Scanners

Scanners (1981)

Released: 1981-01-14 Duration: 1hr 43min
Rating 6.7
10 Seconds: The Pain Begins. 15 Seconds: You Can’t Breathe. 20 Seconds: You Explode.

Overview

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.

Production Companies

Filmplan International
Canadian Film Development Corporation
Montreal Trust Company of Canada

Additional Info

Budget $4,100,000.00
Revenue $14,225,876.00
Original Language en
Popularity 3.573

Directed By

David Cronenberg

Crew

Costume Design
Delphine White
Makeup Artist
Brigitte McCaughry
Executive Producer
Victor Solnicki
Executive Producer
Pierre David
Hairstylist
Constant Natale
Art Direction
Carol Spier
Production Manager
Don Buchsbaum
Director of Photography
Mark Irwin
Producer
Claude Héroux
Original Music Composer
Howard Shore
Special Effects
Gary Zeller
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Chris Walas
Unit Manager
Jean Savard
First Assistant Director
Jim Kaufman
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Tom Schwartz
Second Assistant Director
Michael A. Williams
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Dick Smith
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Stephan Dupuis
Third Assistant Director
Anne Murphy
Assistant Set Dresser
Serge Bureau
Sculptor
Tom Coulter
Sound Editor
Charles Bowers
Sculptor
Peter Dowker
Set Dresser
Peter Bray
Property Master
Jean Bourret
Boom Operator
Gabor Vadnay
First Assistant Camera
Robin Miller
Set Designer
Alfred
Assistant Property Master
Ernie Tomlinson
Assistant Art Director
Barbara Jones
Special Effects
Dennis Pike
Gaffer
Jock Brandis
Dresser
Renée April
Sculptor
Peter Borowski
Assistant Property Master
Michel Comte
Draughtsman
Michael Joy
Assistant Sound Editor
Terry Burke
Casting Assistant
Muriel Fournier
Special Effects Assistant
Jacques Godbout
Best Boy Grip
Claude Langlois
Second Assistant Camera
Gregory Villeneuve
Casting Assistant
Ginette D'Amico
Assistant Sound Editor
Gary Daprato
Still Photographer
Denis Fugere
Special Effects Technician
David Neil Trifunovich
Stunt Coordinator
Alex Stevens
Electrician
Arshad Shaw
Assistant Set Dresser
Melanie Johnson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mike Hoogenboom
Stunts
Gary Hymes
Costume Assistant
Blanche Boileau
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Paul Coombe
Sound
Don Cohen
Special Effects Assistant
Don Berry
Special Effects Assistant
Louis Craig
Post Production Coordinator
Bill Wiggins
Color Timer
Thomas Metzger
Unit Publicist
Kay Gray
Location Manager
Christine Burt
Assistant Editor
Robert Boyd
Assistant Editor
Chris Hutton
Production Assistant
Victor Blazevic
Production Assistant
Marilyn Majerczyk
Captain Driver
Charles Toupin
Production Assistant
Neil Bibby
Production Assistant
Claire Veillet
Continuity
France Boudreau
Production Coordinator
Danièle Rohrbach
Producer's Assistant
Kim Obrist
Production Assistant
Patrick Ferrerro
Production Assistant
Glendon Light
Production Accountant
Serge Major
Presenter
Victor Solnicki
Production Assistant
Guy Landry
Production Assistant
Nick Rose
Presenter
Pierre David
Production Assistant
Nerses Kolanian
Sound Editor
Charles R. Bowers
Supervising Sound Editor
Peter Burgess
Sound Editor
Peter Jermyn
Sound Editor
Bruce Nyznik

TOP CAST

Jennifer O'Neill
Jennifer O'Neill

Kim Obrist

Stephen Lack
Stephen Lack

Cameron Vale

Patrick McGoohan
Patrick McGoohan

Dr. Paul Ruth

Lawrence Dane
Lawrence Dane

Braedon Keller

Michael Ironside
Michael Ironside

Darryl Revok

Robert A. Silverman
Robert A. Silverman

Benjamin Pierce

Lee Broker
Lee Broker

Security One

Mavor Moore
Mavor Moore

Trevellyan

Adam Ludwig
Adam Ludwig

Arno Crostic

Murray Cruchley
Murray Cruchley

Programmer 1

Fred Döderlein
Fred Döderlein

Dieter Tautz

Géza Kovács
Géza Kovács

Killer in Record Store

Sonny Forbes
Sonny Forbes

Killer in Attic

Jérôme Tiberghien
Jérôme Tiberghien

Killer in Attic

Denis Lacroix
Denis Lacroix

Killer in Barn

Elizabeth Mudry
Elizabeth Mudry

Killer in Barn

Victor Désy
Victor Désy

Dr. Gatineau

Louis Del Grande
Louis Del Grande

First Scanner

Anthony Sherwood
Anthony Sherwood

Scanner in Attic

Ken Umland
Ken Umland

Scanner in Attic

Anne Anglin
Anne Anglin

Scanner in Attic

Jock Brandis
Jock Brandis

Scanner in Attic

Jack Messinger
Jack Messinger

Scanner at Door

Victor Knight
Victor Knight

Dr. Frane

Karen Fullerton
Karen Fullerton

Pregnant Girl

Margaret Gadbois
Margaret Gadbois

Woman in Mall

Terrance P. Coady
Terrance P. Coady

Security 1 Car Passenger

Steve Michaels
Steve Michaels

Security 1 Car Driver

Malcolm Nelthorpe
Malcolm Nelthorpe

Security 2 Car Driver

Nicholas Kilbertus
Nicholas Kilbertus

Security 2 Car Partner

Don Buchsbaum
Don Buchsbaum

Large Man in Mall

Roland Nincheri
Roland Nincheri

Large Man in Mall

Kimberly McKeever
Kimberly McKeever

Hallucinating Guard

Robert Boyd
Robert Boyd

Hallucinating Guard

Graham Batchelor
Graham Batchelor

Yoga Technician

Dean Hagopian
Dean Hagopian

Programmer 2

Alex Stevens
Alex Stevens

Programmer 3

Neil Affleck
Neil Affleck

Student

John Brasington
John Brasington

Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)

Chris Britton
Chris Britton

Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)

Jack Canon
Jack Canon

Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)

Richard Chapman Jr.
Richard Chapman Jr.

Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)

Leon Herbert
Leon Herbert

Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)

William Hope
William Hope

Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)

Thomas Kovacs
Thomas Kovacs

Boyfriend (uncredited)

Michael Maloley
Michael Maloley

Doctor in Hall (uncredited)

Ian McQue
Ian McQue

Scanner / Security Guard (uncredited)

Chuck Shamata
Chuck Shamata

Tony (uncredited)

Sam Stone
Sam Stone

Security Guard (uncredited)

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