Warning Sign (1985)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Hal Barwood

Writers:

Hal Barwood (written by) &
Matthew Robbins (written by)

Release Date:

23 August 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi | Horror

Tagline:

A secret experiment has gone wild - and they're all going to pay! (Video Australia)

Plot:

In an ultra secret laboratory for the developing of biological weapons, covered as "Biotek", a research center for agriculture...

Plot Keywords:

Biological Weapon | Bacteria | Quarantine | Poison | Disease

Cast

Sam Waterston	...	Cal Morse
Kathleen Quinlan	...	Joanie Morse
Yaphet Kotto	...	Major Connolly
Jeffrey DeMunn	...	Dr. Dan Fairchild (as Jeffrey De Munn)
Richard Dysart	...	Dr. Nielsen
G.W. Bailey	...	Tom Schmidt
Jerry Hardin	...	Vic Flint
Rick Rossovich	...	Bob
Cynthia Carle	...	Dana
Scott Paulin	...	Captain Walston
Kavi Raz	...	Dr. Ramesh Kapoor
Keith Szarabajka	...	Tippett
Jack Thibeau	...	Pisarczyk
J. Patrick McNamara	...	Connolly's Aide
Tom McFadden	...	Deputy Grazie
Kyle T. Heffner	...	Video Technician #1
Meshach Taylor	...	Video Technician #2
Lori Hallier	...	TV Reporter
Jeannie Epper	...	Woman on Video Screen
Gilbert Smith	...	Man on Schmidt's Team
Nancie Kawata	...	Woman in Cafeteria

Directed by
Hal Barwood

Writing credits
Hal Barwood		(written by) &
Matthew Robbins		(written by)

Produced by
Hal Barwood	....	producer
Jim Bloom	....	producer
Robert Latham Brown	....	associate producer
Matthew Robbins	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Craig Safan

Cinematography by
Dean Cundey		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Robert Lawrence

Casting by
Susan Arnold

Production Design by
Henry Bumstead

Set Decoration by
Mickey S. Michaels

Costume Design by
Aggie Guerard Rodgers

Makeup Department
Edouard F. Henriques	....	supervising makeup artist (as Edouard Henriques III)
David Quashnick	....	makeup artist
Yolanda Toussieng	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Robert Latham Brown	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Hope R. Goodwin	....	second assistant director (as Hope Goodwin)
Nick Marck	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Larry Clark Bird	....	property master (as Larry Bird)
Susan Carsello	....	leadperson
Robert DePatis	....	construction coordinator (as Robert Depatis)
Henry Larrecq	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Michael Evje	....	production sound mixer
Rob Fruchtman	....	sound effects editor
Richard Hymns	....	sound effects editor
Laurel Ladevich	....	dialogue editor
Victor Livingston	....	dialogue editor
James M. McCann	....	boom operator (as James McCann)
Theodore Soderberg	....	dialogue re-recording mixer
Alan Splet	....	supervising sound effects editor
Paul Wells	....	sound effects re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Kevin Pike	....	special effects supervisor (as J. Kevin Pike)

Visual Effects by
Gregory L. McMurry	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Pete Antico	....	stunts
Bobby Bass	....	stunt coordinator
Bobby Bass	....	stunts
Jophery C. Brown	....	stunts (as Jophrey Brown)
David Burton	....	stunts
Steven Chambers	....	stunts (as Steve Chambers)
Kelly C. Collins	....	stunts
Laurie Creach	....	stunts (as Lauri Creach)
Debbi A. Davison	....	stunts
Eddy Donno	....	stunts
Kenny Endoso	....	stunts
Gary Epper	....	stunts
James M. Halty	....	stunts (as James Halty)
Billy Hank Hooker	....	stunts (as Hank Hooker)
Gary McLarty	....	stunts
David Perna	....	stunts (as David L. Perna)
Chuck Picerni Jr.	....	stunts (as Charles Picerni Jr.)
Michael Runyard	....	stunts (as Mike Runyard)
Tanya Russell	....	stunts
Pete Turner	....	stunts
Scott Wilder	....	stunts
Walter Wyatt	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Clyde E. Bryan	....	first assistant camera
Rhonda C. Gunner	....	video playback coordinator
Wynn Hammer	....	still photographer
Richard E. Hollander	....	video technician
Gary B. Kibbe	....	camera operator (as Gary Kibbe)
Raymond Stella	....	camera operator: second unit (as Ray Stella)
Mark Walthour	....	gaffer
Ronald Woodward	....	key grip (as Ron Woodward)

Casting Department
Deborah Brown	....	casting: New York (as Debra Brown)
Cate Praggastis	....	location casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Robert Harris Jr.	....	costume supervisor (as Bob Harris Jr.)
Robert Harris Sr.	....	costumer (as Bob Harris Sr.)
J.J. Jenkins	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Brent A. Schoenfeld	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Richard Overton	....	music re-recording mixer
Craig Safan	....	musician
Kenneth Wannberg	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Andy DeNicholas	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Huw Davies	....	location manager
Jim Dirker	....	helicopter pilot
Dr. Robert Goldberg	....	technical advisor
Morton Greenspoon	....	technical advisor (as Dr. Morton Greenspoon)
Betty A. Griffin	....	script supervisor (as Betty Abbott-Griffin)
John Harada	....	technical advisor (as Dr. John Harada)
Susie Harrod	....	assistant: Hal Barwood
Lindsey Jones	....	unit publicist (as G. Lindsey Jones)
Harry Kohoyda Jr.	....	production accountant
Ronnie Kramer	....	production coordinator
Judith Craig Marlin	....	assistant: Jim Bloom (as Judy Marlin)
Kevin Reilly	....	assistant: R.L. Brown
Dr. Linda Walling	....	technical advisor
John C. Wash	....	video

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1985) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (1986) (France) (theatrical)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• CBS/Fox (video)

Other Companies

• Pacific Title  titles
• Sunrise Films  negative cutting
• Video Image  graphic displays
• Video Image  video displays

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #27450) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

La Crescenta, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

The working title for the film was "Biohazard".

Quotes:

Dr. Dan Fairchild: Relax. I'm a scientist. I know what I'm doing.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in 28 Days Later... (2002)

This is NOT a zombie movie! Not by any definition!

I was told by another poster here that this was a zombie movie, so I found a cheap VHS copy on eBay and plopped down some PayPal to check it out. Sad to say, this is NOT a zombie movie. It's even MORE NOT of a zombie movie than "28 Days Later..." was. "28 Days Later..." and "Warning Sign" depict LIVE people, who become infected with a virus/germ that turns them into raging lunatics. "28 Days" was more extreme than "WS", in that the infection was instantaneous upon contact with contaminated fluid, whereas in "WS", the germ was airborne, and first you get really sick, then you PASS OUT (they didn't die--they showed the one guy was still breathing), and when you wake up, you are COHERENT, you RECOGNIZE others, you're just REALLY ANGRY and want to hurt people. In "28 Days", they were BLINDED by the rage, they screamed and grunted rather than talked, they bit and clawed--they were reduced to animals, while in "WS", they had conversations with the people before attacking them, if you can call those attacks. The "infected" in "28 Days" make those in "WS" look like PMSing Girl Scouts. I was kinda disappointed in "WS", even though it had a pretty good cast for 1985--but it was kinda sappy towards the end, too "they all lived happily ever after" for me. I'm sorry, but the "infected" in "WS" were NOT even close to resembling zombies!