Scanners
“10 Seconds: The Pain Begins. 15 Seconds: You Can’t Breathe. 20 Seconds: You Explode.”
1981•R•1h 43m•6.7•Released
Science FictionHorror
After a man with extraordinary, and frighteningly destructive, telepathic abilities is nabbed by agents from a mysterious rogue corporation, he discovers he is far from the only possessor of such strange powers. Some of the other “scanners” have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them.
Director
David Cronenberg
Writer
David Cronenberg
Budget
$4M
Revenue
$14M
Languages
English
Studio
Filmplan International
Cast
Stephen Lack
Cameron Vale
Jennifer O'Neill
Kim Obrist
Michael Ironside
Darryl Revok
Patrick McGoohan
Dr. Paul Ruth
Lawrence Dane
Braedon Keller
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
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Sonny Forbes
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Jérôme Tiberghien
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Denis Lacroix
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Production
Company
Filmplan International
Company
Canadian Film Development Corporation
Company
Montreal Trust Company of Canada
Producer
Claude Héroux
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