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Scanners (1981)

Scanners (1981)

R 103 minutes EN Science Fiction , Horror
10 Seconds: The Pain Begins. 15 Seconds: You Can’t Breathe. 20 Seconds: You Explode.
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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Jennifer O'Neill
Kim Obrist
Stephen Lack
Cameron Vale
Patrick McGoohan
Dr. Paul Ruth
Lawrence Dane
Braedon Keller
Michael Ironside
Darryl Revok
Robert A. Silverman
Benjamin Pierce
Lee Broker
Security One
Mavor Moore
Trevellyan
Adam Ludwig
Arno Crostic
Murray Cruchley
Programmer 1
Fred Döderlein
Dieter Tautz
Géza Kovács
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Special Effects
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Production companies: Filmplan International, Canadian Film Development Corporation, Montreal Trust Company of Canada
Production countries: Canada
Budget: $4,100,000
Revenue: $14,225,876

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