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Scanners (1981)
6.7
Ratings: 6.7/10 from 17,938 users
Metascore:
60/100
Reviews: 133 user | 66 critic | 8 from Metacritic.com A scientist sends a man with extraordinary psychic powers to hunt others like him. Director:David CronenbergWriter:David Cronenberg |
103 min - 
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Braedon Keller
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Robert A. Silverman | ... |
Benjamin Pierce
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Security One
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Mavor Moore | ... |
Trevellyan
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Adam Ludwig | ... |
Arno Crostic
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Programmer 1
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Fred Doederlein | ... |
Dieter Tautz
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Géza Kovács | ... |
Killer in Record Store
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Sonny Forbes | ... |
Killer in Attic
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Jérôme Tiberghien | ... |
Killer in Attic
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Denis Lacroix | ... |
Killer in Barn
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Storyline
Darryl Revok is the most powerful of all the scanners, and is the head of the underground scanner movement for world domination. Scanners have great psychic power, strong enough to control minds; they can inflict enormous pain/damage on their victims. Doctor Paul Ruth finds a scanner that Revok hasn't, and converts him to their cause - to destroy the underground movement. Written by Paul Reynolds <pauljr@innotts.co.uk>
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisTaglines:
There are 4 billion people on earth. 237 are Scanners. They have the most terrifying powers ever created... and they are winning. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
CanadaLanguage:
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Telepathy 2000 See more »Box Office
Budget:
$CAD4,100,000 (estimated)Gross:
$14,225,876 (USA)Company Credits
Production Co:
Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC), Filmplan, Victor Solnicki Productions See more »
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Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Benjamin Pierce: Why don't you leave me alone?
Cameron Vale: I need some help. You're the only one that can give it to me.
Benjamin Pierce: Is that right? Me?
Cameron Vale: Yes.
Benjamin Pierce: [Benjamin bursts out in laughter] Then I think you're in big trouble, chump.
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Trivia
William S. Burroughs' 1959 novel 'Naked Lunch' contains a chapter concerning "Senders", a hostile organization of telepaths bent on world domination, a clear literary inspiration for this film. See more »Goofs
Crew or equipment visible: When Cameron Vale first visits Kim Obrist, before going up the stairs to meet her, some lighting equipment and the boom microphone is reflected in the glass door as it closes behind him. See more »Quotes
Cameron Vale: Benjamin Pierce?Benjamin Pierce: Why don't you leave me alone?
Cameron Vale: I need some help. You're the only one that can give it to me.
Benjamin Pierce: Is that right? Me?
Cameron Vale: Yes.
Benjamin Pierce: [Benjamin bursts out in laughter] Then I think you're in big trouble, chump.
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Crazy Credits
As the credits end, the words "Max Security Self Destruct Seconds 1" flash on the screen, then the screen flashes green, as if someone shut the monitor off. See more »Connections
Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Indestructible Man (#5.9)" (1992) See more »
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