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Scanners
''Scanners'' is a 1981 Canadian science fiction horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Ironside, and Patrick McGoohan. In the film, "scanners" are psychics with unusual telepathic and telekinetic powers. ConSec, a purveyor of weaponry and security systems, searches out scanners to use them for its own purposes. The film's plot concerns the attempt by Darryl Revok (Ironside), a renegade scanner, to wage a war against ConSec. Another scanner, Cameron Vale (Lack), is dispatched by ConSec to stop Revok. ''Scanners'' premiered in January 1981 to lukewarm reviews from critics but became one of the first films produced in Canada to successfully compete with American films at the international box office. It brought Cronenberg and his controversial style of body horror attention from mainstream film audiences for the first time and has since been reevaluated as a cult classic. It is particularly well known for a scene that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Cronenberg
David Paul Cronenberg (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror genre, with his films exploring visceral bodily transformation, infectious diseases, and the intertwining of the psychological, the physical and the technological. Cronenberg is best known for exploring these themes through sci-fi horror films such as '' Shivers'' (1975), ''Scanners'' (1981), ''Videodrome'' (1983) and '' The Fly'' (1986), though he has also directed dramas, psychological thrillers and gangster films. Cronenberg's films have polarized critics and audiences alike; he has earned critical acclaim and has sparked controversy for his depictions of gore and violence. ''The Village Voice'' called him "the most audacious and challenging narrative director in the English-speaking world". His films have won numerous awards, including the Special Jury Prize for ''Crash'' at the 1996 Cannes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Lack
Stephen Lack (born January 1, 1946) is a Canadian artist and former actor and screenwriter best known for his leading role in David Cronenberg's ''Scanners'' and Allan Moyle's ''The Rubber Gun'', for which he was nominated for two Genie Awards. Early life and education Lack was born in 1946 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and gained a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from McGill University in 1967, followed by a Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture at Universidad de Guanajuato, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, in 1969. Career Although he also produces drawings and sculpture, his primary medium is painting; he specializes in American scenes (urban, cultural, and landscapes) in a style that has been described as Neo-Expressionist. His art has won a number of awards and residencies. He was artist in residence at Ancienne Manufacture Royale, Limoges, and Banff Institute of the Arts in 1988, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan in 1989, and Connecticut College and Skidmore College in 1999. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick McGoohan
Patrick Joseph McGoohan (; March 19, 1928 – January 13, 2009) was an Irish-American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer of film and television. Born in the United States to Irish emigrant parents, he was raised in Ireland and England. He began his career in England in the 1950s and rose to prominence for his role as secret agent John Drake in the ITC espionage programme ''Danger Man'' (1960–1968). He then produced and created ''The Prisoner'' (1967–1968), a surrealistic television series in which he starred as Number Six, an unnamed British intelligence agent who is abducted and imprisoned in a mysterious coastal village. Beginning in the 1970s, McGoohan maintained a long-running association with ''Columbo'', writing, directing, producing and appearing in several episodes. His notable film roles include Dr. Paul Ruth in ''Scanners'' (1981) and King Edward I in '' Braveheart'' (1995). He was a BAFTA Award and two-time Primetime Emmy Award winner. Early life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychokinesis
Psychokinesis (from grc, ψυχή, , soul and grc, κίνησις, , movement, label=ㅤ), or telekinesis (from grc, τηλε, , far off and grc, κίνησις, , movement, label=ㅤ), is a hypothetical psychic ability allowing a person to influence a physical system without physical interaction. Psychokinesis experiments have historically been criticized for lack of proper controls and repeatability. There is no good evidence that psychokinesis is a real phenomenon, and the topic is generally regarded as pseudoscience. Etymology The word ''psychokinesis'' was coined in 1914 by American author Henry Holt in his book ''On the Cosmic Relations''. The term is a compound of the Greek words ψυχή (''psyche'') – meaning "mind", "soul", "spirit", or "breath" – and κίνησις (''kinesis'') – meaning "motion" or "movement". The American parapsychologist J. B. Rhine coined the term ''extra-sensory perception'' to describe receiving information paranormally from an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Sanders (film Editor)
Ronald Sanders is a Canadian film editor and television producer. Career Sanders won Genie Awards for his work on ''Eastern Promises'' (2007), '' eXistenZ'' (2000), ''Crash'' (1996), and '' Dead Ringers'' (1989). He has collaborated extensively with director David Cronenberg; since 1979, he has edited most of Cronenberg's films. Ronald Sanders is a member of the Canadian Cinema Editors. Filmography As editor Recognition * 2008 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Editing - ''Eastern Promises'' - Won * 2007 Satellite Award for Best Film Editing - ''Eastern Promises'' - Nominated * 2006 Directors Guild of Canada DGC Craft Award for Outstanding Picture Editing - Feature Film - ''A History of Violence'' - Won * 2006 Online Film Critics Society Awards OFCS Award for Best Editing - ''A History of Violence'' - Nominated * 2005 San Diego Film Critics Society Awards SDFCS Award for Best Editing - ''A History of Violence'' - Won * 2003 Directors Guild of Canada DGC Team Award for Outst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Doederlein
Fred Doederlein (born Lothar Fritz Oskar Döderlein; 24 April 1906 – 23 April 1985) was a German stage and film actor.Muir p.203 He played leading roles in several silent films during the 1920s. He later emigrated to Canada and appeared in David Cronenberg's first feature, '' Shivers'', as Dr Emil Hobbes, and in ''Scanners ''Scanners'' is a 1981 Canadian science fiction horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Ironside, and Patrick McGoohan. In the film, "scanners" are psychics with unusual telepathic ...'' as Yoga Master Tautz. Filmography References Bibliography * John Kenneth Muir. ''Horror Films of the 1980s''. 2012. External links * 1906 births 1985 deaths German male stage actors German male film actors German male silent film actors 20th-century German male actors German emigrants to Canada {{Germany-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer O'Neill
Jennifer O'Neill (born February 20, 1948) is a Brazilian-born American actress, model, author, and activist. She is known for her modeling and spokesperson work for CoverGirl cosmetics starting in 1963, and her starring role in the Oscar-winning 1971 film ''Summer of '42.'' She also starred in the Howard Hawks western ''Rio Lobo'' (1970), and worked in Italian cinema, such as Lucio Fulci's famous giallo horror film ''Sette note in nero'' and Luchino Visconti's final film ''The Innocent'' (1976). She starred in the cult horror film ''Scanners'' (1981), the Rachel Scott biopic ''I'm Not Ashamed'' (2016), and the short-lived television series ''Cover Up'' (1984–85). Since the 1990s, O'Neill has been a born-again Christian and active in the pro-life movement, and worked as a motivational speaker. Early life O'Neill was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her mother was English and her father was a Brazilian of Portuguese, Spanish and Irish ancestry. She and her older brother Mich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Del Grande
Louis Del Grande (born March 23, 1943) is a Canadian-American television writer and actor. He is best known for starring in the Canadian mystery/comedy series '' Seeing Things''. Early life Del Grande was born and raised in Union City, New Jersey. By the late-1980s, he moved to Cape Breton Island. Career Del Grande moved to Toronto in 1964, drawn to Canada by the Stratford Festival, and soon found work as a stand-up comedian and comedy writer. In 1975, he was hired as head writer for a new sitcom, ''The King of Kensington'', which became a hit in Canada until the end of the decade. He also appeared in the show a handful of times as Fred, a friend of Al Waxman's lead character Larry King. Del Grande later became (with Jack Humphries) the show's co-producer (a '' Fifth Estate'' documentary said the two producers ran ''Kensington'' "with an iron hand"). When asked by the CBC if he had any projects he could star in, Del Grande created, wrote and produced '' Seeing Things'', which ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Irwin
Mark Irwin (born August 7, 1950) is a Canadian cinematographer. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, and studied political science at the University of Waterloo and filmmaking at York University. He is widely known for his early collaborations with David Cronenberg on films such as ''Fast Company'', ''Scanners'', ''Videodrome'', '' The Dead Zone'', and '' The Fly''. Irwin has also been a main collaborator for several directors such as Wes Craven, Todd Phillips and The Farrelly brothers. He has worked primarily in the genres of horror and comedy film. He is a four-time recipient of the C.S.C. Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature, and a Genie Award nominee. Filmography Film Television Awards and nominations Won * CSC Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature ** ''Videodrome'' (1983) ** ''The Dead Zone'' (1983) ** '' Youngblood'' (1986) ** '' The Fly'' (1986) Nominated * CableACE Award for Direction of Photography and/or Lighting Direction for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Dane
Lawrence Joseph Zahab (April 3, 1937 – March 21, 2022), known professionally as Lawrence Dane, was a Canadian actor and film producer, best known for his role as Lt. Preston in ''Bride of Chucky''. Life and career Born in Masson, Quebec, Dane was raised in Ottawa, and was from a Lebanese family. He attended Ottawa Tech and LaSalle Academy. He began acting at the stage as an old policeman in the play ''Our Town'' at Ottawa's Fisher Park Community Centre under Lynne Gorman's direction in 1958.Ronald Grantham"Ottawa Star in RCMP Show Finds Acting 'A Rat Race'" ''Ottawa Citizen'', January 25, 1960. His screen career began when he met film maker F. R. Crawley in the same year. Crawley gave him a job as an extra and stand-in for John Perkins as Constable Frank Scott in the TV series '' R.C.M.P.''. In addition to acting, he cowrote and directed the film drama '' Heavenly Bodies'' (1984). His producing credits include ''The Rowdyman'', written by and starring Gordon Pinsent, and the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manson International
Manson International was an independent American film production company and distributor. The name was derived from the founders' surnames. Initially a distributor of foreign films, it became one of the pioneer film sales agencies in the country. History Manson was founded in 1953 by former Columbia Pictures executive Edmund Goldman and Sam Nathanson as Manson Distributing Corporation. It initially focused on distributing foreign films in the United States. Among its films distributed was ''Godzilla''. By the time it was incorporated in 1962, it began distributing primarily sex trip movies, where its features were marked as either "hard" or "soft". In 1975, Edmund's son Michael took over the company and shifted it into marketing and international licensing of independent films. By the early 80s, Manson became Manson International and ventured into film production with ''Radioactive Dreams,'' as well as international TV distribution and arthouse pictures. At its peak, Manson Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mavor Moore
James Mavor Moore (March 8, 1919 – December 18, 2006) was a Canadian writer, producer, actor, public servant, critic, and educator. He notably appeared as Nero Wolfe in the CBC radio production in 1982. Life and work Moore was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Francis John Moore, an Anglican theologian, and Dora Mavor Moore, who helped establish Canadian professional theatre in the 1930s and 1940s. His mother was born in Glasgow, the daughter of economist James Mavor. Moore began acting at the age of six on the Hart House Stage, and continued throughout his high school career at the University of Toronto Schools. Subsequently, he took up radio acting to pay his way through college. He received a BA degree from the University of Toronto in 1941. Moore served in the Canadian military as an Intelligence officer during World War II. Following the War, he was employed by CBC Radio, becoming its producer for International Service (based in Montreal). He transferred to CBC Television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
