The Andromeda Strain

(Robert Wise, US 1971, 131min., 35mm)

Tricks through Time. Could a program on special effects be complete without the mention of legendary filmmaker and visual effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull? Based on the novel by Michael Crichton, this sci-fi thriller stars Arthur Hill, James Olson, Kate Reid, and David Wayne as a team of scientists investigating the outbreak of a deadly microorganism brought to Earth on a satellite. With The Andromeda Strain, Trumbull experiments with photographic visual effects he had used in Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey and innovates with advanced computer renderings for the first time in Hollywood.