History Film / TheAndromedaStrain

* FreezeFrameBonus: The opening credits showcase close-ups of a variety of government documents and forms that make sense as the plot goes on, including requisition forms for the construction of the Wildfire compund, [[spoiler:projection schematics of the spread of Andromeda made by bio-warfare researchers]] and [[spoiler:the Odd Man Hypothesis research documents, showing how Hall fits in it.]]

* OverflowError: The pathologists analyzing the disease run a computer simulation of the casualties that would result if the contagion ever EscapedFromTheLab. After blossoming from population hubs in the United States and Canada, the screen blanked to a single number: 808. The technician informs them that 808 means the computer can't calculate contamination levels that huge.

''The Andromeda Strain'' is a 1971 [[ScienceFiction sci-fi]] [[DisasterMovie disaster]] movie based on the [[Literature/TheAndromedaStrain novel of the same name]] by Creator/MichaelCrichton. Directed by Creator/RobertWise, it stars Arthur Hill (Dr. Jeremy Stone), James Olson (Dr. Mark Hall), Kate Reid (Dr. Ruth Leavitt), and Creator/DavidWayne (Dr. Charles Dutton) and follows the book closely (except for the names of the characters Leavitt and Dutton).

''The Andromeda Strain'' is a 1971 [[ScienceFiction sci-fi]][=/=][[DisasterMovie disaster]] movie based on the [[Literature/TheAndromedaStrain novel of the same name]] by Creator/MichaelCrichton. Directed by Creator/RobertWise, it stars Arthur Hill (Dr. Jeremy Stone), James Olson (Dr. Mark Hall), Kate Reid (Dr. Ruth Leavitt), and Creator/DavidWayne (Dr. Charles Dutton) and follows the book closely (except for the names of the characters Leavitt and Dutton).

* CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: The Department of Defense's Wildfire laboratory, a five-story underground facility, is located in the (fictional) town of Flatrock, Nevada, below a U.S.Department of Agriculture research station. In the novel, Hall, as the AudienceSurrogate, is told that the research facility is a real station and is developing a strain of corn that would grow well in desert-like conditions. Anyone who visits will even get a tour of the station if they want to allay suspicion. The same goes for the seeming lack of security; none is visible besides a chainlink fence, a guy opening and closing the gate and another older man at the main desk. While it ''looks'' lacking on the surface, it ''is'' there in the form of hidden sensors, radar and silent attack dogs preventing a covert approach or an overt intrusion.

* CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: The Department of Defense's Wildfire laboratory, a five-story underground facility, is located in the (fictional) town of Flatrock, Nevada, below a U.S.Department of Agriculture research station. In the novel, Hall, as the AudienceSurrogate, is told that the research facility is a real station and is developing a strain of corn that would grow well in desert-like conditions. Anyone who visits will even get a tour of the station if they want to allay suspicion. The same goes for the seeming lack of security; none is visible besides a guy opening and closing the gate and another older man at the main desk. While it ''looks'' lacking on the surface, it ''is'' there in the form of hidden sensors, radar and silent attack dogs preventing a covert approach or an overt intrusion.

* CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: The Department of Defense's Wildfire laboratory, a five-story underground facility, is located in the (fictional) town of Flatrock, Nevada, below a U.S.Department of Agriculture research station. In the novel, Hall, as the AudienceSurrogate, is told that the research facility is a real station and is developing a strain of corn that would grow well in desert-like conditions. Anyone who visits will even get a tour of the station if they want to allay suspicion. The same goes for the seeming lack of security; it is there in the form of hidden sensors, radar and silent attack dogs preventing a covert approach or an overt intrusion.

* CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: The Department of Defense's Wildfire laboratory, a five-story underground facility, is located in the (fictional) town of Flatrock, Nevada, below a U.S.Department of Agriculture research station. In the novel, Hall, as the AudienceSurrogate, is told that the research facility is a real station and is developing a strain of corn that would grow well in desert-like conditions. Anyone who visits will even get a tour of the station if they want to allay suspicion.

* CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: The Department of Defense's Wildfire laboratory, a five-story underground facility, is located in the (fictional) town of Flatrock, Nevada, below a U.S.Department of Agriculture research station. In the novel, Hall, as the AudienceSurrogate, is told that the research facility is a real station and has developed a strain of corn that would grow well in desert-like conditions. Anyone who visits who doesn't give the correct code phrase will even get a tour of the station to allay suspicion.

'''Dutton''': That's how it's supposed to look. They spent $50,000 on this road.\\

* FanserviceExtra: The topless hippie girl who is amongst the Piedmont casualties, and we get a long shot of her upper body on the montage of said casualties being checked by the Wildfire team.

* CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: The Department of Defense's Wildfire laboratory, a five-story underground facility, is located in the (fictional) town of Flatrock, Nevada, below a U.S.Department of Agriculture research station. In the novel, Hall, as the AudienceSurrogate, is told that the research facility is a real station and has developed a strain of corn that would grow well in desert-like conditions.