Scanners

:See scanner for references to devices like image scanners.

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Scanners is a 1981 Canadian sci-fi horror movie written and directed by 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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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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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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Scanner: The term scanner has several meanings:...

Image scanner: In computing, a scanner is a device that analyzes a physical image (such as a photograph, printed text, or handwriting) or an object (such as ornament) and converts it to a digital image....

1981: 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar....

Scanners related Images and Photos (experimental)

Scanners: Violence is Golden

Scanners: Violence is Golden