Scanners

:See scanner for references to devices like image scanners.

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Scanner - Image scanner

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Scanners is a 1981 Canadian sci-fi horror movie written and directed by David Cronenberg.

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1981 - Canadian - Sci-fi - Horror - Movie - David Cronenberg

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Scanners are a group of people with telepathic and telekinetic abilities. ConSec, a corporation specialising in weaponry, is attempting to exploit their talents. When ConSec's last scanner is murdered by renegade Darryl Revok (in a notorious scene, Revok makes the man's head explode), Dr Paul Ruth recruits Cameron Vale to infiltrate Revok's group.

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Telepathic - Telekinetic

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The story is structured as a futuristic thriller, involving industrial espionage and intrigue, car chases, conspiracies and shoot-outs (including a gruesome scanner duel between Vale and Revok at the end). It was the nearest thing to a conventional sci-fi thriller Cronenberg had made to that point, lacking the sexual content of Shivers, Rabid or The Brood; and it was also his most profitable film until The Fly six years later.

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Thriller - Sexual - Shivers - Rabid - The Brood - The Fly

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Because of the oddities of Canada's film financing structures at the time, it was necessary to begin shooting with only two weeks' pre-production work, and before the screenplay had been completed. As a result, Cronenberg has said that Scanners was a nightmare to make.

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Pre-production - Screenplay

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