| Description |
2 videodiscs (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (39 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm) |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 248 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 248.
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| System Details |
DVD, Region 1, Dolby Digital Mono 1.0, widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.85:1, new high-definition digital transfer with restored image and sound, enhanced for widescreen televisions. |
| Language |
Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Cast |
James Woods (Max Renn), Sonja Smits (Bianca O'Blivion), Deborah Harry (Nicki Brand), Peter Dvorsky (Harlan), Les Carlson (Barry Convex), Jack Creley (Brian O'Blivion), Lynne Gorman (Masha). |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Mark Irwin ; edited by Ronald Sanders ; original music by Howard Shore ; special makeup designed and created by Rick Baker. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a Canadian/United States motion picture in 1982. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
When Max Renn goes looking for edgy new shows for his sleazy cable TV station, he stumbles across the pirate broadcast of a hyperviolent torture show called Videodrome. As he struggles to unearth the origins of the program, he embarks on a hallucinatory journey into a shadow world of right-wing conspiracies, sadomasochistic sex games, and bodily transformation. |
| Contents |
Disc 1 Film. Wake-up call -- Max Renn -- Something tough -- Rena King Show -- Transmissions from Pittsburgh -- "Got any porno?" -- Subterranean connections -- "It has a philosophy" -- Cathode Ray MIssion -- Hallucinations begin -- Brian O'Blivion -- "Careful. It bites." -- Perceptions of reality -- Barry Convex -- Rude awakening -- "Savage new times" -- Handgun -- Assassin -- Reprogrammed -- "See you in Pittsburgh" -- Death to Videodrome -- "Long live the new flesh" -- Credits ; Extras: Commentaries [David Cronenberg/Mark Irwin; James Woods/Deborah Harry] -- Camera [short film by Cronenberg] (7 min.). |
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Disc 2, Supplements Forging the new flesh [Documentary on special effects] (28 min.) -- Effects men [Audio commentary only] -- Bootleg video [Three short films seen on television in the film] (17 min.) -- Fear on film [Roundtable discussion from 1982 with directors Cronenberg, John Landis, and John Carpenter] (26 min.) -- Marketing [trailers, making of documentary, stills galleries] (12 min.) -- Stills galleries [special effects, cast & crew]. |
| Subject |
Reality television programs -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Cable television -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Television programs.
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| Added Author |
David, Pierre.
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Solnicki, Victor.
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Héroux, Claude.
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Cronenberg, David, 1943-
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Woods, James, 1947-
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Smits, Sonja, 1958-
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Harry, Debbie.
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Universal Pictures (Firm)
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Filmplan International (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1559409525 |
| Standard No. |
715515015424 |
| Music No. |
CC1604D Criterion Collection |
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