
Outbreak is a movie novelization written by Robert Tine in 1995 and based on the movie of the same name, directed by Wolfgang Petersen in 1995. The movie features Dustin Hoffman, René Russo, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, Cuba Gooding Jr., Donald Sutherland, and others.
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Book by Richard Preston
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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
1995
Pages
336
Book Rate
8.06
S: Goodreads
Book
Outbreak
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“The graphic novel is a great form that can be used to marry the book format with the movie.”
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