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Overview

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Director:
Writer:
David Cronenberg (written by)
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Release Date:
14 January 1981 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
There are 4 billion people on earth. 237 are Scanners. They have the most terrifying powers ever created... and they are winning. more
Plot:
A scientist sends a man with extraordinary psychic powers to hunt others like him. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 9 nominations more
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Scanners is one of Cronenberg's early films of worth more (118 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Jennifer O'Neill ... Kim Obrist
Stephen Lack ... Cameron Vale

Patrick McGoohan ... Dr. Paul Ruth
Lawrence Dane ... Braedon Keller

Michael Ironside ... Darryl Revok
Robert A. Silverman ... Benjamin Pierce (as Robert Silverman)
Lee Broker ... Security One
Mavor Moore ... Trevellyan
Adam Ludwig ... Arno Crostic
Murray Cruchley ... Programmer 1 (as Lee Murray)
Fred Doederlein ... Dieter Tautz
Géza Kovács ... Killer in Record Store (as Geza Kovacs)
Sonny Forbes ... Killer in Attic (as Sony Forbes)
Jérôme Tiberghien ... Killer in Attic (as Jerome Tiberghien)
Denis Lacroix ... Killer in Barn
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Telepathy 2000
Kontrolori (Serbia) [sr]
Scanners (France) [fr]
Scanners - I nyhta tou tromou (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Scanners - Ihre Gedanken können töten (West Germany) [de]
Scanners - Sua Mente Pode Destruir (Brazil) [pt]
Scanners - dödande tanke (Finland: Swedish title) [sv]
Scanners - tappava ajatus (Finland) [fi]
Scanners 1 - Sua Mente Pode Destruir (Brazil) (video title) [pt]
Scanners: Su solo pensamiento podía matar (Spain) [es]
Telekinesis (Mexico) [es]
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Runtime:
103 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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The crash scene in the record store prominently features a float hanging from the ceiling for the RSO (Robert Stigwood Organization) record label, who paid for this placement. By the time the film was released, RSO had gone out of business. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When Cameron Vale first visits Kim Obrist, before going up the stairs to meet her, some lighting equipment and the boom microphone is reflected in the glass door as it closes behind him. more
Quotes:
Woman in Mall: [to her companion, as Cameron Vale approaches, staring at them] Don't look now but I think we're being
[sarcastically]
Woman in Mall: picked up.
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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Scanners is one of Cronenberg's early films of worth, 28 April 2007
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Author: tavm from Baton Rouge, La.

David Cronenberg is one of the most provocative horror directors ever as one of his early films like Scanners proves. Stephen Lack has just been picked by Dr. Patrick McGoohan to infiltrate a sinister organization of scanners-people of telepathic abilities. Lack is one of them who gets administrated a drug to control his more intense urges. Michael Ironside is the one they're looking for. Jennifer O'Neill, Lawrence Dane, and Robert Silverman also lend support. See heads explode and veins pop! There's lots of exposition but more than enough gore and action to satisfy any hard core fans out there. Film actually seemed a little short but there's not a wasted minute here. All Cronenberg and horror fans should definitely seek this one out.

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