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A David Cronenberg film. A surreal movie, one of the poster children for Body Horror. Like all of Cronenberg's movies, it has a strong intellectual undercurrent. The film deals with Marshall McLuhan's philosophies and examines the relationship between television and its audience. Cronenberg was greatly influenced by McLuhan's theories. More specifically, the film follows the CEO of a small cable station who stumble upon a broadcast signal that is broadcasting extremely violent and horrific things. He investigates. As you might expect from Cronenberg, things get worse...

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  • Videodrome
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  • A David Cronenberg film. A surreal movie, one of the poster children for Body Horror. Like all of Cronenberg's movies, it has a strong intellectual undercurrent. The film deals with Marshall McLuhan's philosophies and examines the relationship between television and its audience. Cronenberg was greatly influenced by McLuhan's theories. More specifically, the film follows the CEO of a small cable station who stumble upon a broadcast signal that is broadcasting extremely violent and horrific things. He investigates. As you might expect from Cronenberg, things get worse...
  • Set in Toronto in the early 1980s, it follows the CEO of a small television station who discovers a broadcast signal featuring extreme violence and torture. Layers of deception unfold as he uncovers the signal's source and loses touch with reality in a series of increasingly bizarre and violent hallucinations.
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Tagline
  • First it controls your mind, Then it destroys your body.
Poster
  • Videodrome.jpg
Starring
  • James Woods Sonja Smits Deborah Harry Peter Dvorsky Les Carlson Jack Creley Lynne Gorman
Editing
  • Ronald Sanders
Runtime
  • 5220.0
Producer
  • Claude Héroux
Name
  • Videodrome
Production Company
  • Canadian Film Development Corporation
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Language
  • English
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Cinematography
  • Mark Irwin
Title
  • Videodrome
Music
  • Howard Shore
Distributor
  • Universal Pictures
Released
  • 1983-02-04(xsd:date)
Rating
  • 7(xsd:double)
Budget
  • 5952000.0
Writer
  • David Cronenberg
Director
  • David Cronenberg
Year
  • 1983(xsd:integer)
runlength
  • 87(xsd:integer)
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  • A David Cronenberg film. A surreal movie, one of the poster children for Body Horror. Like all of Cronenberg's movies, it has a strong intellectual undercurrent. The film deals with Marshall McLuhan's philosophies and examines the relationship between television and its audience. Cronenberg was greatly influenced by McLuhan's theories. More specifically, the film follows the CEO of a small cable station who stumble upon a broadcast signal that is broadcasting extremely violent and horrific things. He investigates. As you might expect from Cronenberg, things get worse...
  • Set in Toronto in the early 1980s, it follows the CEO of a small television station who discovers a broadcast signal featuring extreme violence and torture. Layers of deception unfold as he uncovers the signal's source and loses touch with reality in a series of increasingly bizarre and violent hallucinations.
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