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Nuclear Threat | Foreboding
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Best Original Score Motion Picture | 1972 | Gil
Best Dramatic Presentation | 1972 | Michael
Budget 6,500,000 USD
Box Office Collection 12,376,563 USD
Michael Crichton was invited to take a tour of "Universal Studios" during the production of this film. His guide was none other than Steven Spielberg, who went on to adapt Crichton's most successful novel, Jurassic Park (1993).
Special effects to create the germ from space cost $250,000.
Patient Jackson states that he drinks "squeeze", otherwise known as Sterno, or "canned heat"; a gelled fuel made of ethanol and methanol that is sold in short, wide cans with resealable lids. When lit, it produces a low, even flame and is used primarily for heating food, as in chafing dishes. Although poisonous to drink, it became popular during prohibition, particularly in homeless camps. The product would be placed in cheesecloth or a sock and squeezed to produce the liquid alcohol, which would be mixed with fruit juice to make so-called "jungle juice." The nickname, "squeeze" is taken from this squeezing process.
This movie was made before the era of CGI, forcing the filmmakers to rely totally on practical effects. For example, the rotating holographic display of the facility layout was created using a projector and a simple of piece of cardboard that was raised as each level was added.
Effects footage and props from this film were reused in a number of episodes of "Universal Pictures" TV series for more than a decade after its release, including "The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)," "The Bionic Woman (1976)," "Knight Rider (1982)" and "Airwolf (1984)."
"Dr. Jeremy Stone: According to this, there'll be a super-colony of Andromeda over the entire southwest in... Dr. Charles Dutton: [interrupting] Jeremy! These are biological warfare maps! Dr. Jeremy Stone: Why, yes... so they are... uh... but... simulations, Charlie. Defensive... it's just a scenario. Dr. Ruth Leavitt: That's not the point, for God's sake! Wildfire was built for germ warfare! Wildfire AND Scoop! And you knew, Stone! YOU KNEW IT! Dr. Jeremy Stone: That's not true, Ruth! I learned about Scoop the same time you did! Dr. Charles Dutton: They already have Andromeda programmed! The purpose of Scoop was to find new biological weapons in outer space, and then use Wildfire to develop them! Dr. Ruth Leavitt: It stinks, Stone! Dr. Jeremy Stone: You're blowing your tops! We have no proof... Dr. Charles Dutton: The map! Dr. Jeremy Stone: Don't be an ass! That map only shows what Andromeda could do in the hands of an enemy! Dr. Charles Dutton: Enemy? We did it to ourselves! Dr. Jeremy Stone: Perhaps! But this is hardly the time to organize a protest! Dr. Ruth Leavitt: [sarcastic] Another giant leap for mankind!"
"[finding a man dead by self-inflicted drowning in a bathtub] Dr. Jeremy Stone: I wouldn't believe you could commit suicide that way. Dr. Mark Hall: Most of them died instantly, but a few had time to go quietly nuts."
