 16 days after the first symptoms appear. Early treatment of symptoms increases the survival rate considerably compared to late start. The virus spreads through direct contact with body fluids, such as blood from infected humans or other animals, or from contact with items that have recently been cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Thriller Television Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NBC Network Original Films
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network. The flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, its headquarters are located at Comcast Building in New York City. The company also has offices in Los Angeles at 10 Universal City Plaza and Chicago at the NBC Tower. NBC is the oldest of the traditional "Big Three" American television networks, having been formed in 1926 by the Radio Corporation of America. NBC is sometimes referred to as the "Peacock Network," in reference to its stylized peacock logo, introduced in 1956 to promote the company's innovations in early color broadcasting. NBC has twelve owned-and-operated stations and nearly 200 affiliates throughout the United States and its territories, some of which are also available in Canada and Mexico via pay-television providers or in border areas over the air. NBC also maintains brand licensing agr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Armand Mastroianni A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual a |
