124 - Outbreak

<p>(Original Airdate - March 31st, 2020) </p> <p>Outbreak is a 1995 American <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_fiction'>medical</a> <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster_film'>disaster film</a> directed by <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Petersen'>Wolfgang Petersen</a> and written by <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Dworet'>Laurence Dworet</a> and <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Roy_Pool'>Robert Roy Pool</a>. The film stars <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Hoffman'>Dustin Hoffman</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rene_Russo'>Rene Russo</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Freeman'>Morgan Freeman</a> and <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Sutherland'>Donald Sutherland</a>, and co-stars <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba_Gooding_Jr.'>Cuba Gooding Jr.</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Spacey'>Kevin Spacey</a> and <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Dempsey'>Patrick Dempsey</a>.</p> <p>The film focuses on an outbreak of Motaba, a fictional <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebolavirus'>ebolavirus</a>- and <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthomyxoviridae'>orthomyxoviridae</a>-like virus, in <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaire'>Zaire</a> and later in a small town in <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California'>California</a>. It is primarily set in the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Medical_Research_Institute_of_Infectious_Diseases'>United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases</a> and the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centers_for_Disease_Control_and_Prevention'>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a> and the fictional town of Cedar Creek, California. Outbreak's plot speculates how far military and civilian agencies might go to contain the spread of a deadly, contagious disease.</p> <p>The film, released by <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros.'>Warner Bros.</a> on