The Andromeda Strain (1971) Part 01

[jackoadeetayo1]

boy that is some dead bird...

[Trudeau790]

I remember reading the book 20 years ago and hoping I could find the movie. I'm glad to see it is so easily accessible.

[StacyatLife]

The Intro to this movie is surprisingly modern for 2009. It was well done.

[djfakt]

The 70s was the real golden era of films...SO, so many brilliant movies. Before the corporations took over and they were actually making ART.

[slowgrabber]

Thanks for posting. I think a lot of the credit has to go Robert Wise, a director who never let his ego get in the way of a good screenplay, which this movie has.

[weldon0m]

awesome movia...true atmosphere .....WATCH IT.....I IMPLOR YOU ALL !

[stegatops]

Couldnt agree more...........it was cerebral, not overdone.............proof of what can be done on a low budget.

[TwilightfeenXD]

Grr. I havent finished the book.&& i gotta do a book report on itt hopefully this movie covers everything.!! ^_^

[FireXtheRipper]

i watched the movie when i was 11 ... and actulay i was scared by it ^^

[argumenteren]

So do I! I was eleven in 1976 and was anxious after watching this movie.

[shuhelali]

I watched it when I was 6 back in 1979 - yup, scared me then too

[ATY9Productions]

I just finished reading the book... pretty cool...

[goldenthroat86]

This 1971 movie version is VERY faithful to the book. Why is it now that every insect in Hollywood thinks that they can "improve" a masterpiece like this by re-writing the plot of master writers like Crichton.

[edward18517]

The original film is one of the most faithful story-adaptations in a movie conversion I'd ever seen.

[ilovechickenmeat]

It's exactly like what I imagined when I read the book

[IETCHX]

fkn wicked, gotta watch it...

[Kenn1965]

This film was well ahead of it's time and no sorry rehash of it will ever come close. The original is still the best.

[Travieso78702]

THIS IS A CLASSIC!!!. I'm not a big sci-fi buff but I loved this movie and I read the book. Great.

[canudigit3000]

In addition, I credit Robert Wise, the director, an extraordinary artist who could do anything from "The Day the Earth Stood Still" to the "Sound of Music"...

[STEVEGET]

A superb movie, much better than a lot of modern movies with all their special effects, and no story line.

[Ironfist090873]

Correctly you exactly hit it.

I rarely watch up to Date movies becuase of that.

I think a good storyline and good actors are much more important to generate a good movie then 3 D Special Effects alone can do.

[festilina]

Agreed. This is a real classic, one of the best ever. There's something about it that really stands out cinematically. And the music concrete/electroniche soundtrack is special as well. I remember seeing it as a kid and being quite freaked out by the quiet weirdness of it. Years later, it still gets to me.

[DudeLove6221]

Awesome! I watched it on German tv when I must have been about 10 years old (I was born in 1967). It has been absolutely fascinating along with movies like Phase IV.

The German version does not contain the original intro btw - having the translated title "Andromeda - Tödlicher Staub aus dem All" (Deadly Dust from Space) - so we learned just later about the cause of the deaths.

[cyberzonie]

A Classic. enough said

[goford90]

this is a great movie

[gilnov]

I love this movie.

[Beamshipcaptain]

My mom and dad took me and my whole class to Manhattan to the theatre, to see this for my 10th birthday party, in May, 1971. We were all spellbound! Crackerjack, top-notch sci-fi from the late master, Michael Crichton.

[AxelCutlass]

A truly lost classic.

Was this movie released on DVD?

[ElvisandJohnny]

Michael is pure genius, masterful, and a beast

[AlephNine]

This has always been one of my favorite movies. Someone should be kicked in the nuts for that idiotic remake.

[yankeegurl62]

alephnine....I agree....just watched the remake again....there was no suspense...and the garbage that they put it was so uncalled for. The 70's original movie...was/is a edge of your seat thriller, even more so today. I love the original.....Stick to the story Hollywood....

[JixMa]

@AlephNine

"This has always been one of my favorite movies. Someone should be kicked in the nuts for that idiotic remake."

Hear, hear! I couldn't agree with you more. "The Andromeda Strain" is also one of my all-time favorite movies. God, why can't they make movies any longer that become classics like this one is? Today's movies are all so instantly forgettable, even a day after you watched them. I remember practically every scene of "TheAndrStrain". "Dr. Strangelove" is another like that.

[Bobanort]

I agree with you. Hollywood has run out of originality and the American public accepts second rate entertainment from these fools. They need to leave the classics alone!! Look at the butchery they're committing with Clash of the Titans!! Now they all talk smack about Harryhausen, but the techniques he used are still used with the cgi . . only it's digital puppets instead of physical ones and the keyframing is automated.

[fedecy]

thanks for this

[cro499]

Crichton was the most original story-teller .Brilliant novel adapted into one of Robert Wise,s best movie,s .Crichton also has a brief cameo in the movie.........The remake however was pants,

[ugalawdog98]

Crichton was a genius. Al Gore is a moron.  The sad part is that so many people follow Gore.

[cro499]

Michael Crichton was a true story telling genius.If you read any his novels they are brilliantly plotted and highly original.....so long tall guy....R.I.P.

[Haloboy326]

huh, I'm only 15, and I read this book in 7th grade, and I have to admit, it kind of scared me the 1st time. Now I'm literally writing a book report on it for an AP Biology class in High School.

I agree, I am a teenager raised in the 21st century when movies are not satisfying to us unless everything is CG. After seeing the 1971 version of the film, it has recaptured my mind, and will remain, in my opinion, one of the best books ever written.

In recommendation read "SPHERE" by Dr. Crichton.

[starcastically]

In addition to SPHERE, read Prey. Amazing.

[lonelywolf1966]

Much better than the new version!!!! I remeber the first time i saw this, it scared the hell out of me!!! thanks for this

[diamondbackseye]

I first saw this in 1982, when I was nine. One thing about the remake that was cool was the message from the future angle, that wasn't even suggested in the 1971 version.

The fact that man was still taking trips to the moon at the time this movie was released must have heightened interest, it's hard to picture that now. How the hell the human race could travel to the moon, and then lose interest in continuing to do so is beyond me.

[Beamshipcaptain]

Exactly. But you must realise that NASA, The ESA, and the Russian Space Agency are just a supercolossal theater, the REAL space program is military, with technology 60-years ahead of what we are being shown, and TOP SECRET, black budgeted. Ther is I believe a moon and a mars international base, since the mid 1960s.

[Sinanthir]

What's on the moon will scare you 2 death.....

the things on the moon will put fear in humanity.......there's a reason 4 all the cover ups.........

[AblePumper]

A StrainMov, I THANK GOD that You have found and preserved the ORIGINAL FILM VERSION for all to enjoy.

I think Dr. Crichton would be pleased as well.

[ericberner]

whoa! Cal Tech and JPL? wow- thats what I call tech support =O

[BUDDY6414724297]

Doug Trumbull did not know that he would when he made this film that he would soon become a movie director for the film SILENT RUNNING.

[elrond98031]

I really like this version of the andromida strain better then the new one that is out on DVD and thank you for posting it up here

[pieaficionado]

Thanks for the post.

Why don't they make films like this anymore?

[AStrainMov]

It's in the directors hands... many young directors today do not surround themselves with or listen to people who are experts in the technology of the story.. ie Doctors, Scientists, Engineers, etc... The directors think they are experts and they don't know shit.... LOL....

[AblePumper]

They don't make films like this anymore because the "Talent Pool" in H'Wood has dried up completely and the current crop of "film makers" are more interested in putting their own hatreds, prejudices, love for hedonism and contempt for anything above a Good Story and Characters.

[KingBizarre]

I agree wholeheartedly. its rare to find storytellers anymore, now its all car chases, explosions and women with fake t**s. Tinseltown is now home of rehashed, half assed films with casts of under 30 no talent hacks.

[crockyoshighty]

Well that's putting it in a nut shell ! ( LOL) It's absolutely true though, I can't even remember the last time I went to see a flick that didn't make me want to put my head in an oven. 99% of all average telly, movies, music out today, just leave me gobslaped with their pusillanimous drivel. Can't even think what it is, probably because it's, nothing. I watch people watching and wonder what it is that they find interesting enough in it to watch? Hello 1984 ! :o)o:

[jaylamp]

Good movie. Much better book. The book is so real you felt like it really happened.

[PrinceDimeXI]

cause most likely it did

[goldenthroat86]

The film is VERY faithful to the book. thanks for posting!

[alpha8147]

Almost entire town and two military men kill by something so small you can't see it with the naked eye.

[farco27]

Thank for posting, didn't known about this film b4, great watching !!!

[Dalnijrus]

Many thanks for these uploads!

[IAMBELOVEDIAM]

Thanks for posting for free!

[AStrainMov]

I accept all donations... LOL...

[IAMBELOVEDIAM]

Astrain,

So do I brother. LOL

[Sakirben]

THANKS A LOT

[gboygenocide]

THIS IS GOOD

[Gayunderweather]

This music's creepy for one jeers for this one.

[GorFrag]

I just saw the new one, This one may be dated but it still rocks!

[Mosesblah]

Thanks for posting. I just started reading the book and I can't put it down.

[youthbowlofohio]

I know!! haha

Same here!

This books is very suspenseful because it is in such great detail. And you don't want to put it down because YOU GOT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT! haha I love this book.

[ugalawdog98]

The book kicks ass. I must have read it at least five times. And go see Michael Crichton's website if global warming concerns you.

[ronallen10000]

Amen to that, man.

Michael Crichton - RIP.

[Gayunderweather]

What's the book like is like the film or better?

[ronallen10000]

The film is good, but the book is great.

[RsChoas0wnage]

wow im reading the book on it lol and i have to do a report ;(

[joedirtcal88]

Thank you so much for putting this up! I love the original one.. I actually just ordered it!