| Edition |
[Criterion collection]. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical stereo rdad |
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video file DVD video rda |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; #712 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 712.
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| System Details |
DVD, widescreen (1.78:1); stereo. |
| Note |
Title from web page. |
| Cast |
Patrick McGoohan, Jennifer O'Neill, Stephen Lack. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1981. |
| Audience |
Rating: R. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Special features: 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; Excerpt from a 1981 interview with Cronenberg on the CBC's "The Bob McLean show"; trailer and radio spots; Plus: an essay by critic Kim Newman. |
| Subject |
Telepathy -- Drama.
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Psychic ability -- Drama.
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Corporations -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Horror films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Cronenberg, David, 1943- film director.
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McGoohan, Patrick, 1928-2009, actor.
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O'Neill, Jennifer, 1948- actor.
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Lack, Stephen, actor.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781604658675 |
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1604658673 |
| Standard No. |
715515120012 |
| Music No. |
CC2378DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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