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Scanners (1981)
6.7
Ratings: 6.7/10 from 17,797 users
Metascore:
60/100
Reviews: 133 user | 64 critic | 8 from Metacritic.com A scientist sends a man with extraordinary psychic powers to hunt others like him. Director:David CronenbergWriter:David Cronenberg |
103 min - 
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3 wins
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Braedon Keller
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Benjamin Pierce
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Security One
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Trevellyan
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Arno Crostic
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Programmer 1
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Fred Doederlein | ... |
Dieter Tautz
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Géza Kovács | ... |
Killer in Record Store
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Sonny Forbes | ... |
Killer in Attic
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Jérôme Tiberghien | ... |
Killer in Attic
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Denis Lacroix | ... |
Killer in Barn
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Storyline
Darryl Revok is the most powerful of all the scanners, and is the head of the underground scanner movement for world domination. Scanners have great psychic power, strong enough to control minds; they can inflict enormous pain/damage on their victims. Doctor Paul Ruth finds a scanner that Revok hasn't, and converts him to their cause - to destroy the underground movement. Written by Paul Reynolds <pauljr@innotts.co.uk>
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisTaglines:
There are 4 billion people on earth. 237 are Scanners. They have the most terrifying powers ever created... and they are winning. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
CanadaLanguage:
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Telepathy 2000 See more »Box Office
Budget:
$CAD4,100,000 (estimated)Gross:
$14,225,876 (USA)Company Credits
Production Co:
Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC), Filmplan, Victor Solnicki Productions See more »
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1.85 : 1
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Paul Ruth: Freak of nature, born with a certain form of ESP; derangement of the synapses which we call telepathy.
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Trivia
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. See more »Goofs
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When the security escort guard is ordering his driver to slow down, he says "I'm going to kill you if you don't do it!". He is seen to mouth "stop" instead of "do it". See more »Quotes
Cameron Vale: You called me a scanner. What is that?Paul Ruth: Freak of nature, born with a certain form of ESP; derangement of the synapses which we call telepathy.
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Crazy Credits
As the credits end, the words "Max Security Self Destruct Seconds 1" flash on the screen, then the screen flashes green, as if someone shut the monitor off. See more »
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