Welcome to the world of the Scanners – a race of humans with telekinetic powers that can wreak havoc beyond your most dreaded nightmare. Writer/director David Cronenberg (The Fly, Naked Lunch) brings the terror closer than ever before – he brings it right into your mind. Cronenberg is a modern-day horror master whose name fits easily with the likes of King, Craven and Carpenter...and Scanners, with its spectacular and shockingly realistic special effects, is a startling masterpiece of the genre. When a rogue Scanner of unparalleled power (Michael Ironside) wages a bloody war against the "normals," young empath Cameron Vale (Stephen Lack) is recruited to track him down. But Vale is inexperienced – and a battle with another Scanner could mean a grisly death...or worse. Can Vale vanquish his insanely violent, power-mad adversary? Only one thing is certain: Scanners "delivers chills-down-your-spine, heart-in-your-throat, you-can't-watch-but-you-daren't-leave goods" (Time)!
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Jennifer O'Neill | Kim Obrist |
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Stephen Lack | Cameron Vale |
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Patrick McGoohan | Dr. Paul Ruth |
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Lawrence Dane | Braedon Keller |
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Michael Ironside | Darryl Revok |
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Robert A. Silverman | Benjamin Pierce |
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Larry Perkins | Security One |
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Mavor Moore | Trevellyan |
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Adam Ludwig | Arno Crostic |
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Murray Cruchley | Programmer 1 |
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Fred Doederlein | Dieter Tautz |
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Géza Kovács | Killer in Record Store |
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Sonny Forbes | Killer in Attic |
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Jerome Tiberghien | Killer in Attic |
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Denis Lacroix | Killer in Barn |
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Elizabeth Mudry | Killer in Barn |
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Victor Desy | Dr. Gatineau |
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Louis Del Grande | First Scanner |
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Anthony Sherwood | Scanner in Attic |
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Ken Umland | Scanner in Attic |
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Anne Anglin | Scanner in Attic |
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Jock Brandis | Scanner in Attic |
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Jack Messinger | Scanner at Door |
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Victor Knight | Dr. Frane |
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Karen Fullerton | Pregnant Girl |
| Director | David Cronenberg |
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| Writer | David Cronenberg | |
| Producer | Pierre David, Claude Heroux, Victor Solnicki | |
| Musician | Howard Shore | |
| Photography | Mark Irwin | |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | 1.85:1 |
| Audio Tracks | English Dolby Digital 1.0 French Dolby Digital 1.0 |
| Subtitles | English | French | Spanish |
| Distributor | MGM Home Entertainment |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Edition Release Date | Aug 28, 2001 |
| Regions | Region 1 |