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Videodrome ()

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A programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.
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Max Renn
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Bianca O'Blivion
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Nicki Brand (as Deborah Harry)
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Harlan
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Barry Convex (as Les Carlson)
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Brian O'Blivion
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Masha
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Bridey
Reiner Schwarz ...
Moses
David Bolt ...
Raphael
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Rena King
Henry Gomez ...
Brolley
Harvey Chao ...
Japanese Salesman
David Tsubouchi ...
Japanese Salesman
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Matron
Sam Malkin ...
Sidewalk Derelict
Bob Church ...
Newscaster
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Woman Caller
Franciszka Hedland ...
Bellydancer
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Max Renn (Helmet Scenes) (uncredited)

Directed by

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David Cronenberg ... (directed by)

Written by

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David Cronenberg ... (written by)

Produced by

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Pierre David ... executive producer
Claude Héroux ... producer (produced by)
Larry Nesis ... associate producer (as Lawrence Nesis)
Victor Solnicki ... executive producer

Music by

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Howard Shore ... (original music by)

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Mark Irwin ... director of photography

Editing by

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Ronald Sanders ... (edited by)

Editorial Department

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Elaine Foreman ... assistant editor
Carol McBride ... assistant editor
Michael Rea ... assistant editor
Christopher Severn ... color timer
Bill Wiggins ... post-production coordinator

Art Direction by

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Carol Spier

Set Decoration by

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Angelo Stea

Costume Design by

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Delphine White

Makeup Department

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Rick Baker ... special makeup effects designer
Thomas Booth ... hair stylist (as Thomas L. Booth)
Shonagh Jabour ... makeup artist
Steve Johnson ... special makeup effects artist
Michael Kavanagh ... makeup effects assistant
Inge Klaudi ... makeup assistant
Maureen Mestan ... assistant hair stylist
Mark Molin ... makeup effects assistant
Constant Natale ... hair stylist
Bill Sturgeon ... special makeup effects artist
Kevin Brennan ... special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Tom Hester ... special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Shawn McEnroe ... special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Mark Shostrom ... special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Kevin Sturgeon ... special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Janet E. Cuddy ... assistant production manager (as Janet Cuddy)
Gwen Iveson ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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John Board ... first assistant director
Libby Bowden ... assistant director
Rocco Gismondi ... assistant director

Art Department

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Jon Bankson ... carpenter
John Bentley ... carpenter
Enrico Campana ... set dresser
Kirk Cheney ... carpenter
Elaine Cohen ... painter
Janet Cormack ... painter
Tom Coulter ... assistant art director
Joe Curtin ... assistant head carpenter
Barbara Dunphy ... assistant art director
Bill Gibson ... painter
Ed Hanna ... set dresser
Bill Harman ... construction manager
Simon Harwood ... painter
Gary Jack ... set dresser
Nick Kosonic ... scenic artist
Peter Lauterman ... property master
Harry Pavelson ... painter
Thomas Pearce ... carpenter
Robert Pearson ... carpenter
Greg Pelchat ... assistant propman
Reet Puhm ... painter
Alex Russell ... head carpenter (as Alexander Russell)
Alan Sharpe ... carpenter
Bob Sher ... carpenter (as Robert Sher)
Gareth Wilson ... set dresser

Sound Department

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Charles Bowers ... dialogue editor
Peter Burgess ... supervising sound editor
Terry Burke ... foley artist
Elius Caruso ... sound re-recordist
Michele Cook ... assistant sound editor
Paul Coombe ... sound re-recordist
Gary Daprato ... assistant sound editor
Bryan Day ... location sound recordist
Mike Hoogenboom ... sound re-recordist (as Michael Hoogenboom)
Michael LaCroix ... boom operator
Beverley Neale ... assistant sound editor

Special Effects by

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James Stuart Allan ... carpenter: special effects
Frank C. Carere ... special effects (as Frank Carere)
Robert Rouveroy ... special effects: video effects creator (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Michael Lennick ... special video effects
Robbie Meckler ... assistant video effects (as Robert Meckler)
Lee Wilson ... assistant video effects

Camera and Electrical Department

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Scotty Allan ... best boy (as Douglas 'Scotty' Allan)
Jock Brandis ... gaffer
James Crowe ... assistant camera
Brian Danniels ... grip
Christopher Dean ... grip
David Hynes ... assistant key grip
Maris H. Jansons ... key grip (as Marris Jansons)
Robin Miller ... assistant camera
Donna Mobbs ... camera trainee
Gary Phipps ... electrician
Rick Porter ... still photographer

Casting Department

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Peter Lavender ... extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Denise Cronenberg ... wardrobe trainee (as Denise Woodley)
Maureen Gurney ... wardrobe assistant
Eileen Kennedy ... assistant costume designer
Kat Moyer ... wardrobe assistant
Mary Partridge-Raynor ... wardrobe assistant
Arthur Rowsell ... wardrobe master
Kathy Vieira ... wardrobe assistant

Location Management

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David Coatsworth ... location manager

Music Department

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Michael Jay ... music mix engineer (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Gillian Richardson ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Donato Baldassarra ... transport coordinator
David Chudnovsky ... driver (as David Chud)
A. Randy Jones ... driver captain (as Randy Jones)
Allen Kosonic ... driver
Jerome McCann ... driver
John Vander Pas ... driver
Jeff Steinberg ... driver
Alan Zweig ... driver

Additional Crew

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Rachelle Charron ... assistant accountant
Pierre David ... presenter
Denise Di Novi ... creative consultant
Kirsteen Etherington ... choreographer
Maureen Fitzgerald ... bookkeeper
Bonnie Gold ... receptionist
Angela Gruenthal ... production secretary
Roger Héroux ... production coordinator
Lacia Kornylo ... production accountant
Monique Légaré ... secretary: Mr. Héroux
Gilles Léonard ... assistant comptroller (as Gilles Leonard)
Serge Major ... comptroller
Monik Nantel ... assistant to executive producer
Howard Rothschild ... production assistant
Ellen Rozen ... assistant: Mr. Solnicki
Victor Solnicki ... presenter
Richard Spiegelman ... production assistant
Jill Spitz ... unit publicist
Lydia Wazana ... craft service
Richard Zywotkiewicz ... personal assistant: Mr. Cronenberg
Jock Brandis ... boat wrangler (uncredited)

Thanks

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Tom Coppola ... special thanks: for music
Paul Freedman ... special thanks: for music
Cheryl Hardwick ... special thanks: for music
Peter Hedeman ... special thanks: for music
Michael Jay ... special thanks: for music
Rosemary D. Merriam ... special thanks: for music
Maury Rosenfeld ... special thanks: for music
Michael Werner ... special thanks: for music
Marty Zofcin ... special thanks: for music
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Storyline

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Plot Summary

When Max Renn goes looking for edgy new shows for his sleazy cable TV station, he stumbles across the pirate broadcast of a hyper-violent 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. Starring James Woods and Deborah Harry in one of her first film roles, Videodrome is one of writer/director David Cronenberg's most original and provocative works, fusing social commentary with shocking elements of sex and violence. With groundbreaking special effects makeup by Academy Award®-winner Rick Baker, Videodrome has come to be regarded as one of the most influential and mind-bending science fiction films of the 1980s.

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Taglines From David Cronenberg, Creator of 'Scanners'. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Vidéodrome (Canada, French title)
  • Zonekiller (Canada, English title)
  • Network of Blood (Canada, English title)
  • Vidéodrome (France)
  • Videodromas (Lithuania)
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Runtime
  • 87 min
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Budget $5,952,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Three different endings were filmed. The ending used in the film was James Woods' idea. See more »
Goofs When Max returns to Spectacular Optical near the end of the film, a sign for prescriptions reads 'perscriptions'. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into The Phoenix Portal (2005). See more »
Crazy Credits The VIDEODROME title experiences a TV white noise distortion. See more »
Quotes Brian O'Blivion: The battle for the mind of North America will be fought in the video arena: the Videodrome. The television screen is the retina of the mind's eye. Therefore, the television screen is part of the physical structure of the brain. Therefore, whatever appears on the television screen emerges as raw experience for those who watch it. Therefore, television is reality, and reality is less than television.
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