Outbreak Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details

3 of the most interesting Outbreak easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of Outbreak movie message.

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Outbreak poster
Outbreak poster
Outbreak Plot

Army doctors struggle to find a cure for a deadly virus spreading throughout a California town that was brought to America by an African monkey.

Genre Action, Drama, Thriller
Director Wolfgang Petersen
Stars Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey
IMDB score 6.6

Outbreak Movie Trivia

1 - Lt. Colonel Briggs spends much of the movie getting ordered to arrest various people. His surname is a play on the word "brig", which can mean a military prison.

Lt. Colonel Briggs spends much of the movie getting ordered to arrest various people. His surname is a play on the word "brig", which can mean a military prison.

Outbreak movie hidden details

1 - It may be puzzling why a South American Capuchin is used to portray the monkey that escapes from Zaire, a Central African nation, but in actuality it is the same monkey used on Friends in 1994. At the time of filming, both Outbreak and Friends were owned by Warner Bros.

It may be puzzling why a South American Capuchin is used to portray the monkey that escapes from Zaire, a Central African nation, but in actuality it is the same monkey used on Friends in 1994. At the time of filming, both Outbreak and Friends were owned by Warner Bros.

1 - The dialogue sounds like it would in the characters' headsets whenever they are wearing them.

The dialogue sounds like it would in the characters' headsets whenever they are wearing them.

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