Scanners (1981) - Credits and Details

Scanners Credits and Details

Directed by
	David Cronenberg
Written by
	David Cronenberg
Cast
	Jennifer O'Neill	...	Kim Obrist
	Stephen Lack	...	Cameron Vale (as Steven Lack)
	Patrick McGoohan	...	Dr. Paul Ruth
	Lawrence Dane	...	Braedon Keller
	Michael Ironside	...	Darryl Revok
	Robert A. Silverman	...	Benjamin Pierce (as Robert Silverman)
	Lee Broker	...	Security One
	Mavor Moore	...	Trevellyan
	Adam Ludwig	...	Arno Crostic
	Murray Cruchley	...	Programmer 1 (as Lee Murray)
	Fred Doederlein	...	Dieter Tautz
	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)
	Denis Lacroix	...	Killer in Barn
	Elizabeth Mudry	...	Killer in Barn
	Victor Désy	...	Dr. Gatineau (as Victor Desy)
	Louis Del Grande	...	First Scanner
	Anthony Sherwood	...	Scanner in Attic (as Tony Sherwood)
	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
	Margaret Gadbois	...	Woman in Mall
	Terrance P. Coady	...	Security 1 Car Passenger (as Terry Coady)
	Steve Michaels	...	Security 1 Car Driver
	Malcolm Nelthorpe	...	Security 2 Car Driver
	Nicholas Kilbertus	...	Security 2 Car Partner (as Nickolas Kilbertus)
	Don Buchsbaum	...	Large Man in Mall
	Roland Nincheri	...	Large Man in Mall (as Rolland Nincheri)
	Kimberly McKeever	...	Hallucinating Guard
	Robert Boyd	...	Hallucinating Guard
	Graham Batchelor	...	Yoga Technician
	Dean Hagopian	...	Programmer 2
	Alex Stevens	...	Programmer 3
	Neil Affleck	...	Medical Student in Mall
Uncredited Cast
	John Brasington	...	Hazmat-Suit Worker
	Chris Britton	...	Hazmat-Suit Worker
	Jack Canon	...	Hazmat-Suit Worker
	Richard Chapman Jr.	...	Hazmat-Suit Worker
	Leon Herbert	...	Hazmat-Suit Worker
	William Hope	...	Hazmat-Suit Worker
	Thomas Kovacs	...	Boyfriend
	Ian McQue	...	Scanner / Security Guard
	Chuck Shamata	...	Tony
	Sam Stone	...	Security Guard
Produced by
	Pierre David
	Claude Héroux
	Victor Solnicki
Original Music by
	Howard Shore

Additional Info
Premiere:	January 14, 1981
DVD Release:	August 28, 2001
Blu-ray Release:	March 27, 2018
Country:
Distributor:	The Criterion Collection
Websites:

Ratings
6.7 / 10	60 / 100

Production Companies
Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC)
Filmplan International
Montreal Trust Company of Canada (copyright holder)

Distributors
AVCO Embassy Pictures (1981) (USA) (theatrical)
Janus Films (2014) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
20th Century Fox Video (1982) (USA) (VHS)
Embassy Home Entertainment (1983) (USA) (VHS)
Encore Movie Channel (2002) (USA) (TV) (pay television)
HBO Max (2020) (USA) (video) (VOD)
Home Box Office (HBO) (1982) (USA) (TV) (pay television)
Image Entertainment (1996) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
MGM Home Entertainment (2000) (USA) (VHS)
MGM Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
Nelson Entertainment (1990) (USA) (VHS)
The Criterion Channel (2021) (USA) (TV) (digital)
The Criterion Collection (2014) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD)

Filming Locations
20/20 University, Montréal, Québec, Canada (food court)
Charles J. Des Baillets water treatment plant, Lasalle, Quebec, Canada (interior: Biocarbon Amalgamate)
Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada (lecture scene)
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Panavision, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Studio)
Rue de la Commune Est, Montréal, Québec, Canada (car controlled by Revok)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada (yorkdale subway station)
Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (exterior: Consec building at 1000 Avenue St Charles)
Vieux Montreal, Montréal, Québec, Canada ("good scanners" home)

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