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Scanners (1981) [R]

Release Date:
January 14, 1981

Original Title:
Scanners

Alternate Titles:
Mentes destructoras
Scanners
Scanners - dödande tanke
Scanners 1: Sua Mente Pode Destruir
Scanners: Los amos de la muerte
Scanners: Mentes destructoras
Tappava ajatus
Tarayıcılar
İnfilak
Сканнеры

Genres:
Horror | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
Canadian Film Development Corporation
Filmplan International
Montreal Trust Company of Canada

Production Countries:
Canada

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: R 18+  BR: 16  DE: 18  ES: 18  FI: K-18  FR: 12|16  IT: 14+  JP: R15+  MX: C  NL: 16  PT: M/16  SE: 15  US: R 

Runtime: 103

10 Seconds: The Pain Begins. 15 Seconds: You Can’t Breathe. 20 Seconds: You Explode.

Overview from TheMovieDB

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, and that some of the other “scanners” have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them.

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Production

Art Direction:
Carol Spier

Assistant Art Director:
Barbara Jones

Assistant Editor:
Robert Boyd
Chris Hutton

Assistant Property Master:
Michel Comte
Ernie Tomlinson

Assistant Set Dresser:
Serge Bureau
Melanie Johnson

Assistant Sound Editor:
Terry Burke
Gary Daprato

Best Boy Grip:
Claude Langlois

Boom Operator:
Gabor Vadnay

Captain Driver:
Charles Toupin

Casting:
Daniel Hausmann

Casting Assistant:
Ginette D'Amico
Muriel Fournier

Color Timer:
Thomas Metzger

Continuity:
France Boudreau

Costume Assistant:
Blanche Boileau

Costume Design:
Delphine White

Director:
David Cronenberg

Director of Photography:
Mark Irwin

Draughtsman:
Michael Joy

Dresser:
Renée April

Driver:
Armand Thomas

Editor:
Ronald Sanders

Electrician:
Arshad Shaw

Executive Producer:
Pierre David
Victor Solnicki

First Assistant Camera:
Robin Miller

First Assistant Director:
Jim Kaufman

Gaffer:
Jock Brandis

Grip:
Maris H. Jansons
Michel Périard

Hairstylist:
Constant Natale

Key Grip:
François Dupéré

Location Manager:
Christine Burt

Makeup Artist:
Brigitte McCaughry

Original Music Composer:
Howard Shore

Post Production Coordinator:
Bill Wiggins

Presenter:
Pierre David
Victor Solnicki

Producer:
Claude Héroux

Producer's Assistant:
Kim Obrist

Production Accountant:
Serge Major

Production Assistant:
Neil Bibby
Victor Blazevic
Patrick Ferrerro
Nerses Kolanian
Guy Landry
Glendon Light
Marilyn Majerczyk
Nick Rose
Claire Veillet

Production Coordinator:
Danièle Rohrbach

Production Manager:
Don Buchsbaum

Property Master:
Jean Bourret

Sculptor:
Peter Borowski
Tom Coulter
Peter Dowker

Second Assistant Camera:
Gregory Villeneuve

Second Assistant Director:
Michael A. Williams

Set Designer:
Alfred

Set Dresser:
Peter Bray

Sound:
Don Cohen

Sound Editor:
Charles R. Bowers
Peter Jermyn
Bruce Nyznik
Charles Bowers

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Paul Coombe
Mike Hoogenboom

Special Effects:
Gary Zeller
Dennis Pike

Special Effects Assistant:
Don Berry
Louis Craig
Jacques Godbout

Special Effects Makeup Artist:
Stephan Dupuis
Tom Schwartz
Dick Smith
Chris Walas

Special Effects Technician:
David Neil Trifunovich

Still Photographer:
Denis Fugere

Stunt Coordinator:
Alex Stevens

Stunts:
Céline Fournier
Gary Hymes

Supervising Sound Editor:
Peter Burgess

Third Assistant Director:
Anne Murphy

Unit Manager:
Jean Savard

Unit Publicist:
Kay Gray

Writer:
David Cronenberg

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