Videodrome

The Resource Videodrome
Label
Videodrome
Statement of responsibility
Universal ; Filmplan International Production ; Pierre David and Victor Solnicki present ; a David Cronenberg film ; produced by Claude Héroux ; written and directed by David Cronenberg
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
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
Member of
Cataloging source
IBI
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Mark Irwin ; edited by Ronald Sanders ; original music by Howard Shore ; special makeup designed and created by Rick Baker
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Not rated
Language note
Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PerformerNote
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)
Runtime
89
Series statement
Criterion collection
Series volume
248
Technique
live action
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