Thriller ·Horror ·Science Fiction · United States of America · 1983 · 1h 43m

The Dead Zone

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Director
David Cronenberg
Cast
Christopher Walken as Johnny Smith Brooke Adams as Sarah Bracknell Tom Skerritt as Sheriff Bannerman Herbert Lom as Dr. Sam Weizak Anthony Zerbe as Roger Stuart Colleen Dewhurst as Henrietta Dodd
Crew
Mark Irwin — Director of Photography Ronald Sanders — Editor Michael Kamen — Original Music Composer Jeffrey Boam — Screenplay Stephen King — Novel Debra Hill — Producer
Tagline

In his mind, he has the power to see the future. In his hands, he has the power to change it.

Synopsis

Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.

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Mood & Themes
sheriffcomabased on novel or booksacrificeflashbackpremonitionvisiondoctorcar accidentseries of murderspsychicdark hero
Key Collaborators
David Cronenberg Director Mark Irwin Director of Photography Ronald Sanders Editor Michael Kamen Original Music Composer Jeffrey Boam Screenplay Stephen King Novel Debra Hill Producer Carol Spier Production Design Olga Dimitrovová Costume Design
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