Contagion

"Nothing spreads like fear."

2011 1h 46m EN

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As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.

“Nothing spreads like fear.”

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Cast

Marion Cotillard
Leonora Orantes
Matt Damon
Mitch Emhoff
Laurence Fishburne
Ellis Cheever
Jude Law
Alan Krumwiede
Kate Winslet
Erin Mears
Jennifer Ehle
Ally Hextall
Gwyneth Paltrow
Beth Emhoff
Bryan Cranston
Lyle Haggerty

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Steven Soderbergh
Writers: Scott Z. Burns, Scott Z. Burns
Languages: English, Cantonese, Mandarin
Countries: United States of America, United Arab Emirates

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $60M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 15 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Cantonese, Mandarin.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, United Arab Emirates.

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5 / 8

CAST

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366+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Steven Soderbergh, shot by Steven Soderbergh. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Cliff Martinez. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Stephen Mirrione shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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The take

Steven Soderbergh directs. Steven Soderbergh behind the camera. Cliff Martinez scores. Stephen Mirrione cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America, United Arab Emirates. Dialogue in English, Cantonese, Mandarin.

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1Mid-budget at $60M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Released 15 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Cantonese, Mandarin.
4International production across 2 countries: United States of America, United Arab Emirates.
5366+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Steven Soderbergh, shot by Steven Soderbergh. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Cliff Martinez. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Stephen Mirrione shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Marion Cotillard and Matt Damon and Laurence Fishburne carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Nothing spreads like fear.".
11IMDB entry: tt1598778 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 15 themes, including "quarantine", "saving the world", "mutation", "infection".

The technical file

Cinematography: Steven Soderbergh
Original score: Cliff Martinez
Editing: Stephen Mirrione
Production design: Howard Cummings
Costume design: Louise Frogley
Makeup / hair: Rosalind Jones-Crosby
VFX supervisor: Randy Goux
Sound: Matt Gruber
Runtime: 106 min · 1h 46m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $60,000,000
Box office: $137,551,594
Return: 229% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Contagion (2011)

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markuspm2013-12-23
Since watching this movie I think I feel differently when people around me start sneezing.
talisencrw2016-05-02
★ 9/10
I have a special place in my heart for the medical thriller. Looking back, I believe it stems both from being sick a lot when I was a kid, and from really enjoying great ones over the years, like 'Coma' and 'Outbreak'. As well, more recently I remember the panic both my son's mother and I tended to have when our son was born during the SARS epidemic back in 2003. Needless to say, when one of these films comes along, it's only a matter of time before it crosses my path. Director Soderbergh is intelligent enough to really make this material work, going at it from every conceivable angle (and many inconceivable ones!) yet still giving it coherence in a decent runtime (not a Bay-esque three hours) and there's enough star power to keep one's attention. The best kind of review for these sort of films is that it leaves you thinking twice before you have an affair, or even throw out your Kleenex, and that's specifically what Soderbergh's work here does.
Rocketeer Raccoon2017-06-10
★ 5/10
Even if Contagion has a decent star line up for a disease epidemic movie such as Matt Damon, Jude Law and Laurence Fishburne but the film itself actually felt really flat and I thought it was very disappointing to be honest. I was actually expecting a lot more from this but instead the story just wasn't very thrilling and exciting and most of the main characters were completely meaningless and uninteresting. Matt Damon plays one of the better main characters who is trying to keep his daughter safe from the infection but I think this subplot was very underdeveloped and they could have expanded on this more to give it more of a thrilling story to really show the world going to Hell. I mean the film itself is ok but it's a very flawed and I was actually expecting a more bleak ending.