88 minutes – Sci-fi Horror-Drama
Language: English
Release date: February 4, 1983
Distribution company: Universal
Videodrome’s hero, Max Renn (James Woods), is a hustling cable-TV operator looking for a new show to boost his ratings when he comes across an underground broadcast called Videodrome that features real life torture and snuff films. Convinced this is the way forward and exactly what he has been looking for, he and girlfriend Nicki Brand (Deborah Harry) search for the show’s creators, only to find themselves involved in a conspiracy involving the use of the TV as a mind altering device. Some people once claimed that Cronenberg’s debut feature, Shivers, anticipated AIDS; certainly, Videodrome points toward today’s quest for psycho-sexual fulfilment on the Internet. David Cronenberg won a Genie Award for Direction for his work on Videodrome.
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Claude Héroux
Pierre David
Victor Solniki
Lawrence Nesis
Mark Irwin
Ronald Sanders
Carol Spier
Delphine White
James Woods
Sonja Smits
Deborah Harry
Peter Dvorsky
Les Carlson
Jack Creley
Lynne Gorman
Julie Khaner
Reiner Schwartz
David Bolt
Lally Cadeau
Henry Gomez
Harvey Chao
David Tsubouchi
Kay Hawtrey
Sam Malkin
Bob Church
Jayne Eastwood
Franciszka Hedland
David Cronenberg
Max Renn
Bianca O’Blivion
Nicki Brand
Harlan
Barry Convex
Brian O’Blivion
Masha
Bridey
Moses
Raphael
Rena King
Brolley
Japanese Salesman
Japanese Salesman
Matron
Sidewalk Derelict
Newscaster
Woman Caller
Bellydancer
Max Renn (Helmut Scenes)
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