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Virus is a 1999 American horror and science fiction film directed by John Bruno and produced by Gale Anne Hurd. The screenplay was written by Chuck Pfarrer and Dennis Feldman, with Joel McNeely composing the music. The cast includes Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin, Q103784, and Joanna Pacuła. Filming took place in North Carolina, and the story is set on a ship, focusing on seamanship and alien life-forms.
The film was distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix in video on demand format. It has a runtime of approximately 100 minutes and was released in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, and France. Production companies involved include Mutual Film Company, Dark Horse Entertainment, Valhalla Motion Pictures, and UGC PH. The movie carries an R rating.
Critical reception included a review score of 14% and a Metascore of 19. Audience ratings listed an IMDb score of 5.1 from 31,516 votes and a TMDb average of 5.408. The film had a budget of 75,000,000 and generated revenue of 30,700,000. Its tagline states, "Life on earth is in for a shock."
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5.4When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be destroyed.
Cast
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Kelly Foster
- William Baldwin as Steve Baker
- Donald Sutherland as Captain Robert Everton
- Joanna Pacula as Nadia Vinogradova
- Marshall Bell as J.W. Woods Jr.
- Sherman Augustus as Richie
Themes
- desertion
- tornado
- alien life-form
- evil
- insurance
- virus
- sci-fi horror
- android horror
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Ratings
IMDb
5.1/10
31,516 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
14%
Metacritic
19/100
- Year
- 1999
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- seamanship
- Director
- John Bruno
- Screenwriter
- Dennis Feldman
- Cast member
- Sherman Augustus
- Composer
- Joel McNeely
- Producer
- Gale Anne Hurd
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- David Eggby
- Filming location
- North Carolina
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 165273
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Virus1.gif
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- publication date
- 1999-05-20
- title
- Virus
- distributed by
- Netflix
- executive producer
- Mark Gordon
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- different from
- Virus
- set in environment
- ship
- review score
- 19/100
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