Scanners

Scanners (1981)

Timing: 1:43 (103 min)

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All about film

Video 6

Photo 95

Actors and characters

Release date

1981-01-14

Country

Canada

Production

Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC), Filmplan International, Montreal Trust Company of Canada, New World-Mutual

Genre

Science Fiction, Horror

Budget

$4 100 000

Revenue

$14 225 876

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Director

David Cronenberg

Actors

Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Ironside, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane, Robert A. Silverman, Lee Broker, Mavor Moore, Adam Ludwig, Murray Cruchley
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Scenario

David Cronenberg

Producer

Claude Héroux, Pierre David, Victor Solnicki

Operator

Mark Irwin

Composer

Howard Shore

Artist

Barbara Jones

Audition

Daniel Hausmann

Editing

Ronald Sanders
All team (87)

• The idea for the film was suggested by one of the chapters of William S. Burroughs' novel "Naked Lunch," which mentions an organization of telepaths obsessed with the idea of world domination.
• Dick Smith, a master known for his work on "The Exorcist," did the makeup.
• Filming took place from October 30, 1979, to December 23, 1979.
• In the scene where the head explodes, a latex dummy was used, filled with dog food, lunch leftovers, fake blood, and rabbit liver. During filming, a 12-gauge shotgun was fired at this dummy.
• The idea for the painting was suggested by one of the chapters of William S. Burroughs’ novel “The Naked Lunch,” which mentions an organization of telepaths obsessed with the idea of world domination.
• Dick Smith did the makeup, a master renowned for his work on “The Exorcist.”