Uno scienziato invia un uomo con straordinari poteri psichici a cacciare altri come lui.Uno scienziato invia un uomo con straordinari poteri psichici a cacciare altri come lui.Uno scienziato invia un uomo con straordinari poteri psichici a cacciare altri come lui.
- Premi
- 3 vittorie e 9 candidature
Stephen Lack
- Cameron Vale
- (as Steven Lack)
Robert A. Silverman
- Benjamin Pierce
- (as Robert Silverman)
Murray Cruchley
- Programmer 1
- (as Lee Murray)
Géza Kovács
- Killer in Record Store
- (as Geza Kovacs)
Sonny Forbes
- Killer in Attic
- (as Sony Forbes)
Jérôme Tiberghien
- Killer in Attic
- (as Jerome Tiberghien)
Victor Désy
- Dr. Gatineau
- (as Victor Desy)
Trama
Lo sapevi?
- QuizDavid Cronenberg once called this the most frustrating film he'd ever made. The film was rushed through production - filming had to begin without a finished script and end within roughly two months so the financing would qualify as a tax write-off, forcing Cronenberg to write and shoot at the same time. Cronenberg also cited difficulty with and antagonism between the leads, particularly Patrick McGoohan and Jennifer O'Neill.
- BlooperAfter the famous "exploding head" scene, there wasn't a drop of blood on Revok or the table.
- Citazioni
Benjamin Pierce: My art... keeps me sane.
[gestures at plaster head]
Benjamin Pierce: Art.
[taps his temples]
Benjamin Pierce: Sane.
- Curiosità sui creditiCredits scroll like words on the CONSEC computer monitor.
- Versioni alternativeThe death of the first scanner ('Victor Del Grande' ) was filmed in two different ways: the theatrical release has Revok (Michael Ironside) causing his head to explode; an alternate take, featured in television versions, shows him dying of a grotesque heart attack instead. The Sci-Fi Network has shown the scene intact.
- ConnessioniEdited into 365 days, also known as a Year (2019)
Recensione in evidenza
Well, were to begin?
First off, when I first saw Scanners, it really didn't do that much for me. Nowadays, I've learnt to view the film through more enlightened eyes, and appreciate it for the masterpiece that is most rightfully is.
Apart from the much-lauded 'exploding head' scene (which could have used a little more blood spattering everywhere) one of the film's most chilling scenes is at the very beginning when the lead character, Cameron Vale (Stephen Lack) causes a woman to have a fit in a shopping mall before being captured by a pair of heavies. The scene was so convincingly played out that it really shock me up.
The more interesting aspect is the fact that most of these 'scanners'(or telepathic curiosities as the CEO of Consec calls them) are usually forced to live on the fringes of society as their telekinetic powers are feared and misunderstood by many. It would seem that the director, David Cronenberg, was using this plot device as a metaphor to comment on society's prejudicial attitudes towards the mentally ill. Like many of his low-budget horror films right up to 'The Fly' (1986) 'Scanners' has a very subversive, fly-on-the-wall take on society's ills. The modern society portrayed in 'Scanners' is a world viewed through the eyes of the outcast.
Throughout the film, there is a general feeling of starkness, from the synthesiser-tinged score by Howard Shore, to the general sparse look of the film. This gives the viewer a rather apt feeling of coldness and isolation.
Michael Ironside steals the show as the unhinged renegade scanner, Darryl Revok, who has a vast army of scanner converts at his disposal ready and willing to annihilate anyone unfortunate enough to stand in their way.
The only down side, however is the casting of Stephen Lack as Cameron Vale. Although he makes a fairly decent effort of playing his part, Lack just doesn't seem to have that much-needed 'spark' to bring his character to life.
All in all, 'Scanners' comes highly recommended as a 'must-see' feature.
First off, when I first saw Scanners, it really didn't do that much for me. Nowadays, I've learnt to view the film through more enlightened eyes, and appreciate it for the masterpiece that is most rightfully is.
Apart from the much-lauded 'exploding head' scene (which could have used a little more blood spattering everywhere) one of the film's most chilling scenes is at the very beginning when the lead character, Cameron Vale (Stephen Lack) causes a woman to have a fit in a shopping mall before being captured by a pair of heavies. The scene was so convincingly played out that it really shock me up.
The more interesting aspect is the fact that most of these 'scanners'(or telepathic curiosities as the CEO of Consec calls them) are usually forced to live on the fringes of society as their telekinetic powers are feared and misunderstood by many. It would seem that the director, David Cronenberg, was using this plot device as a metaphor to comment on society's prejudicial attitudes towards the mentally ill. Like many of his low-budget horror films right up to 'The Fly' (1986) 'Scanners' has a very subversive, fly-on-the-wall take on society's ills. The modern society portrayed in 'Scanners' is a world viewed through the eyes of the outcast.
Throughout the film, there is a general feeling of starkness, from the synthesiser-tinged score by Howard Shore, to the general sparse look of the film. This gives the viewer a rather apt feeling of coldness and isolation.
Michael Ironside steals the show as the unhinged renegade scanner, Darryl Revok, who has a vast army of scanner converts at his disposal ready and willing to annihilate anyone unfortunate enough to stand in their way.
The only down side, however is the casting of Stephen Lack as Cameron Vale. Although he makes a fairly decent effort of playing his part, Lack just doesn't seem to have that much-needed 'spark' to bring his character to life.
All in all, 'Scanners' comes highly recommended as a 'must-see' feature.
- mccarthystuart
- 8 nov 2004
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- Data di uscita
- Paese di origine
- Lingua
- Celebre anche come
- Telépatas, mentes destructoras
- Luoghi delle riprese
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada(yorkdale subway station)
- Aziende produttrici
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Botteghino
- Budget
- 4.100.000 CA$ (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 14.225.876 USD
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 14.225.876 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 43 minuti
- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 1.85 : 1
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