History Film / Outbreak

'''''Outbreak''''' (1995) is a suspense {{film}} starring Creator/DustinHoffman as Sam Daniels, Rene Russo as Robbie Keough, and Creator/DonaldSutherland as Gen. [=McClintock=] (among many others-Creator/MorganFreeman, Creator/KevinSpacey, Cuba Gooding, Jr.) depicting a what-if scenario surrounding a deadly fictional African virus called Motaba, inspired by real-life Ebola outbreaks, and speculating on the measures taken by the military and the Center for Disease Control if such an outbreak occurred in the United States.

A young man smuggling in a mnonkey for a pet trade happens to be infected with the same deadly virus, Motaba, that was killing an African village. Col. McClintock, sent to see the effects of the village, promises help. But what he really sends is a fuel-air-bomb to sterilize the town and everyone in it.

The smuggled monkey turns out to be unsuitable for use, and after it scratches Johnny, he sets it free and hops a flight home -- during which he falls seriously ill. He greets his girlfriend with as passionate a kiss as he can muster, then passes out. But the cat is out of the bag. Cedar Creek, California becomes infected with a mutated and airborne strain of the virus.

Doctor Daniels, Dr. Keough (his ex-wife), Dr. Casey Schuler and Major Salt begin to race against time to find a way to cure the deadly virus. Worse, the Army, once seieng projections of the virus' progress across the North American continent, advises the president...without sharing with him the information that they have a cure for the African strain and want to be able to use it as a biological weapon.

'''''Outbreak''''' (1995) is a suspense {{film}} starring Creator/DustinHoffman as Sam Daniels, Rene Russo as Robbie Keough, and Creator/DonaldSutherland as Col. McClintock (among many others-Creator/MorganFreeman, Creator/KevinSpacey, Cuba Gooding, Jr.) depicting a what-if scenario surrounding a deadly fictional African virus called Motaba, inspired by real-life Ebola outbreaks, and speculating on the measures taken by the military and the Center for Disease Control if such an outbreak occurred in the United States.

A young man smuggling in a mnonkey for a pet trade happens to be infected with the same deadly virus, Motaba, that was killing an African village. Col. McClintock, sent to see the effects of the village, promises help. But what he really sends is a fuel-air-bomb to sterilize the town and everyone in it.

The smuggled monkey turns out to be unsuitable for use, and after it scratches Johnny, he sets it free and hops a flight home -- during which he falls seriously ill. He greets his girlfriend with as passionate a kiss as he can muster, then passes out. But the cat is out of the bag. Cedar Creek, California becomes infected with a mutated and airborne strain of the virus.

Doctor Daniels, Dr. Keough (his ex-wife), Dr. Casey Schuler and Major Salt begin to race against time to find a way to cure the deadly virus. Worse, the Army, once seieng projections of the virus' progress across the North American continent, advises the president...without sharing with him the information that they have a cure for the African strain and want to be able to use it as a biological weapon.

'''''Outbreak''''' (1995) is a suspense {{film}} starring Creator/DustinHoffman, Rene Russo, and Creator/DonaldSutherland (among many others-Creator/MorganFreeman, Creator/KevinSpacey, Cuba Gooding, Jr.) depicting a what-if scenario surrounding a deadly fictional African virus called Motaba, inspired by real-life Ebola outbreaks, and speculating on the measures taken by the military and the Center for Disease Control if such an outbreak occurred in the United States. The film was nominated for various awards but failed to garner any major award nominations. Notable in that it was set-up as a [[DuelingMovies counter-production]] to a film adaptation of the novel ''The Hot Zone'' that never materialized.

* AMillionIsAStatistic: Wisely navigated when demonstrating the impact on the town's populace. The soldiers begin rounding up infectees in the quarantined small town, and we get to see only one woman say a tearful goodbye to her family. We follow her for a few minutes while they take a blood sample during her initial medical exam. There is even a close up of the phial, labeled "Sample 612". In a later scene, we see a scientist examining blood slides:
-->'''Scientist:''' "Sample 607: Infected. 608: Infected. 609: Infected. ''*Frustrated sigh*'' They can't all be infected. 610... Infected. 611...Infected. 612... Damn! Still infected!"

** At one point, a character working in BSL-4 is infected within seconds after his suit rips. This is why pressurized suits are used in the first place; Motaba would need powered flight to get to him.

** There is serious debate as to whether or not it is even ''possible'' for a virus that is not airborne to evolve that.

* EnsignNewbie: Major Salt fits this pretty well. He is a young Army doctor who when first introduced, has never been in the field before. In Zaire, when he witnesses the true horrors of a "hot zone" for the first time and realizes that reading about horrible diseases in a book is ''alot different'' than seeing it in person (something his older, more seasoned colleagues warned him about) he loses his cool, and starts vomiting and freaking out. And when working with a dangerous virus like Motaba, this can create more dangers for everyone. However, he gets himself together and toughens up, and really proves himself in the final parts of the movie. In fact he qualifies as MajorlyAwesome by the end of the movie.

* EnsignNewbie: Major Salt fits this pretty well. He is a young Army doctor who when first introduced, has never been in the field before. In Zaire, when he witnesses the true horrors of a "hot zone" for the first time and realizes that reading about horrible diseases in a book is ''alot different'' than seeing it in person (something his older, more seasoned colleagues warned him about) he loses his cool, and starts vomiting and freaking out. And when working with a dangerous virus like Motaba, this can create more dangers for everyone. However, he gets himself together and toughens up, and really proves himself in the final parts of the movie. In fact his he qualifies as MajorlyAwesome by the end of the movie.

* EnsignNewbie: Major Salt fits this pretty well. He is a young Army doctor who when first introduced, has never been in the field before. In Zaire, when he witnesses the true horrors of a "hot zone" for the first time and realizes that reading about horrible diseases in a book is ''alot different'' than seeing it in person (something his older, more seasoned colleagues warned him about) he loses his cool, and starts vomiting and freaking out. And when working with a dangerous virus like Motaba, this can creat more dangers for everyone. However, he gets himself together and toughens up, and really proves himself in the final parts of the movie. In fact his he qualifies as MajorlyAwesome by the end of the movie.

* EnsignNewbie: Major Salt fits this pretty well. He is a young Army doctor who when first introduced, has never been in the field before. In Zaire, when he witnesses the true horrors of a "hot zone" for the first time and realizes that reading about horrible diseases in a book is ''alot different'' than seeing it in person, something his older, more seasoned colleagues warned him about. He toughens up however, and really proves himself in the final parts of the movie.

-->'''Col. Danials:''' It's airborne!

* TheDogBitesBack: From the moment General [=McClintock=] arrives in Cedar Creek, he treats Lt. Colonel Briggs like total crap. Just look at the grin on Briggs' face when [[spoiler: he gets to put [=McClintock=] under arrest at the end]]. The General is GenreSavvy enough to {{lampshade}} how pleased the Colonel must feel about this.

* TheDogBitesBack: From the moment General [=McClintock=] arrives in Cedar Creek, he treats Lt. Colonel Briggs like total crap. Just look at the grin on Briggs' face when [[spoiler: he gets to put [=McClintock=] under arrest at the end]].

[[caption-width-right:350:This animal carries a deadly virus, and the greatest medical crisis in history is about to happen.]]

'''''Outbreak''''' (1995) is a suspense {{film}} starring Creator/DustinHoffman , Rene Russo, and Creator/DonaldSutherland (among many others-Creator/MorganFreeman, Creator/KevinSpacey, Cuba Gooding, Jr.) depicting a what-if scenario surrounding a deadly fictional African virus called Motaba, inspired by real-life Ebola outbreaks, and speculating on the measures taken by the military and the Center for Disease Control if such an outbreak occurred in the United States. The film was nominated for various awards but failed to garner any major award nominations. Notable in that it was set-up as a [[DuelingMovies counter-production]] to a film adaptation of the novel ''The Hot Zone'' that never materialized.

-->'''Col. Danials:'''"It's Airborne!"

*** Although Dustin Hoffman's character may have been casually referring to [[spoiler:the Patrick Dempsey character and his girlfriend]]. That said, given the situation, it's highly likely at least some children in the town died.

* YouShallNotPass: In the climax, Daniels and Salt fly their helicopter right into the path of Sandman to prevent the bombing of Cedar Creek.

* ChekovsSkill: While going over Major Salt's personnel file, it's mentioned he's a trained helicopter pilot.