Contagion DVD

Centered the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast-moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. At the same time, people struggle to survive in a society coming apart.

Editor's Note

Steven Soderbergh presents this look at what happens when an infectious disease threatens humanity through varied viewpoints from an ensemble cast, including Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Laurence Fishburne, and Kate Winslet. THE INFORMANT's Scott Z. Burns provides the script.

Features

DVD, Widescreen, English, French, Spanish, Subtitled

Technical Info

Release Information
	Studio: Warner
	Release Date: 3/5/2013
	Running Time: 106 minutes
	Original Release Date: 2011
	UPC: 00883929191758
	Number of Discs: 1
Audio & Video
	Available Audio Tracks:
	Video: (unknown/unconverted)

Entertainment Reviews

Contagion - DVD Review

filmcritic.com DVD Reviews

Published on: 1/2/2012 5:03 AM

Hand sanitizer was feverishly applied and a disinfecting wipe was used to rub down the keyboard in preparation for writing this review. That's the kind of germ-vigilance Steven Soderbergh's Contagion breeds in even the most cynical of viewers. The film sends shocks up the spine -- not just because it's scaring the shit out of you, but because it is pure, incisive, riveting cinema as only Soderbergh can deliver it....read the full review

Cast & Crew

	Kate Winslet
	Jennifer Ehle
	Jude Law
	Sanaa Lathan
	Bryan Cranston
	Matt Damon
	Laurence Fishburne
	Gwyneth Paltrow
	Marion Cotillard
	Randy Lowell - Co-Star
	Armin Rohde - Co-Star
	Chin Han - Co-Star
	Johnny Hines - Co-Star
	Elliott Gould - Co-Star
	John Hawkes - Co-Star
	Teri McEvoy - Co-Star
	Jim Ortlieb - Co-Star
	Rocky Capella - Stunt Coordinator
	Cindy Carr - Set Decorator
	David S. Lazan - Supervising Art Director
	Cliff Martinez - Composer
	R.A. Rondell - Stunt Coordinator
	Michael Polaire - Production Manager/UPM
	Duane Manwiller - Camera Operator
	Steven Soderbergh - Director of Photography
	Dominic Mango - Hairstylist
	Method Studios - Animation
	Method Studios - Visual Effects Designer
	Suzi Ostos - Makeup Designer
	David Kirchner - Post-Production Supervisor
	Scott Burns - Screenwriter
	Sam Zeines - Music Editor
	Michael Ahasay - Special Effects
	Aimee Lippert - Makeup
	Kay Georgiou - Hairstylist
	Gregory Jacobs - Assistant Director
	Rick LeFevour - Stunt Coordinator
	Thomas Terhaar - Hairstylist
	Daniel Alvarez - Animation
	Annabel Armour - Co-Star
	Enrico Colantoni - Co-Star
	Josie Ho - Co-Star
	Jimmy Chung - Co-Star
	Stef Tovar - Co-Star
	Larry Clarke - Co-Star
	Kara Zediker - Co-Star
	Dan Flannery - Co-Star
	Mary Jo Faraci - Co-Star
	Wong Kam-tong - Co-Star
	Chui Tien-you - Co-Star
	Dr. Ira Blumen - Co-Star
	Demetri Martin - Co-Star
	Rebecca Spence - Co-Star
	Dr. Sanjay Gupta - Co-Star
	Monique Gabriela Curnen - Co-Star
	Rick Uecker - Co-Star
	Jason Babinsky - Co-Star
	Grace Rex - Co-Star
	Joshua Weinstein - Co-Star
	Peter A. Kelly - Co-Star
	Daria Strokous - Co-Star
	Griffin Kane - Co-Star
	Anna Jacoby-Heron - Co-Star
	Dan Aho - Co-Star
	Blair Robertson - Co-Star
	Brian J. O'Donnell - Co-Star
	Joshua Seiden - Co-Star
	Yoshiaki Kobayashi - Co-Star
	Sue Redman - Co-Star
	Teri Campbell - Co-Star
	Joseph Anthony Foronda - Co-Star
	Phillip James Brannon - Co-Star
	David Lively - Co-Star
	Andrew White - Co-Star
	Scott Stangland - Co-Star
	Tara Mallen - Co-Star
	Sarah Charipar - Co-Star
	Mark Czoske - Co-Star
	Hee-Wan Kwon - Co-Star
	Phil Tang - Co-Star
	Robert Chi - Co-Star
	Pete Sack - Co-Star
	Kwok Wah Wong - Co-Star
	Sau Ming Raymond Tsang - Co-Star
	Joshua Pollock - Co-Star
	Laura T. Fisher - Co-Star
	Mary Beth Dolan - Co-Star
	Howie Johnson - Co-Star
	Thomas Gebbia - Co-Star
	Dan Sanders-Joyce - Co-Star
	Michael Franck - Co-Star
	Steven Soderbergh - Director

Professional Reviews

Box Office
4 stars out of 5 -- "This is Steven Soderbergh at his best delivering a gripping, chilling and powerful movie experience that will have audiences talking (and freaking out)." 09/05/2011

Los Angeles Times
"As with TRAFFIC, the director expertly choreographs an impressive cast that includes major players....A film that makes the spread of a global pandemic seem more than plausible..." 09/06/2011

Chicago Sun-Times
3 stars out of 4 -- "[A] realistic, unsensational film about a global epidemic....Soderbergh is skillful at telling the story through the lives of several key characters and the casual interactions of many others." 09/07/2011

USA Today
"Director Steven Soderbergh effectively conveys the capriciousness of disease as it seeps into all corners of the global village....Potent and well-paced..."

Entertainment Weekly
"The movie spreads its compelling, insidious plot backward and forward, mimicking scientific research..." -- Grade: B 09/23/2011

Total Film
3 stars out of 5 -- "[A] chilling, convincing thriller about a world-ravaging pandemic....Bleakly compelling." 11/01/2011

Uncut
3 stars out of 5 -- "In CONTAGION, Steven Soderbergh applies his intelligent, steely touch to the medical disaster movie." 11/01/2011