Scanners
10 Seconds: The Pain Begins. 15 Seconds: You Can’t Breathe. 20 Seconds: You Explode.
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Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$4 100 000
Box office
$14 225 876
Director
Actors
Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Ironside, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane, Robert A. Silverman, Lee Broker, Mavor Moore, Adam Ludwig, Murray Cruchley
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Claude Héroux, Pierre David, Victor Solnicki
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Barbara Jones
Audition
Daniel Hausmann
Editing
Ronald Sanders
Whole Team (87)
Whole Team (87)
Short description
A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called 'scanning' to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non-Scanners.
What's left behind the scenes
- The idea for the film was suggested by one of the chapters of William S. Burroughs' novel "Naked Lunch," which mentions an organization of telepaths obsessed with the idea of world domination.
- Dick Smith, a master known for his work on "The Exorcist," did the makeup.
- Filming took place from October 30, 1979, to December 23, 1979.
- In the scene where the head explodes, a latex dummy was used, filled with dog food, lunch leftovers, fake blood, and rabbit liver. During filming, a 12-gauge shotgun was fired at this dummy.
- The idea for the painting was suggested by one of the chapters of William S. Burroughs’ novel “The Naked Lunch,” which mentions an organization of telepaths obsessed with the idea of world domination.
- Dick Smith did the makeup, a master renowned for his work on “The Exorcist.”
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Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
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