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Scanners / Janus Films ; Pierre David and Victor Solnicki present a David Cronenberg film ; executive producers, Victor Solnicki, Pierre David ; produced by Claude Heroux ; written and directed by David Cronenberg.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC2378D | The Criterion CollectionSeries: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 712.Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [2014]Distributor: [Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Edition: Two-DVD special editionDescription: 2 videodiscs (103 min.) : monaural, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insertContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 1604658673
  • 9781604658675
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Art director, Carol Spier ; edited by Ronald Sanders ; music by Howard Shore ; director of photography, Mark Irwin.
Cast: Jennifer O'Neill, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane, Michael Ironside, Robert Silverman.Summary: 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, and that some of the other "scanners" have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them.
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Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD SF/FANT Scanners Checked out 05/18/2024 33111008266179
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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, and that some of the other 'scanners' have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1981.

Special features: Disc 1: Trailer; Radio spots. Disc 2: The "Scanners" way (new documentary on the film's special effects, featuring interviews with Cronenberg's collaborators); Mental saboteur (a new interview with actor Michael Ironside); The Ephemerol diaries (a 2012 interview with actor and artist Stephen Lack); The Bob McLean Show (excerpt from a 1981 interview with Cronenberg on the CBC's "The Bob McLean show"); Stereo (Cronenberg's first feature from 1969, precursor to Scanners, stars Ronald Mlodzik). Plus: an essay by critic Kim Newman.

Art director, Carol Spier ; edited by Ronald Sanders ; music by Howard Shore ; director of photography, Mark Irwin.

Jennifer O'Neill, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane, Michael Ironside, Robert Silverman.

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, and that some of the other "scanners" have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them.

Rating: R.

DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.78:1); monaural, Dolby digital.

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