Contagion is a 2011 American thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh. Its ensemble cast includes Marion Cotillard, Bryan Cranston, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, and Jennifer Ehle. The plot concerns the spread of a virus transmitted by fomites, attempts by medical researchers and public health officials to identify and contain the disease, the loss of social order in a pandemic, and finally the introduction of a vaccine to halt its spread. To follow several interacting plot lines, the film makes use of the multi-narrative “hyperlink cinema” style, popularized in several of Soderbergh’s films.
- Starring : Marion Cotillard / Matt Damon
- Genre : Action / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
- Country : United Arab Emirates / United States
- Language : English / Mandarin / Cantonese
- Director : Steven Soderbergh
- Production : Warner Bros. / Participant / Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ / Double Feature Films / Digital Image Associates / Regency Enterprises
- Distributor : Warner Bros. / 20th Century Fox / ACME / Columbia TriStar Warner Filmes de Portugal / FS Film / Filmcompagniet / Village Films / Argentina Video Home / Audio Visual Entertainment / Film1 / Home Box Office (HBO) / MediaPro Distribution / Net5 / Netflix / Warner Bros. Entertainment Finland / Warner Home Video
Contagion movie
Contagion release date
- September 8, 2011 : Singapore
- September 9, 2011 : Canada
- September 9, 2011 : India
- September 9, 2011 : USA
- September 22, 2011 : Switzerland (Zurich Film Festival)
- September 25, 2011 : UK (Cambridge Film Festival)
- October 3, 2011 : Germany (Hamburg Film Festival)
- October 6, 2011 : Spain (Sitges Film Festival)
- October 14, 2011 : Spain
- October 20, 2011 : Australia
- October 20, 2011 : Germany
- October 21, 2011 : UK
- October 21, 2011 : Ireland
- October 21, 2011 : Sweden
- October 27, 2011 : Israel
- November 9, 2011 : France
- November 12, 2011 : Japan
Contagion cast
- Gwyneth Paltrow as Beth Emhoff
- Tien You Chui as Li Fai(as Chui Tien You)
- Josie Ho as Li Fai’s Sister
- Daria Strokous as Irina
- Matt Damon as Mitch Emhoff
- Griffin Kane as Clark Morrow
- Yoshiaki Kobayashi as Japanese Bus Man
- Laurence Fishburne as Dr. Ellis Cheever
- John Hawkes as Roger
- Jude Law as Alan Krumwiede
- Monique Gabriela Curnen as Lorraine Vasquez
- Teri McEvoy as School Nurse
- Sue Redman as ER Nurse #1
- Teri Campbell as ER Nurse #2
- Stef Tovar as Dr. Arrington
Contagion is a 2011 American thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh. Its ensemble cast includes Marion Cotillard, Bryan Cranston, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, and Jennifer Ehle. The plot concerns the spread of a virus transmitted by fomites, attempts by medical researchers and public health officials to identify and contain the disease, the loss of social order in a pandemic, and finally the introduction of a vaccine to halt its spread. To follow several interacting plot lines, the film makes use of the multi-narrative “hyperlink cinema” style, popularized in several of Soderbergh’s films.
Soderbergh and screenwriter Scott Z. Burns had collaborated on The Informant! (2009). Following that film’s release, Burns brought up the idea of producing a medical thriller film depicting the rapid spread of a virus, which was inspired by various pandemics such as the 2003 SARS epidemic and the 2009 flu pandemic, and seems to cover a Hendra virus-like threat. To devise an accurate perception of a pandemic event, Burns consulted with representatives of the World Health Organization as well as noted medical experts such as W. Ian Lipkin and Lawrence “Larry” Brilliant. Principal photography started in Hong Kong in September 2010, and continued in Chicago, Atlanta, London, Geneva, and San Francisco until February 2011.
Contagion premiered at the 68th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy on September 3, 2011, and went on general release on September 9. The film was acclaimed by critics, who praised the narratives and the performances of various actors and actresses. It was also well received by scientists, who praised its accuracy. Commercially, the film was a box office success. Budgeted at $60 million, Contagion took $135 million in box office revenue during its theatrical run.
Returning from a Hong Kong business trip, AIMM employee Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) has a layover in Chicago to rendezvous with a former lover before returning to her family in Minneapolis. She appears to have contracted a cold during her trip. Her six-year-old son from a previous marriage, Clark, also becomes sick and is sent home from school. Beth’s condition worsens and two days later she collapses with severe seizures. Her husband, Mitch (Matt Damon), rushes her to the hospital, but she dies of an unknown cause.
Mitch returns home and finds that Clark has also died from a similar infection. Mitch is placed in isolation but seems to be immune to the disease. He is released and returns home to his teenage daughter Jory, (Anna Jacoby-Heron) though they are unsure if she has inherited his immunity. She decides to stay with her father regardless. Mitch struggles with learning that his wife was unfaithful, and protecting his daughter from infection. Meanwhile, everyone who had contact with Emhoff begins to spread the disease around the world.
In Atlanta, representatives of the Department of Homeland Security meet with Dr. Ellis Cheever (Laurence Fishburne) of the CDC and fear that the disease is a bio weapon terror attack over the Thanksgiving weekend. Dr. Cheever dispatches Dr. Erin Mears (Kate Winslet), an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer, to Minneapolis to begin investigating. Mears traces the outbreak to Emhoff, but after setting up triage camps in large venues, Dr. Mears becomes infected. Her evacuation is postponed, as airports close ahead of a quarantine. She later dies and is buried in a mass grave. As more and more people become infected with no cure in sight, social order begins to decay, with rampant looting of stores and homes. The U.S. President is moved underground while emergency services suffer absenteeism and no longer respond. Mitch and Jory attempt to escape to Wisconsin, but the borders are closed.
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