folded poster DAVID CRONENBERG's SCANNERS 1981 Original USA1sht Michael Ironside

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Original 1981, FOLDED theater one sheet poster, sent to film cinemas, in envelopes, in the United States for marketing purposes. Condition is GOOD-, with no visible pin holes. All original folds and wear are natural with very minor visible fold separation. Natural edgewear with edge tears, small missing paper at edge and left bottom corner. Tape verso and tape staining border. Some creasing on border. Rich and Bright Colors!  Many of these issues can be addressed with linen backing. FAST DELIVERY.
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1981
.  Director : David Cronenberg
- Cast :
Jennifer O'Neill, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan, Michael Ironside
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TAGLINE :
"Their thoughts can kill!" "10 Seconds: The Pain Begins. 15 Seconds: You Can't Breathe. 20 Seconds: You Explode!"
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PLOT SUMMARY :
A scientist sends a man with extraordinary psychic powers to hunt others like him. "Darryl Revok is the most powerful of all the scanners, and is the head of the underground scanner movement for world domination. Scanners have great psychic power, strong enough to control minds; they can inflict enormous pain/damage on their victims. Doctor Paul Ruth finds a scanner that Revok hasn't, and converts him to their cause - to destroy the underground movement."
BEHIND THE SCENES TRIVIA : William S. Burroughs' 1959 novel 'Naked Lunch' contains a chapter concerning "Senders", a hostile organization of telepaths bent on world domination, a clear literary inspiration for this film. David Cronenberg would later direct a film version of Naked Lunch (1991). The effect for the exploding head scene was accomplished by filling a latex head of the actor with dog food, leftover lunch, fake blood and rabbit livers, and shooting it from behind with a 12-gauge shotgun.