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Scanners
Theatrical poster for Scanners
Directed by	David Cronenberg
Produced by	Claude Héroux
Written by	David Cronenberg
Starring	Michael Ironside Jennifer O'Neill Stephen Lack Patrick McGoohan
Music by	Howard Shore
Release date(s)	January 14, 1981 U.S. release
Running time	103 min
Language	English
Budget	$3,500,000 (estimated)
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Scanners is  a 1981 Canadian sci-fi horror movie written and  directed by David Cronenberg.

Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Cast 3 Sequels 3.1 Sequels 3.2 Spinoffs 3.3 Remake 4 References in Other Media 5 External links

[edit] Plot summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Scanners are  people with telepathic and  telekinetic abilities. ConSec, a corporation specialising in weaponry and  security systems, is  attempting to exploit their talents. At the start of the film, ConSec's last scanner is  murdered by renegade Darryl Revok (Michael Ironside): in a notorious scene, Revok makes the scanner's head explode. Revok is  captured by ConSec staff but uses his powers to escape.

Dr. Paul Ruth (Patrick McGoohan), the head of ConSec's scanner section, then recruits protagonist Cameron Vale (Stephen Lack) (a drifter who can hear others' thoughts) to infiltrate Revok's underground organization.

The story is  structured as a futuristic thriller, involving industrial espionage and  intrigue, car chases, conspiracies, and  shoot-outs (including a gruesome scanner duel between Vale and  Revok at the end). it  was the nearest thing to a conventional sci-fi thriller Cronenberg had made up to that point, lacking the sexual content of Shivers, Rabid or  The Brood; it  was also his most profitable film until The Fly six years later.

Because of the oddities of Canada's film financing structures at the time, it  was necessary to begin shooting with only two weeks' pre-production work, before the screenplay had been completed. As a result, Cronenberg has said, Scanners was a nightmare to make.

[edit] Cast

• Stephen Lack as Cameron Vale
• Michael Ironside as Darryl Revok
• Patrick McGoohan as Dr. Paul Ruth, psychopharmacist
• Jennifer O'Neill as Kim Obrist
• Lawrence Dane as Braedon Keller
• Robert A. Silverman as Benjamin Pierce
• Lee Broker as Security One
• Mavor Moore as Trevellyan
• Adam Ludwig as Arno Crostic
• Murray Cruchley as Programmer 1
• Fred Doederlein as Dieter Tautz
• Géza Kovács as Killer in Record Store
• Sony Forbes as Killer in Attic
• Jérôme Tiberghien as Killer in Attic
• Denis Lacroix as Killer in Barn

[edit] Sequels

Scanners also has sequels, a series of spinoffs, and  at one point a remake was proposed. None of these projects has involved Cronenberg:

[edit] Sequels

• Scanners II: The New Order (1991)
• Scanners III: The Takeover (1992)

[edit] Spinoffs

• Scanner Cop (1994)
• Scanners:The Showdown(a.k.a.Scanner Cop II) (1995)

[edit] Remake

• In 2004, Lions Gate announced plans to remake Scanners, despite opposition from Cronenberg. As of June 2006, however, there have  been no further announced developments and  the title has been removed from IMDB, suggesting the idea has been scrapped.

[edit] References in Other Media

• In episode 511 (Gunslinger) of the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000, during the host segments, Dr. Clayton Forrester offers "The Scanner Planner" (which, of course, deals with blowing up people's heads ala Daryl Revok) as his end of the episode's "invention exchange". Dr. Forrester then proceeds to use the lessons taught in "The Scanner Planner" to blow up first Tom Servo's head, and  then (by the end of the episode) TV's Frank's head. The cover of the planner features the iconic image of Michael Ironside as Daryl Revok, as he is  shown during the film's climactic "Scanner battle".

Movies by David Cronenberg
Transfer • From the Drain • Stereo • Crimes of the Future • Shivers • Rabid • Fast Company • The Brood • Scanners • The Dead Zone • Videodrome • The Fly • Dead Ringers • Naked Lunch • M. Butterfly • Crash • eXistenZ • Spider • A History of Violence

[edit] External links

• Scanners at the Internet Movie Database
• Scanners II: The New Order at the Internet Movie Database
• Scanners III: The Takeover at the Internet Movie Database
• Scanner Cop at the Internet Movie Database
• Scanner Cop II at the Internet Movie Database
• Animated GIF of the exploding head from Scanners

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Categories: 1981 films | Canadian films | Cult science fiction films | Fictional characters with telekinesis | Fictional telepaths | Films directed by David Cronenberg | Horror films | Independent films

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