In 1995, “Outbreak” represented a very different type of Hollywood thriller. Instead of pitting its heroes against criminals, terrorists or other generic baddies, the movie’s antagonist was a deadly virus. Twenty-five years later, with the globe on lockdown due to the coronavirus and the death count from the disease rising, “Outbreak” looks remarkably prescient. But screenwriters Laurence Dworet and Robert Roy Pool take little comfort in correctly predicting the devastating toll that a pandemic can take on society. Instead, they’re incensed by the bureaucratic missteps of the Trump White House and other local governments, errors that have resulted in the U.S. leading the world in Covid-19 infections and deaths.
“I never anticipated the incompetence of this administration,” says Dworet, a medical doctor who later became a screenwriter. “They knew this was coming, basically ignored it, and did little planning. They didn’t order any protective gear until mid-March.
“I never anticipated the incompetence of this administration,” says Dworet, a medical doctor who later became a screenwriter. “They knew this was coming, basically ignored it, and did little planning. They didn’t order any protective gear until mid-March.
- 4/15/2020
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Between them, they have nearly a century’s worth of TV programming experience, and were part of a generation of Home Box Office management which helped turn company into the premier subscription television service not only in the U.S., but in the world. Their longevity has given them the opportunity to live through their company’s change from a raucously-growing enterprise to a mature business, evolving from what had primarily been a movie service to a programmer just as identified with such acclaimed, high-profile original programming as The Sopranos, Band of Brothers, True Blood, and, most recently, Boardwalk Empire.
Still, they have spent most of their professional lives dealing with movies. A production executive at a major studio might deal with two dozen released films a year. Programmers at HBO (and its sister channel Cinemax) easily deal with over a thousand. They appraise them, try to understand what people...
Still, they have spent most of their professional lives dealing with movies. A production executive at a major studio might deal with two dozen released films a year. Programmers at HBO (and its sister channel Cinemax) easily deal with over a thousand. They appraise them, try to understand what people...
- 12/4/2010
- by Bill Mesce
- SoundOnSight
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