| Product Summary | | Publisher: GENIUS PRODUCTS | | Format: DVD | | UPC: 00796019803748 | | Buy.com Sku: 204713782 | | Item#: V2JLFF | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25216 | | Category Keywords: Death Disasters Doctors | | Rating: NR |
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| | | The Fear is Real. The Panic is Spreading.
Features: DVD, Widescreen
When a Los Angeles bound passenger airline reports an inexplicable death mid-flight, Dr. Kayla Martin (Tiffani Thiessen) of the Center for Disease Control is called in to evaluate the frightening possibilities - the reality of the bird flu, the probability of a biological attack, or worse, a new virus that can't be contained. With the clock ticking and a search for Patient Zero commencing around the globe, the virus begins to spread, the body count continues to rise, and the fear cannot be stopped. Featuring an all-star cast including Faye Dunaway, Eric Roberts, and French Stewart, Pandemic is a gripping and all too real human drama - now spreading to DVD for the first time!
"Fans of former teen icons cast as brilliant virologists need to stand up and take notice: Kelly Kapowski is in the house!" David Johnson, DVD Verdict
"...hypochondria-inducing fun...chock full of stars...[and] highly character-driven, mimicking the ensemble storylines that made films like "Crash" so engrossing." Laura Fries, Variety
Editor's Note
The outbreak of a strange, deadly virus aboard a passenger plane sends Los Angeles into a panic in this terrifying TV movie. As the virus spreads across the city and the death toll rises, Dr. Kayla Martina (Tiffani Thiessen, FASTLANE) fights to control the outbreak while reasoning with stubborn public officials, including the mayor (Eric Roberts) and governor (Faye Dunaway, NETWORK).
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Featurette: Creating A Pandemic - Behind-The-Scenes With The Director & Production Crew | | Interactive Menus | | Interviews With The Cast | | Original Trailer | | Scene Selection |
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Release Information
| | Studio: GENIUS PRODUCTS |
| Release Date: 8/14/2007 |
| Running Time: 170 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2007 | | Catalog ID: 80374 | | UPC: 00796019803748 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1 |
| Cast & Crew
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety 8 of 10
Just in time for spring cleaning season comes this motivational tale about deadly germs and the careless people who spread them. Director Armand Mastroianni, working from an ambitious script by Bryce and Jackie Zabel, throws in a few modern-day plot twists into the old school disaster formula for hokey, hypochondria-inducing fun. As in the glorious disaster movies of the 1970s, "Pandemic," an original for Hallmark Channel, is chock full of stars -- some legendary, some B-list, with melodrama a-plenty...Pic, which clocks in at three hours, starts off with gusto, but loses momentum and continuity by the second half. The Zabels' script is highly character-driven, mimicking the ensemble storylines that made films like "Crash" so engrossing. For the most part, the device works, although as the tale goes on, the pathology of the virus mutates, as does the notion of dramatic license...Theissan's got it nailed. The actress spends the majority of the film in Hazmat gear or with a mask on her face and still manages to look great..."Pandemic" does win points for not being heavyhanded; for the most part, it's all in good germy fun -- although Gov. Shaefer's wrap-up speech feels a little too much like an ad for big pharmaceuticals. - Laura Fries
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