Contagion (2011 film)

Contagion
Contagion
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Steven Soderbergh
Written by	Scott Z. Burns
Produced by	Michael Shamberg; Stacey Sher; Gregory Jacobs;
Starring	Marion Cotillard; Matt Damon; Laurence Fishburne; Jude Law; Gwyneth Paltrow; Kate Winslet; Bryan Cranston; Jennifer Ehle; Sanaa Lathan;
Cinematography	Peter Andrews
Edited by	Stephen Mirrione
Music by	Cliff Martinez
Production; companies	Participant Media; Imagenation Abu Dhabi; Double Feature Films;
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	September 3, 2011 (Venice); September 9, 2011 (United States);
Running time	106 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$60 million
Box office	$136.5 million

Contagion is a 2011 American medical disaster thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh. Its ensemble cast includes Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Elliott Gould, Jude Law, Marion Cotillard, Kate Winslet, Bryan Cranston, Jennifer Ehle, Sanaa Lathan, and Gwyneth Paltrow. The plot concerns the spread of a highly contagious virus transmitted by respiratory droplets and fomites, attempts by medical researchers and public health officials to identify and contain the disease, the loss of social order as the virus turns into a worldwide pandemic, and 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. The film was inspired by real-life outbreaks such as the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak and the 2009 flu pandemic.^[2]

Following their collaboration on The Informant! (2009), Soderbergh and screenwriter Scott Z. Burns discussed a film depicting the rapid spread of a virus. Burns consulted with representatives of the World Health Organization as well as medical experts such as W. Ian Lipkin and Larry Brilliant. Principal photography started in Hong Kong in September 2010, and continued in Chicago, Atlanta, London, Dublin, Geneva, and San Francisco Bay Area until February 2011.

Contagion premiered at the 68th Venice International Film Festival on September 3, 2011, and was theatrically released on September 9, 2011. Commercially, the film made $136.5 million against its $60 million production budget. Critics praised it for its narrative and the performances, as did scientists for its accuracy. The film received renewed popularity in 2020 due to the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]^[4]

^ "Contagion (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on May 9, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
^ Cite error: The named reference UGO was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Ross, Martha (January 24, 2020). "Coronavirus outbreak has people seeking answers from 'Contagion' — but it's just a movie". The Mercury News. Archived from the original on December 21, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
^ Sperling, Nicole (March 5, 2020). "'Contagion,' Steven Soderbergh's 2011 Thriller, Is Climbing Up the Charts". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.

[bom-1] "Contagion (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on May 9, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2011.

[UGO-2] Cite error: The named reference UGO was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Ross-3] Ross, Martha (January 24, 2020). "Coronavirus outbreak has people seeking answers from 'Contagion' — but it's just a movie". The Mercury News. Archived from the original on December 21, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2020.

[4] Sperling, Nicole (March 5, 2020). "'Contagion,' Steven Soderbergh's 2011 Thriller, Is Climbing Up the Charts". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.

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