Outbreak is a movie directed by Wolfgang Petersen in 1995 and based on the book The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus by Richard Preston, first published in 1994. The movie features Dustin Hoffman, René Russo, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, Cuba Gooding Jr., Donald Sutherland, and others.
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Storyline
In 1967, during the Kisangani Mutinies, a virus called Motaba, which causes a deadly fever, is discovered in the African jungle. Twenty-eight years later, Colonel Sam Daniels, a USAMRIID virologist, is sent to investigate an outbreak in Zaire. He and his crew—Lieutenant Colonel Casey Schuler and new recruit Major Salt—gather information and return to the United States.
Movie vs Book
Year
1995
Minutes
127
Movie Rate
6.60
Source: IMDb
Year
1994
Pages
352
Book Rate
8.24
S: Goodreads
Book
The Hot Zone
Subtitle: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
Author: Richard Preston
Country: USA
First published in: 1994
Length: 352 pages
Genre: Non Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
TV Series by James V. Hart, Brian Peterson, Kelly Souders
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“Each time I work with an author, I say to them, 'A book and a movie are different things.'”
JASON REITMAN (Filmmaker)
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