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Screamers

  • 19951995
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  • 1h 48m
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6.3/10
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Screamers (1995)
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A military commander stationed off planet during an interplanetary war travels through the devastated landscape to negotiate a peace treaty, but discovers that the primitive robots they buil... Read allA military commander stationed off planet during an interplanetary war travels through the devastated landscape to negotiate a peace treaty, but discovers that the primitive robots they built to kill enemy combatants have gained sentience.A military commander stationed off planet during an interplanetary war travels through the devastated landscape to negotiate a peace treaty, but discovers that the primitive robots they built to kill enemy combatants have gained sentience.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
27K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
9,769
488
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    • Director
      • Christian Duguay
    • Writers
      • Philip K. Dick(short story "Second Variety")
      • Dan O'Bannon(screenplay)
      • Miguel Tejada-Flores(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Peter Weller
      • Roy Dupuis
      • Jennifer Rubin
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Christian Duguay
    • Writers
      • Philip K. Dick(short story "Second Variety")
      • Dan O'Bannon(screenplay)
      • Miguel Tejada-Flores(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Peter Weller
      • Roy Dupuis
      • Jennifer Rubin
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 158User reviews
    • 74Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

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    Production Still-Charles Powell as "Ross" on the set of Screamers
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    Top cast

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    Peter Weller
    Peter Weller
    • Joe Hendricksson
    Roy Dupuis
    Roy Dupuis
    • Becker
    Jennifer Rubin
    Jennifer Rubin
    • Jessica Hanson
    Andy Lauer
    Andy Lauer
    • Ace Jefferson
    Charles Edwin Powell
    Charles Edwin Powell
    • Ross
    • (as Charles Powell)
    Ron White
    Ron White
    • Chuck Elbarak
    Michael Caloz
    • David
    Liliana Komorowska
    Liliana Komorowska
    • Landowska
    Jason Cavalier
    Jason Cavalier
    • Leone
    Leni Parker
    Leni Parker
    • Cpl. McDonald
    Sylvain Massé
    Sylvain Massé
    • N.E.B. Soldier
    Bruce Boa
    Bruce Boa
    • Secretary Green
    Tom Berry
    Tom Berry
    • Technician
    Henry Ramer
    Henry Ramer
    • Screamers Crawl Narration
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Christian Duguay
    • Writers
      • Philip K. Dick(short story "Second Variety")
      • Dan O'Bannon(screenplay)
      • Miguel Tejada-Flores(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The strange game board in the opening scene is the "Game of Ur," a game from ancient Mesopotamia. The game is still played in Iraq to this day. The board they're using appears to be a facsimile of the oldest surviving board, discovered in the Royal Tomb of Ur.
    • Goofs
      On the way out of NEB HQ, when Jefferson jokingly repeats the line "Can I come with you?" we see Hendricksson from behind as he points his rifle upward and away from Jefferson. When we cut to a front view, he is still pointing the rifle forward. Then we cut to a rear view again and the rifle is still pointed upward.
    • Quotes

      Hendricksson: Jefferson, you must be confusing me with someone who gives a shit.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: From Dusk Til Dawn/Eye for an Eye/12 Monkeys/Two If by Sea/Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      Hard Luck Solution
      Music by Jerry De Villiers Jr.

      Lyrics by Dwight Druick

      Vocals by Loulou Hughes

    User reviews158

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    B-Side at its best...
    Woah... I saw it in 1996 in a theater near my small Provençal village, and i simply wasn't expecting that... Christian Duguay proved once again he was terribly underrated by both the press and the public, "Screamers" ("Planète Hurlante" in France i/e "Screaming Planet", nice title too...) is the B-side at its best, the B-efficiency with an almost-A script. The cast is OK (Roy Dupuis was almost a star here in the early 90s, the VFX impressive (for the most of them), and - as some viewers wrote earlier - the first part very promising. Overall, a good job. Take it on video with a couple of friends, some chips'n'soda (ok, beer if ya want).
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    • Switcher1972
    • Dec 15, 2002

    FAQ7

    • What are the differences between the book and the film?
    • If a "tab" will work only for one person, how is Jefferson able to use his to protect Ross?
    • Is this in the same universe as Blade Runner(1982)?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 26, 1996 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Sony Pictures
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Claw
    • Filming locations
      • Joliette, Québec, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Triumph Films
      • Fuji Eight Company Ltd.
      • Fries Film Group
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $20,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $5,711,695
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,904,140
      • Jan 28, 1996
    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,711,695
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS-Stereo
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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