Scanners (1981)

Canada, 103 min
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Basic facts

Original title Scanners
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
  • Canada
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1981-11-02

Cast

Jennifer O'Neill
Kim Obrist

Stephen Lack
Cameron Vale

Patrick McGoohan
doktor Paul Ruth, psykofarmaceut vid ConSec, Ltd.

Lawrence Dane
Braedon Keller, säkerhetschef vid ConSec

Michael Ironside
Darryl Revok

Robert A. Silverman (as Robert Silverman)
Benjamin Pierce, konstnär, scanner

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Titles

Original title
  • Scanners
Swedish release title
  • Scanners
Title for Swedish DVD release
  • Scanners
Title for Swedish Video release
  • Scanners
Script title
  • The Sensitives

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Stunt Coordinator
Script Supervisor
Special Effects
Executive Producer
Unit Manager
Production Assistant
Casting
Production Accountant
Production Office Coordinator
Unit Publicist
Still Photographer
Assistant Cameraman
Gaffer
Key Grip
Color Timer
Music Editor
Assistant Production Designer
Set Decorator
Propman
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Driver
Construction Coordinator
Wardrobe
Assistant Costume Designer
Assistant Film Editor
Boom Operator
Sound Editor
Re-recording Mixer
Other Crew

Cast

Jennifer O'Neill Kim Obrist
Stephen Lack Cameron Vale
Patrick McGoohan doktor Paul Ruth, psykofarmaceut vid ConSec, Ltd.
Lawrence Dane Braedon Keller, säkerhetschef vid ConSec
Michael Ironside Darryl Revok
Robert A. Silverman (as Robert Silverman) Benjamin Pierce, konstnär, scanner
Lee Brooker säkerhetschef på ConSec
Mavor Moore Trevellyan, chef för ConSec
Adam Ludwig Arno Crostic, galleriägare
Lee Murray programmerare på ConSec
Fred Doederlein Dieter Tautz, yogamästaren
Géza Kovács (as Geza Kovacs) mördaren i grammofonaffären
Sony Forbes ena mördaren i vindsrummet
Jérôme Tiberghien andra mördaren i vindsrummet
Denis Lacroix mördare i Pierces lada
Elizabeth Mudry mördare i Pierces lada
Victor Désy doktor Gatineau
Louis Del Grande första scannern
Tony Sherwood scanner i vindsrummet
Ken Umland scanner i vindsrummet
Anne Anglin scanner i vindsrummet
Jock Brandis scanner i vindsrummet
Jack Messinger Jack, scanner vid ytterdörren
Victor Knight doktor L. Frane
Karen Fullerton den gravida kvinnan i doktor Franes väntrum
Margaret Gadbois den medelålders kvinna på hamburgerstället i innetorget
Terry Coady säkerhetsman i första bilen
Steve Michaels föraren av första bilden
Malcolm Nelthorpe föraren av den förföljande bilen
Nickolas Kilbertus passageraren i den förföljande bilen
Don Buchsbaum storväxt man i innetorget
Robert Boyd storväxt man i innetorget
Graham Batchelor yogatekniker
Dean Hagopian programmerare på ConSec
Alex Stevens programmerare på ConSec
Neil Affleck medicinstuderande i innetorget
- Ej krediterade:
Kimberly McKeever hallucinerande säkerhetsvakt
Harriet Stein den medelålders kvinnans väninna
Robert Parson säkerhetsvakt
Bob King säkerhetsvakt
Barry Kozak säkerhetsvakt
Jorma Lindquist säkerhetsvakt
Paul Stewart säkerhetsvakt
Griffith Brewer doktor Franes patient
Chuck Shamata Tony
Rolland Nincheri man i tunnelbanan
William Spears tekniker
Michael Dubois uppassare
Lillian Horowitz en passerande
Jim Kaufman scanner
Tom Kovacs pojkvän

Companies

Production Company Filmplan International med stöd av
The Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC)
Casting Canadian Casting Associates
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Continental
Distributor in Sweden (DCP) Studio S Entertainment 2021
Distributor in Sweden (Video) Odox Entertainment AB 1996
Distributor in Sweden (buy video) Odox Entertainment AB 1996
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Atlantic Film AB 2002
Laboratory Bellevue Pathé Québec (1972) Inc.
Music Publisher LMS Publishing House, Ltd.
Re-recording Mixer The Film House Group
Titles A.E.S.

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 122615
Date 1981-07-20
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2825 meters
Censored length 2778 meters
Notes Akt 1: huvudsprängning kortas kraftigt; akt 3: nedskjutning av konstnär kortas; akt 6: "scanninguppgörelse" kortas kraftigt", bild av kolnat lik utgår. (totalt klippt 47 meter)


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.85:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Optical mono
Colour type Colour
Colour system Eastman Color
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2825 meter
Length in minutes 103 min


Production location

Canada 1979-10-30 1979-12-23
Panavsion Montreal (ateljé)
Montreal, Quebec

Release dates

Other showing 1981-01-14 USA 103 min
First showing 1981-01-16 Montreal Canada 103 min
Release in Sweden 1981-11-02 Cinema Gothenburg Sweden 102 min
Release in Stockholm 1981-11-16 Palladium Sweden 102 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 1989-02-18
1989-02-21
1989-04-13
1991-03-14
1991-11-17
TV showing 1995-10-20 Femman Sweden
Video release 1996-10 Sweden 98 min
DVD release 2002-04-10 Sweden
Cinematheque screening 2019-11-15 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2019-11-15

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2807


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Stills

Black and white print 16
Colour prints 6
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


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