The Boston Herald, December 29th, 2004
Byline: Sarah Rodman Daniel Percival views his film "Smallpox" as a form of activism. Airing on FX at 8 p.m. on Sunday, this frightening docudrama looks at the fictional pandemic of smallpox in 2002, unleashed by an unidentified terrorist. The British director and screenwriter envisioned the two-hour telepic as a way of surrounding a crowded theater with water before yelling "Fire!" "The point of making any of these films is to try to prevent the worst happening before it does, and I say that with all sincerity," said Percival, who finished shooting the film on Sept. 1, 2001, and edited it...
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