Other mistake: As Levitt and Dutton are descending from the Ag Station storeroom, you can see them pass Levels 2...3...4. But the elevator only goes to the Level 1 entrance, which is above Levels 2, 3, and 4. Confirmed by a graphic which shows the Ag Station above the elevator shaft, and reconfirmed when Stone shows the Level setup to Hall in Conference Room 7. You can see on the left that the elevator shaft stops at Level 1. They could not have passed 2, 3, and 4, which were far below them.
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
1 mistake since 28 Dec '25, 16:01
Directed by: Robert Wise
Starring: Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid
Dr. Jeremy Stone: Where have you been?
Dr. Mark Hall: Leavitt had a seizure.
Dr. Jeremy Stone: What?
Dr. Mark Hall: Epilepsy. The red light flashing at three-per-second brought on a fit. Why the hell didn't she tell us about it?
Dr. Jeremy Stone: Probably no top lab would have her if they knew. Insurance, prejudice, all that crap.
Dr. Mark Hall: From the Middle Ages.
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Question: If the Andromeda "Incident" at Piedmont and the facility were top secret, ever wonder what they did with the old man who knew of both? (I'm excluding the baby, since he can't talk or remember).
Answer: The government would have concocted an official story about what happened in Piedmont - attributing it to some natural disaster. The old man had dementia, was alcoholic, and suffered a severe emotional trauma, so it's doubtful many would give much credence to anything he had to say. He was also confined to a small area of the Wildfire complex and was given minimal information about what it was or where he was at. In his confused mental state at the time, he probably would have remembered little about what actually happened.
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