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Max Renn
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Sonja Smits | ... |
Bianca O'Blivion
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Debbie Harry | ... |
Nicki Brand
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Peter Dvorsky | ... |
Harlan
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Leslie Carlson | ... |
Barry Convex
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Jack Creley | ... |
Brian O'Blivion
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Lynne Gorman | ... |
Masha
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Julie Khaner | ... |
Bridey
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Reiner Schwarz | ... |
Moses
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David Bolt | ... |
Raphael
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Lally Cadeau | ... |
Rena King
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Henry Gomez | ... |
Brolley
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Harvey Chao | ... |
Japanese Salesman
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David Tsubouchi | ... |
Japanese Salesman
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Kay Hawtrey | ... |
Matron
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Sam Malkin | ... |
Sidewalk Derelict
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Bob Church | ... |
Newscaster
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Jayne Eastwood | ... |
Woman Caller
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Franciszka Hedland | ... |
Bellydancer
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
David Cronenberg | ... |
Max Renn (Helmet Scenes) (uncredited)
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Directed by
David Cronenberg |
Written by
David Cronenberg | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
Pierre David | ... | executive producer |
Claude Héroux | ... | producer |
Larry Nesis | ... | associate producer (as Lawrence Nesis) |
Victor Solnicki | ... | executive producer |
Music by
Howard Shore |
Cinematography by
Mark Irwin | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Ronald Sanders |
Editorial Department
Elaine Foreman | ... | assistant editor |
Carol McBride | ... | assistant editor |
Michael Rea | ... | assistant editor |
Christopher Severn | ... | color timer |
Bill Wiggins | ... | post-production coordinator |
Art Direction by
Carol Spier |
Set Decoration by
Angelo Stea |
Costume Design by
Delphine White |
Makeup Department
Rick Baker | ... | special makeup effects designer |
Thomas Booth | ... | hair stylist (as Thomas L. Booth) |
Shonagh Jabour | ... | makeup artist |
Steve Johnson | ... | special makeup effects artist |
Michael Kavanagh | ... | makeup effects assistant |
Inge Klaudi | ... | makeup assistant |
Maureen Mestan | ... | assistant hair stylist |
Mark Molin | ... | makeup effects assistant |
Constant Natale | ... | hair stylist |
Bill Sturgeon | ... | special makeup effects artist |
Kevin Brennan | ... | special makeup effects artist (uncredited) |
Tom Hester | ... | special makeup effects artist (uncredited) |
Shawn McEnroe | ... | special makeup effects artist (uncredited) |
Mark Shostrom | ... | special makeup effects artist (uncredited) |
Kevin Sturgeon | ... | special makeup effects artist (uncredited) |
Production Management
Janet E. Cuddy | ... | assistant production manager (as Janet Cuddy) |
Gwen Iveson | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John Board | ... | first assistant director |
Libby Bowden | ... | assistant director |
Rocco Gismondi | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
Jon Bankson | ... | carpenter |
John Bentley | ... | carpenter |
Enrico Campana | ... | set dresser |
Kirk Cheney | ... | carpenter |
Elaine Cohen | ... | painter |
Janet Cormack | ... | painter |
Tom Coulter | ... | assistant art director |
Joe Curtin | ... | assistant head carpenter |
Barbara Dunphy | ... | assistant art director |
Bill Gibson | ... | painter |
Ed Hanna | ... | set dresser |
Bill Harman | ... | construction manager |
Simon Harwood | ... | painter |
Gary Jack | ... | set dresser |
Nick Kosonic | ... | scenic artist |
Peter Lauterman | ... | property master |
Harry Pavelson | ... | painter |
Thomas Pearce | ... | carpenter |
Robert Pearson | ... | carpenter |
Greg Pelchat | ... | assistant propman |
Reet Puhm | ... | painter |
Alex Russell | ... | head carpenter (as Alexander Russell) |
Alan Sharpe | ... | carpenter |
Bob Sher | ... | carpenter (as Robert Sher) |
Gareth Wilson | ... | set dresser |
Sound Department
Charles Bowers | ... | dialogue editor |
Peter Burgess | ... | supervising sound editor |
Terry Burke | ... | foley artist |
Elius Caruso | ... | sound re-recordist |
Michele Cook | ... | assistant sound editor |
Paul Coombe | ... | sound re-recordist |
Gary Daprato | ... | assistant sound editor |
Bryan Day | ... | location sound recordist |
Mike Hoogenboom | ... | sound re-recordist (as Michael Hoogenboom) |
Michael LaCroix | ... | boom operator |
Beverley Neale | ... | assistant sound editor |
Special Effects by
James Stuart Allan | ... | carpenter: special effects |
Frank C. Carere | ... | special effects (as Frank Carere) |
Robert Rouveroy | ... | special effects: video effects creator (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
Michael Lennick | ... | special video effects |
Robbie Meckler | ... | assistant video effects (as Robert Meckler) |
Lee Wilson | ... | assistant video effects |
Camera and Electrical Department
Scotty Allan | ... | best boy (as Douglas 'Scotty' Allan) |
Jock Brandis | ... | gaffer |
James Crowe | ... | assistant camera |
Brian Danniels | ... | grip |
Christopher Dean | ... | grip |
David Hynes | ... | assistant key grip |
Maris H. Jansons | ... | key grip (as Marris Jansons) |
Robin Miller | ... | assistant camera |
Donna Mobbs | ... | camera trainee |
Gary Phipps | ... | electrician |
Rick Porter | ... | still photographer |
Casting Department
Peter Lavender | ... | extras casting |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Denise Cronenberg | ... | wardrobe trainee (as Denise Woodley) |
Maureen Gurney | ... | wardrobe assistant |
Eileen Kennedy | ... | assistant costume designer |
Kat Moyer | ... | wardrobe assistant |
Mary Partridge-Raynor | ... | wardrobe assistant |
Arthur Rowsell | ... | wardrobe master |
Kathy Vieira | ... | wardrobe assistant |
Location Management
David Coatsworth | ... | location manager |
Music Department
Michael Jay | ... | music mix engineer (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Gillian Richardson | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
Donato Baldassarra | ... | transport coordinator |
David Chudnovsky | ... | driver (as David Chud) |
A. Randy Jones | ... | driver captain (as Randy Jones) |
Allen Kosonic | ... | driver |
Jerome McCann | ... | driver |
John Vander Pas | ... | driver |
Jeff Steinberg | ... | driver |
Alan Zweig | ... | driver |
Additional Crew
Rachelle Charron | ... | assistant accountant |
Pierre David | ... | presenter |
Denise Di Novi | ... | creative consultant |
Kirsteen Etherington | ... | choreographer |
Maureen Fitzgerald | ... | bookkeeper |
Bonnie Gold | ... | receptionist |
Angela Gruenthal | ... | production secretary |
Roger Héroux | ... | production coordinator |
Lacia Kornylo | ... | production accountant |
Monique Légaré | ... | secretary: Mr. Héroux |
Gilles Léonard | ... | assistant comptroller (as Gilles Leonard) |
Serge Major | ... | comptroller |
Monik Nantel | ... | assistant to executive producer |
Howard Rothschild | ... | production assistant |
Ellen Rozen | ... | assistant: Mr. Solnicki |
Victor Solnicki | ... | presenter |
Richard Spiegelman | ... | production assistant |
Jill Spitz | ... | unit publicist |
Lydia Wazana | ... | craft service |
Richard Zywotkiewicz | ... | personal assistant: Mr. Cronenberg |
Jock Brandis | ... | boat wrangler (uncredited) |
Thanks
Tom Coppola | ... | special thanks: for music |
Paul Freedman | ... | special thanks: for music |
Cheryl Hardwick | ... | special thanks: for music |
Peter Hedeman | ... | special thanks: for music |
Michael Jay | ... | special thanks: for music |
Rosemary D. Merriam | ... | special thanks: for music |
Maury Rosenfeld | ... | special thanks: for music |
Michael Werner | ... | special thanks: for music |
Marty Zofcin | ... | special thanks: for music |
Production Companies
- Filmplan International (production)
- Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC) (a film produced with the participation of)
- Famous Players Limited (a film produced with the participation of)
- Guardian Trust Company (copyright)
Distributors
- Les Films Mutuels (1983) (Canada) (theatrical) (Quebec)
- Universal Pictures (1983) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Palace Pictures (1983) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures (1983) (United States) (theatrical)
- Cine-Studio (1983) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Filmways Australasian Distributors (1983) (Australia) (theatrical)
- United International Pictures (UIP) (1983) (Australia) (theatrical)
- United International Pictures (UIP) (1983) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures (1983) (Mexico) (theatrical)
- DiscoVision (1983) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- S.N. Prodis (1984) (France) (theatrical)
- CIC-Taft Home Video (1984) (Australia) (video)
- Euro Space (1985) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Kriterion Films (1985) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Taurus Cinematografica (1985) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (VHS)
- CIC Video (West Germany) (VHS)
- Esselte CIC Video (Netherlands) (VHS)
- Universal Pictures Spain (1987) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Esselte Video (1988) (Finland) (VHS)
- Pioneer (1997) (United Kingdom) (video) (laserdisc)
- MCA/Universal Home Video (1998) (United States) (DVD) (widescreen)
- Argentina Video Home (2000) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Argentina Video Home (2000) (Argentina) (VHS) (re-release)
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (2022) (Brazil) (Blu-ray)
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (2002) (Mexico) (DVD)
- Universal Pictures Home Video (2002) (Mexico) (VHS)
- Universal Pictures Video (2002) (Germany) (DVD)
- Universal Pictures Video (2002) (Sweden) (DVD)
- Universal Pictures Video (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- The Criterion Collection (2004) (United States) (DVD)
- Nippon Herald Films (1997) (Japan) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Universal Pictures (2008) (Italy) (DVD)
- The Criterion Collection (2010) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- Splendor Films (2014) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Arrow Films (2015) (United Kingdom) (Blu-ray) (limited edition) (4 disc BD/DVD combo)
- Arrow Video (2015) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- TMN GO (2017) (Canada) (video) (video-on-demand)
- Koch Media (2018) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- The Criterion Channel (2020) (United States) (tv) (digital)
- Arrow Films (2022) (United Kingdom) (Ultra HD Blu-ray) (limited edition)
- Arrow Films (2023) (United Kingdom) (Ultra HD Blu-ray)
- The Criterion Collection (2023) (United States) (Ultra HD Blu-ray)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- CKEY Radio (thanks)
- Film House (mixing facilities)
- Film Opticals (opticals)
- Harbor Castle Hilton Hotel (thanks)
- Magnasonic (provided by) (Sanyo Consumer Entertainment products)
- Paratel (worldwide publicity)
- Publifilms Limited (marketing)
- T.'n T. Services Ltd. (negative cutting)
- Walker-Bowen (casting)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
When Max Renn goes looking for edgy new shows for his sleazy cable TV station, he stumbles across the pirate broadcast of a hyper-violent torture show called Videodrome. As he struggles to unearth the origins of the program, he embarks on a hallucinatory journey into a shadow world of right-wing conspiracies, sadomasochistic sex games, and bodily transformation. Starring James Woods and Deborah Harry in one of her first film roles, Videodrome is one of writer/director David Cronenberg's most original and provocative works, fusing social commentary with shocking elements of sex and violence. With groundbreaking special effects makeup by Academy Award®-winner Rick Baker, Videodrome has come to be regarded as one of the most influential and mind-bending science fiction films of the 1980s. |
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Taglines | From David Cronenberg, Creator of 'Scanners'. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $5,952,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Three different endings were filmed. The ending used in the film was James Woods' idea. See more » |
Goofs | When Max returns to Spectacular Optical near the end of the film, a sign for prescriptions reads 'perscriptions'. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into The Phoenix Portal (2005). See more » |
Crazy Credits | The VIDEODROME title experiences a TV white noise distortion. See more » |
Quotes |
Brian O'Blivion:
The battle for the mind of North America will be fought in the video arena: the Videodrome. The television screen is the retina of the mind's eye. Therefore, the television screen is part of the physical structure of the brain. Therefore, whatever appears on the television screen emerges as raw experience for those who watch it. Therefore, television is reality, and reality is less than television. See more » |