Scanners (1981)
Scanners (1981)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
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
Lee Broker
Security One
Mavor Moore
Trevellyan
Adam Ludwig
Arno Crostic
Murray Cruchley
Programmer 1
Fred Döderlein
Dieter Tautz
Géza Kovács
Killer in Record Store
Sonny Forbes
Killer in Attic
Jérôme Tiberghien
Killer in Attic
Denis Lacroix
Killer in Barn
Elizabeth Mudry
Killer in Barn
Victor Désy
Dr. Gatineau
Louis Del Grande
First Scanner
Anthony Sherwood
Scanner in Attic
Ken Umland
Scanner in Attic
Anne Anglin
Scanner in Attic
Jock Brandis
Scanner in Attic / Gaffer
Jack Messinger
Scanner at Door
Victor Knight
Dr. Frane
Karen Fullerton
Pregnant Girl
Margaret Gadbois
Woman in Mall
Terrance P. Coady
Security 1 Car Passenger
Steve Michaels
Security 1 Car Driver
Malcolm Nelthorpe
Security 2 Car Driver
Nicholas Kilbertus
Security 2 Car Partner
Don Buchsbaum
Large Man in Mall / Production Manager
Roland Nincheri
Large Man in Mall
Kimberly McKeever
Hallucinating Guard
Robert Boyd
Hallucinating Guard / Assistant Editor
Graham Batchelor
Yoga Technician
Dean Hagopian
Programmer 2
Alex Stevens
Programmer 3 / Stunt Coordinator
Neil Affleck
Student
John Brasington
Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)
Chris Britton
Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)
Jack Canon
Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)
Richard Chapman Jr.
Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)
Leon Herbert
Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)
William Hope
Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)
Thomas Kovacs
Boyfriend (uncredited)
Michael Maloley
Doctor in Hall (uncredited)
Ian McQue
Scanner / Security Guard (uncredited)
Chuck Shamata
Tony (uncredited)
Sam Stone
Security Guard (uncredited)
Ronald Sanders
Editor
David Cronenberg
Director / Writer
Claude Héroux
Producer
Pierre David
Executive Producer / Presenter
Victor Solnicki
Executive Producer / Presenter
Howard Shore
Original Music Composer
Mark Irwin
Director of Photography
Carol Spier
Art Direction
Delphine White
Costume Design
Constant Natale
Hairstylist
Brigitte McCaughry
Makeup Artist
Gary Zeller
Special Effects
Stephan Dupuis
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Tom Schwartz
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Dick Smith
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Chris Walas
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Jean Savard
Unit Manager
Jim Kaufman
First Assistant Director
Anne Murphy
Third Assistant Director
Michael A. Williams
Second Assistant Director
Alfred
Set Designer
Peter Borowski
Sculptor
Jean Bourret
Property Master
Peter Bray
Set Dresser
Serge Bureau
Assistant Set Dresser
Michel Comte
Assistant Property Master
Tom Coulter
Sculptor
Peter Dowker
Sculptor
Melanie Johnson
Assistant Set Dresser
Barbara Jones
Assistant Art Director
Michael Joy
Draughtsman
Ernie Tomlinson
Assistant Property Master
Charles Bowers
Sound Editor
Terry Burke
Assistant Sound Editor
Don Cohen
Sound
Paul Coombe
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gary Daprato
Assistant Sound Editor
Mike Hoogenboom
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gabor Vadnay
Boom Operator
Don Berry
Special Effects Assistant
Louis Craig
Special Effects Assistant
Jacques Godbout
Special Effects Assistant
Dennis Pike
Special Effects
David Neil Trifunovich
Special Effects Technician
Céline Fournier
Stunts
Gary Hymes
Stunts
François Dupéré
Key Grip
Denis Fugere
Still Photographer
Maris H. Jansons
Grip
Claude Langlois
Best Boy Grip
Robin Miller
First Assistant Camera
Michel Périard
Grip
Arshad Shaw
Electrician
Gregory Villeneuve
Second Assistant Camera
Ginette D'Amico
Casting Assistant
Muriel Fournier
Casting Assistant
Daniel Hausmann
Casting
Renée April
Dresser
Blanche Boileau
Costume Assistant
Chris Hutton
Assistant Editor
Thomas Metzger
Color Timer
Bill Wiggins
Post Production Coordinator
Christine Burt
Location Manager
France Boudreau
Continuity
Armand Thomas
Driver
Charles Toupin
Captain Driver
Neil Bibby
Production Assistant
Victor Blazevic
Production Assistant
Patrick Ferrerro
Production Assistant
Kay Gray
Unit Publicist
Nerses Kolanian
Production Assistant
Guy Landry
Production Assistant
Glendon Light
Production Assistant
Marilyn Majerczyk
Production Assistant
Serge Major
Production Accountant
Kim Obrist
Producer's Assistant
Danièle Rohrbach
Production Coordinator
Nick Rose
Production Assistant
Claire Veillet
Production Assistant
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 14, 1981
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 43m
Content RatingR
Budget$4,100,000
Box Office$14,225,876
Filming LocationsMontreal · Toronto, Canada
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Scanners is a 1981 Canadian science fiction horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Ironside, and Patrick McGoohan. In the film, "scanners" are psychics with unusual telepathic and telekinetic powers. ConSec, a purveyor of weaponry and security systems, searches out scanners to use them for its own purposes. The film's plot concerns the attempt by Darryl Revok (Ironside), a renegade scanner, to wage a war against ConSec. Another scanner, Cameron Vale (Lack), is dispatched by ConSec to stop Revok.
Scanners premiered in January 1981 to lukewarm reviews from critics but became one of the first films produced in Canada to successfully compete with American films at the international box office. It brought Cronenberg and his controversial style of body horror attention from mainstream film audiences for the first time and has since been reevaluated as a cult classic. It is particularly well known for a scene that depicts Revok psychically causing a rival scanner's head to explode.