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Scanners (Criterion Collection)

Scanners (Criterion Collection)

Criterion/Voyager (1981)
Blu-ray
R (Restricted)
715515116916
Horror | Science Fiction | Thriller
Canada | English | Color | 01:43

A scientist sends a man with extraordinary psychic powers to hunt others like him.


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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
Larry Perkins Security One
Mavor Moore Trevellyan
Adam Ludwig Arno Crostic
Murray Cruchley Programmer 1
Fred Doederlein Dieter Tautz
Géza Kovács Killer in Record Store
Sonny Forbes Killer in Attic
Jerome Tiberghien Killer in Attic
Denis Lacroix Killer in Barn
Elizabeth Mudry Killer in Barn
Victor Desy Dr. Gatineau
Louis Del Grande First Scanner
Anthony Sherwood Scanner in Attic
Ken Umland Scanner in Attic
Anne Anglin Scanner in Attic
Jock Brandis Scanner in Attic
Jack Messinger Scanner at Door
Victor Knight Dr. Frane
Karen Fullerton Pregnant Girl

Trailer

Edition details

Edition Criterion Collection
Packaging Digipak
Nr Discs 3
Screen Ratios Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)
Widescreen (1.78:1)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono [English]
PCM [English]
Subtitles English (Closed Captioned)
Layers Single side, Dual layer
Edition Release Date Jul 15, 2014
Regions Region 1 | Region A

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Watched
Quantity 1
Index 1716
Added Date Aug 06, 2014 22:04:23
Modified Date Jun 12, 2022 00:34:12

Notes

Disc Features
DIRECTOR-APPROVED EDITION:

New, restored 2K digital film transfer, supervised by director David Cronenberg, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
The “Scanners” Way, a new documentary by Michael Lennick 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
New, restored 2K digital transfer of Stereo (1969), Cronenberg’s first feature film
Trailer and radio spots
PLUS: An essay by critic Kim Newman

New cover by Connor Willumsen

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