The Andromeda Strain - Adaptations

Adaptations

In 1971, The Andromeda Strain was the basis for the film of the same name directed by Robert Wise, and featuring Arthur Hill as Stone, James Olson as Hall, Kate Reid as Leavitt (changed to a female character, Ruth Leavitt), and David Wayne as Dutton (Burton in the novel).

In 2008, The Andromeda Strain was the basis for an eponymous miniseries executive-produced by Ridley and Tony Scott and Frank Darabont, and featuring Benjamin Bratt as Stone. Other characters' names and personalities were radically changed from the novel.

Musically, the novel's wider, cultural influence is evidenced in the science fiction, death metal band Nocturnus who sing, inspired by the novel, the "Andromeda Strain" on their début album, The Key; the Progressive metal band Shadow Gallery have a song titled "The Andromeda Strain," about genetically engineered biological weapons, on their album Room V; and Klaus Schulze has a concert recording titled "Andromeda Strain." In 1995, an independent band from Indianapolis, Indiana, named themselves Odd Man and released a CD entitled Hypothesis in reference to the fictional hypothesis contained in the story.