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''[[Contagion]]'' is a 2011 [[Disaster Movie]] directed by [[Steven Soderbergh]] and starring [[Matt Damon]], [[Marion Cotillard]], [[Kate Winslet]], [[Laurence Fishburne]], [[Sherlock Holmes|Jude Law]] and Gwyneth Paltrow, among many others.
 
Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) is heading back to Minneapolis after stopping at Chicago for a layover after a trip to Hong Kong, and begins to exhibit symptoms of a highly contagious disease. Soon afterwards, several other individuals in Hong Kong begin to exhibit the same symptoms. Upon returning to her husband, Mitch (Damon) and their two children, Beth collapses and is rushed to the hospital, while across the world, thousands of people begin to die from the same symptoms.
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{{quote|'''Younger Pathologist:''' (backing away) "You want me to call somebody?"
'''Older Pathologist:''' "I want you to call everybody." }}
* [[All-Star Cast]]: [[Matt Damon]], [[Sliding Doors|Gwyneth Paltrow]], [[Kate Winslet]], [[Laurence Fishburne]], [[Sherlock Holmes|Jude Law]], and [[Marion Cotillard]] all play large roles. On top of that, there's [[Demetri Martin]], [[Breaking Bad|Bryan Cranston]], [[Winter's Bone|John Hawkes]], [[Veronica Mars|Enrico Colantoni]] and [[MASHM*A*S*H (film)|Elliot Gould]].
* [[An Aesop]]: The worst thing we have to fear is fear itself. In a crisis; don't panic, stay rational, trust the professionals, and don't look for scapegoats.
** And ''always wash your hands''.