Virus (1999 film)
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| Directed by | John Bruno |
| Produced by | Gale Anne Hurd |
| Written by | Chuck Pfarrer |
| Music by | Joel McNeely |
| Cinematography | David Eggby |
| Editing by | Scott Smith |
| Distributed by | Universal Studios Home Video |
| Release date(s) | July 20, 1999 (USA) |
| Running time | 100 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$ 75,000,000 |
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Virus is a sci-fi/horror film released in 1999. The film is based on a Dark Horse comic book of the same name by Chuck Pfarrer.
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[edit] Overview
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
The film is about an alien lifeform which primarily inhabits electronic devices. The lifeform invades Mir (the Russian space station) and is transmitted to a Russian research ship, and sets out to exterminate the crew of a tugboat who find the derelict ship. To do this, the alien creates cyborgs by fusing the corpses of its victims with various electronic parts. These creations are manufactured in a mini-factory it built in the ship.
Spoilers end here.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Character |
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| Jamie Lee Curtis | Kelly Foster |
| William Baldwin | Steve Baker |
| Donald Sutherland | Captain Robert Everton |
| Joanna Pacula | Nadia Vinogradiya |
| Marshall Bell | J.W. Woods Jr. |
| Sherman Augustus | Richie Mason |
| Cliff Curtis | Hiko |
[edit] Trivia
- The ship used for the film is actually the USS Vandenberg, part of the James River Reserve Fleet. This ship is being removed from the fleet to be sunk as an artificial reef.
[edit] External links
- Virus at the Internet Movie Database
- Newport News Daily Press story on scrapping of the USS Vandenberg.
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