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{{Infobox Movie|{{PAGENAME}} | |||
|name = ''Virus'' | |||
|picture = VirusMoviePoster1999.jpg | |||
|caption = ''Movie poster'' | |||
|country = [[Image:USA.jpg|25px]] United States | |||
|director = John Bruno | |||
|date= 1999 | |||
|language = English | |||
|studio=Dark Horse Entertainment<br>Mutual Film Company<br>Valhalla Motion Pictures | |||
|distributor=Universal Pictures | |||
|character1=Kelly "Kit" Foster | |||
|actor1=[[Jamie Lee Curtis]] | |||
|character2=Steve Baker | |||
|actor2=[[William Baldwin]] | |||
|character3=Capt. Robert Everton | |||
|actor3=[[Donald Sutherland]] | |||
|character4=Nadia Vinogradova | |||
|actor4=[[Joanna Pacula]] | |||
|character5=Hiko | |||
|actor5=[[Cliff Curtis]] | |||
|character6=J. W. Woods Jr. | |||
|actor6=[[Marshall Bell]] | |||
|character7=Richie | |||
|actor7=[[Sherman Augustus]] | |||
|character8=Captain Alexi | |||
|actor8=[[Levan Uchaneishvili]] | |||
|character9= | |||
|actor9=[[]] | |||
|character10= | |||
|actor10=[[]] | |||
}} | |||
'''''Virus''''' is a 1999 American sci-fi horror film directed by John Bruno, famed for his visual effects work for many of James Cameron's films, and based on the comic series of the same name. It stars [[Jamie Lee Curtis]], [[William Baldwin]] and [[Donald Sutherland]]. | |||
The story follows a group of salvage workers whose tugboat ''Sea Star'' is caught in a powerful storm, losing their uninsured cargo. When they encounter a mysterious derelict Russian vessel, the ''Akademik Vladislav Volkov'', their Captain (Sutherland) jumps at the chance to claim salvage rights, but after they restore the ship's power it quickly transpires that the vessel is not as abandoned as it first appeared. | |||
In actuality the ''Akademik Vladislav Volkov'', named after the fashion of the Soviet space control monitoring ship ''Akademik Sergey Korolev'', was the decommissioned USNS ''General Hoyt S. Vandenberg'' (T-AGM-10), a WW2-era ''General G. O. Squier''-class transport ship built in 1943 as USS ''General Harry Taylor'' and transferred to the Air Force to be refitted as a Missile Range Instrumentation Ship in 1964 to collect ballistic missile test data. She had been mothballed after her retirement in 1983 and stricken from the naval register in 1993, and was in a severe state of disrepair at the time of filming with corrosion all over the hull. The comment by Richie ([[Sherman Augustus]]) about the state of the ship's antenna is the actor's real, unscripted reaction to the condition of the ''Vandenberg''. The film crew only repainted one side of the ship to save money, with all exterior shots filmed on that side. The Cyrillic lettering added to the vessel was still present when she was sunk as an artificial reef in 2009. | |||
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=Handguns= | |||
==Webley Mk VI Revolver== | ==Webley Mk VI Revolver== | ||
[[Image:Webley.JPG|thumb|none|300px|Webley Mk VI .455 Webley]] | Captain Robert Everton ([[Donald Sutherland]]) uses his [[Webley Mk VI]] revolver in the film. | ||
[[Image:Virius-Webley01a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Captain Robert Everton ([[Donald Sutherland]]) loads his Webley Mk VI revolver | [[Image:Webley.JPG|thumb|none|300px|Webley Mk VI - .455 Webley]] | ||
[[Image:Virus-Webley05a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Captain Robert Everton ([[Donald Sutherland]]) contemplates suicide with his Webley Mk VI revolver, before he is interrupted | [[Image:Virius-Webley01a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Captain Robert Everton ([[Donald Sutherland]]) loads his Webley Mk VI revolver.]] | ||
[[Image:Virus-Webley05a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Captain Robert Everton ([[Donald Sutherland]]) contemplates suicide with his Webley Mk VI revolver, before he is interrupted.]] | |||
==Colt Model 1903== | ==Colt Model 1903== | ||
Kit Foster ([[Jamie Lee Curtis]]) carries a Colt Model 1903 Pistol | Kit Foster ([[Jamie Lee Curtis]]) carries a [[Colt Model 1903]] Pistol. | ||
[[Image:Colt_Model_1903.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless Pistol Blued - .32 acp]] | [[Image:Colt_Model_1903.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless Pistol Blued - .32 acp]] | ||
[[Image:Virus-Colt1903a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Kit Foster ([[Jamie Lee Curtis]]) aims the Colt Model 1903 Pistol she keeps in her waistband - . | [[Image:Virus-Colt1903a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Kit Foster ([[Jamie Lee Curtis]]) aims the Colt Model 1903 Pistol she keeps in her waistband.]] | ||
==Stechkin APS== | |||
A [[Stechkin APS]] pistol was used as the main weapon of ''Volkov'' Captain Alexi ([[Levan Uchaneishvili]]) (who was turned into a cyborg by the energy alien). The pistol would later fall into the hands of Richie after he finished off the cyborg. | |||
[[Image:Stechkin01a.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Stechkin APS - 9mm Makarov]] | |||
[[Image:Virus-Stechkin AugustusA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Stechkin APS.]] | |||
==Winchester 1897 | ==Winchester Model 1897 "Trench Gun"== | ||
A [[Winchester Model 1897 "Trench Gun"]] is seen in the hands of ''Sea Star'' crew members Steve Baker ([[William Baldwin]]), Richie ([[Sherman Augustus]]) and Captain Robert Everton ([[Donald Sutherland]]) when they board the derelict Russian Ship ''Volkov''. | |||
[[Image:Winchester1897TrenchTakedown.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Winchester Model 1897 12 gauge | [[Image:Winchester1897TrenchTakedown.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Winchester Model 1897 Trench Gun - 12 gauge]] | ||
[[Image:Virus-Win97 Sutherland01.jpg|thumb|none|600px|As Baker ([[William Baldwin]]) looks on, Captain Robert Everton ([[Donald Sutherland]]) holds his Winchester Model 1897 Trench Gun | [[Image:Virus-Win97 Sutherland01.jpg|thumb|none|600px|As Baker ([[William Baldwin]]) looks on, Captain Robert Everton ([[Donald Sutherland]]) holds his Winchester Model 1897 Trench Gun.]] | ||
[[Image:Virus-Win97 Augustus3a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Richie ([[Sherman Augustus]]) holds his Winchester Model 1897 Trench Gun | [[Image:Virus-Win97 Augustus3a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Richie ([[Sherman Augustus]]) holds his Winchester Model 1897 Trench Gun.]] | ||
==Colt M1911A1 pistol== | ==Colt M1911A1 pistol== | ||
An [[M1911A1]] is seen in the hands of ''Sea Star'' crew member Woods while boarding the ''Volkov''. | |||
[[Image:M1911Colt.jpg|thumb|400px|none|World War 2 issued Colt M1911A1 Pistol - .45 | [[Image:M1911Colt.jpg|thumb|400px|none|World War 2 issued Colt M1911A1 Pistol - .45 ACP]] | ||
[[Image:Virus-M1911 BellA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Woods ([[Marshall Bell]]) with the Colt in his waistband.]] | |||
[[Image:Virus- | |||
=Submachine Guns= | |||
==Yugoslav Model 61 Skorpion== | |||
Nadia ([[Joanna Pacula]]) uses the [[Sa. Vz.61 Skorpion|Yugoslav Model 61 Skorpion]] throughout the film. | |||
[[Image:Yugoslav Model 61 Skorpion.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Yugoslavian made Model 61(i) Skorpion distinguishable by its black pistol grip - .32 ACP]] | |||
[[Image:Virus-Skorpion01a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nadia ([[Joanna Pacula]]) fires her [[Sa. Vz.61 Skorpion|Model 61(i) Skorpion]], disguised by her gas mask.]] | |||
[[Image:Virus-SkorpionOnTable02a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[Image:Virus-SKorpionNadiaFightA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
=Rifles= | |||
==AKM== | ==AKM== | ||
The [[AKM]] is used by the main characters in the film, notably in the hands of Steve Baker ([[William Baldwin]]), Hiko ([[Cliff Curtis]]) and Richie ([[Sherman Augustus]]) . AKM rifles were also seen in large quantities in the ''Volkov'''s small arms locker. | |||
[[Image:AKMRifle.jpg|thumb|none|450px|AKM assault rifle - 7.62x39mm]] | [[Image:AKMRifle.jpg|thumb|none|450px|AKM assault rifle - 7.62x39mm]] | ||
[[Image:Virus-AKM AugustusA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[Image:Virus-AKMGroupa.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[Image:Virus-AKM HikoA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
==AKMS== | ==AKMS== | ||
The [[AKMS]] is used by the main characters in the film. Also seen in the ''Volkov'''s small arms locker. | |||
[[Image:AKMS.jpg|thumb|none|450px|AKMS, stamped steel receiver w/ slant muzzle brake and under-folding stock - 7.62x39mm]] | [[Image:AKMS.jpg|thumb|none|450px|AKMS, stamped steel receiver w/ slant muzzle brake and under-folding stock - 7.62x39mm]] | ||
==Norinco Type 56== | ==Norinco Type 56== | ||
In the ''Volkov'''s small arms locker, a number of Norinco Type 56 rifles (both the folding bayonet variant and the variants without the folding bayonet) can be seen on the gun racks next to the AKM rifles - which is odd to see because the ''Volkov'' is a Russian naval vessel and the Norinco Type 56 is a Chinese rifle. | In the ''Volkov'''s small arms locker, a number of [[Norinco Type 56]] rifles (both the folding bayonet variant and the variants without the folding bayonet) can be seen on the gun racks next to the AKM rifles - which is odd to see because the ''Volkov'' is a Russian naval vessel and the Norinco Type 56 is a Chinese rifle. It is quite possible that the Type 56 rifles were used as a "stand-in" for the Russian AKM rifle. | ||
[[Image:ChineseType56.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Norinco Type 56 (fixed stock variant) with under-folding bayonet ("pig sticker") - 7.62x39mm]] | [[Image:ChineseType56.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Norinco Type 56 (fixed stock variant) with under-folding bayonet ("pig sticker") - 7.62x39mm]] | ||
[[Image:Type56Standard.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Norinco Type 56 (fixed stock variant) - 7.62x39mm]] | [[Image:Type56Standard.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Norinco Type 56 (fixed stock variant) - 7.62x39mm]] | ||
[[Image:Viruis-AK StorageRack01a.jpg|thumb|none|600px]] | [[Image:Viruis-AK StorageRack01a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Type 56s can be see in the rack, two on the left without bayonets and two on the right with them. The rifle in the center is either an AKM or AKMS: note the lack of a hood on the front sight.]] | ||
[[Image:Virus-NorincoType56 BaldwinA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[Image:Virus-NorincoType56 AugustusA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
==Fake East German MPi-AKM-K== | |||
A mocked up East German MPi-AKM-K is seen carried by Woods ([[Marshall Bell]]). It is built from a short barreled [[Norinco Type 56]] AK with an East German side folding buttstock. | |||
[[Image:MPi-AKM-K.jpg|thumb|none|450px|East German MPi-AKM-K - 7.62x39mm]] | |||
[[Image:Virus-MPI-AK75NKa.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note the wide hooded Type 56 front sight]] | |||
[[Image:Virus-MPiAK74NK 02a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[Image:Virus-MPIAK74NK RunA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
=Other= | |||
==Fake BG-15 Grenade Launcher== | |||
The [[GP-series grenade launcher#BG-15|BG-15 grenade launcher]] was a front loading 40mm launcher introduced during the Afghan-Russo War. It is identifiable by a thumbhole in the short pistol grip. It was later supplanted by the improved [[GP-series grenade launcher#GP-30|GP-30]] & [[GP-series grenade launcher#GP-25|GP-25]] launchers. The one in the film has a thumbhole in the pistol grip, however it seems like a breech-loading launcher which would mean it is not a Russian BG-15. | |||
[[Image:Virus-AKGrenadeLauncherA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[Image:Virus-AKGrenadeLauncher02a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
==Chinese Type 69 RPG Launcher== | |||
The [[Type 69]], a Chinese Version of the RPG-7, is seen in the weapons locker and two of them are carried by J.W. Woods Jr. ([[Marshall Bell]]) at the same time. | |||
[[Image:Type69RPG.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Chinese Type 69 RPG - 40mm]] | |||
[[Image:Virus-Type69-LauncherA.jpg|thumb|none|600px]] | |||
==Heckler & Koch P2A1 flare pistol== | |||
A [[Heckler & Koch P2A1]] flare pistol is used by Nadia ([[Joanna Pacula]]) to try to kill the Goliath (by igniting leaking flammable gases) when she is captured. | |||
[[Image:H&K P2A1.JPG|300px|thumb|none|Heckler & Koch P2A1 Flare Pistol - 26.5mm]] | |||
[[Image:Virus-FlareGun01a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nadia ([[Joanna Pacula]]) makes a grab for her HK P2A1 Flare Pistol.]] | |||
[[Image:Virus-FlareGunA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Nadia ([[Joanna Pacula]]) aims her HK P2A1 Flare Pistol.]] | |||
[[Category:Movie]] | [[Category:Movie]] | ||
[[Category:Science-Fiction]] | [[Category:Science-Fiction]] | ||
[[Category:Horror]] | |||
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Virus is a 1999 American sci-fi horror film directed by John Bruno, famed for his visual effects work for many of James Cameron's films, and based on the comic series of the same name. It stars Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin and Donald Sutherland.
The story follows a group of salvage workers whose tugboat Sea Star is caught in a powerful storm, losing their uninsured cargo. When they encounter a mysterious derelict Russian vessel, the Akademik Vladislav Volkov, their Captain (Sutherland) jumps at the chance to claim salvage rights, but after they restore the ship's power it quickly transpires that the vessel is not as abandoned as it first appeared.
In actuality the Akademik Vladislav Volkov, named after the fashion of the Soviet space control monitoring ship Akademik Sergey Korolev, was the decommissioned USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg (T-AGM-10), a WW2-era General G. O. Squier-class transport ship built in 1943 as USS General Harry Taylor and transferred to the Air Force to be refitted as a Missile Range Instrumentation Ship in 1964 to collect ballistic missile test data. She had been mothballed after her retirement in 1983 and stricken from the naval register in 1993, and was in a severe state of disrepair at the time of filming with corrosion all over the hull. The comment by Richie (Sherman Augustus) about the state of the ship's antenna is the actor's real, unscripted reaction to the condition of the Vandenberg. The film crew only repainted one side of the ship to save money, with all exterior shots filmed on that side. The Cyrillic lettering added to the vessel was still present when she was sunk as an artificial reef in 2009.
The following weapons were used in the film Virus:
Handguns
Webley Mk VI Revolver
Captain Robert Everton (Donald Sutherland) uses his Webley Mk VI revolver in the film.
Colt Model 1903
Kit Foster (Jamie Lee Curtis) carries a Colt Model 1903 Pistol.
Stechkin APS
A Stechkin APS pistol was used as the main weapon of Volkov Captain Alexi (Levan Uchaneishvili) (who was turned into a cyborg by the energy alien). The pistol would later fall into the hands of Richie after he finished off the cyborg.
Winchester Model 1897 "Trench Gun"
A Winchester Model 1897 "Trench Gun" is seen in the hands of Sea Star crew members Steve Baker (William Baldwin), Richie (Sherman Augustus) and Captain Robert Everton (Donald Sutherland) when they board the derelict Russian Ship Volkov.
Colt M1911A1 pistol
An M1911A1 is seen in the hands of Sea Star crew member Woods while boarding the Volkov.
Submachine Guns
Yugoslav Model 61 Skorpion
Nadia (Joanna Pacula) uses the Yugoslav Model 61 Skorpion throughout the film.
Rifles
AKM
The AKM is used by the main characters in the film, notably in the hands of Steve Baker (William Baldwin), Hiko (Cliff Curtis) and Richie (Sherman Augustus) . AKM rifles were also seen in large quantities in the Volkov's small arms locker.
AKMS
The AKMS is used by the main characters in the film. Also seen in the Volkov's small arms locker.
Norinco Type 56
In the Volkov's small arms locker, a number of Norinco Type 56 rifles (both the folding bayonet variant and the variants without the folding bayonet) can be seen on the gun racks next to the AKM rifles - which is odd to see because the Volkov is a Russian naval vessel and the Norinco Type 56 is a Chinese rifle. It is quite possible that the Type 56 rifles were used as a "stand-in" for the Russian AKM rifle.
Fake East German MPi-AKM-K
A mocked up East German MPi-AKM-K is seen carried by Woods (Marshall Bell). It is built from a short barreled Norinco Type 56 AK with an East German side folding buttstock.
Other
Fake BG-15 Grenade Launcher
The BG-15 grenade launcher was a front loading 40mm launcher introduced during the Afghan-Russo War. It is identifiable by a thumbhole in the short pistol grip. It was later supplanted by the improved GP-30 & GP-25 launchers. The one in the film has a thumbhole in the pistol grip, however it seems like a breech-loading launcher which would mean it is not a Russian BG-15.
Chinese Type 69 RPG Launcher
The Type 69, a Chinese Version of the RPG-7, is seen in the weapons locker and two of them are carried by J.W. Woods Jr. (Marshall Bell) at the same time.
Heckler & Koch P2A1 flare pistol
A Heckler & Koch P2A1 flare pistol is used by Nadia (Joanna Pacula) to try to kill the Goliath (by igniting leaking flammable gases) when she is captured.
