Pandora's Clock (1996) (TV)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Eric Laneuville

Writers (WGA):

John J. Nance (novel)
David Israel (teleplay)

Release Date:

10 November 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller | Drama

Plot:

Quantum Airlines flight 66 has just taken off from Frankfurt, Germany bound for New York's JFK International Airport with 247 passengers aboard...

Plot Keywords:

Virus | Airplane | Based On Novel

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Richard Dean Anderson	...	Capt. James Holland
Daphne Zuniga	...	Dr. Roni Sanders
Jane Leeves	...	Rachel Sherwood
Richard Lawson	...	Capt. Daniel Robb
Stephen Root	...	Mark Hastings
Tim Grimm	...	CIA Agent Steve Ellis
Edward Herrmann	...	President
Robert Guillaume	...	Ambassador Lee Lancaster
Robert Loggia	...	CIA Director Jonathan Roth
Jerry Hardin	...	Rev. Garson Wilson
Kurt Fuller	...	Chet Walters
Jennifer Savidge	...	Barb Rollins
Kate Hodge	...	Brenda Hopkins
Scott Bryce
Penny Peyser	...	Lisa Erickson

Also Known As:

Doomsday Virus (UK)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some violence and a brief sexual innuendo.

Runtime:

176 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Seattle, Washington, USA

Company:

Citadel Entertainment

Trivia:

The Boeing 747-230B used in the movie had flown for Condor, Korean Air, and finally Nationair before being broken up after the filming of Pandora's Clock.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: While in the Frankfurt Germany airport, there are Southwest Airline planes visible from the window (Southwest doesn't fly international routes).

Quotes:

CIA Director Jonathan Roth: [Roth's corollary to Newton's law] Bodies in motion tend to stay in motion. Bodies at rest tend to be left behind.

Gripping suspense/thriller

"Pandora's Clock" is a gripping suspense/thriller that's a cross between a virus movie and a disaster film. This movie, which aired in two parts on NBC in its debut showing in 1996, is about an airplane flight that becomes infected with a virus when one of the passengers just happens to be carrying this disease. The U.S. Government debates on whether the plane should be destroyed or not, while the pilot (Richard Dean Anderson) and a virus expert (Daphne Zuniga) try to figure something out to avoid disaster. I'm not really a big fan of TV movies and miniseries, but I liked "Pandora's Clock". It's one heck of a thrill ride. Jane Leeves (TV's "Frasier"), Robert Loggia, and Edward Herrmann (as the President) also star.

*** (out of four)