Did the movie Contagion predict Covid-19? All you need to know about CONTAGION
| Genre | Drama/Science-fiction (film) |
| Runtime | 1 hour 46 minutes |
| Director | Steven Soderbergh |
| Writer | Scott Z. Burns |
| Stars | Marion Cotillard Matt Damon Laurence Fishburne Jude Law Gwyneth Paltrow Kate Winslet |
| Music By | Cliff Martinez |
| Release Date | 9 September 2011 |
| Country | United States |
| Official website | N/A |
Ratings
| IMDB | 6.7/10 | ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ |
| Rotten tomatoes | 85 % | ★★★★★★★★☆☆ |
Description
The movie is produced by Gregory Jacobs, Stacey Sher, and Michael Shamberg. It has been distributed by the company Warner Bros. Pictures.
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Plot
The movie follows a storyline where a pandemic has taken over. It is a flu or some other type of infection that has created chaos among Healthcare professionals, government officials and locals. All find themselves in the panicking situation as the CDC works to find a cure.
Cast & Crew
| Marion Cotillard | as | Dr. Leonora Orantes |
| Matt Damon | as | Mitch Emhoff |
| Laurence Fishburne | as | Dr. Ellis Cheever |
| Jude Law | as | Alan Krumwiede |
| Gwyneth Paltrow | as | Beth Emhoff |
| Kate Winslet | as | Dr. Erin Mears |
| Bryan Cranston | as | Rear Admiral Lyle Haggerty |
| Jennifer Ehle | as | Dr. Ally Hextall |
| Elliott Gould | as | Dr. Ian Sussman |
| Chin Han | as | Sun Feng |
Facts
• The outbreak of Corona Virus also called COVID 19 in the spring of 2020 has ignited a new curiosity in this film. |
| • Terrors of the CoVid-19 have overwhelmed the world in December 2019-2020 have encouraged people to observe this movie from a new angle as it is somewhat situation going around the world. According to Warner Bros, the movie was at rank 270th among its catalogue titles at the end of December but it has drastically changed since the beginning of 2020. It has jumped to the second place, next to the Harry Potter movies. |
• Marion Cotillard who played Dr. Leonora Orantes in the film was 6 months pregnant when she finished shooting her scenes. |
• For promoting this movie, Warner Bros. Pictures in Canada fabricated two giant Petri dishes treated with bacteria and fungi and placed them in a Toronto storefront window. Over the course of several days, the bacteria and fungi specimens developed to read the title of the movie and create biohazard symbols. |
| • The key to growing the virus was “a fatal bat cell line from Geelong”. This is a reference to the Australian Animal Health Laboratory, in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. |
• Initially Jennifer Connelly was considered to play Beth Emhoff which was played by Iron Man 3 star Gwyneth Paltrow. |
⇒ The movie has many simlarities to the Pandemic Corona and that is why it popped up in 2020 infront of my eye such as you. I liked the movie alot and would recommend it for sure. If you have watched the film let us know down in the comments what are your views about the film! Explore more movies in our Movies Quick Info section.
