The Dead Zone (1983)
- Starring:
- Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, (more)
- Director(s):
- David Cronenberg
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Christopher Walken plays a schoolteacher, Johnny Smith, who awakens from a five-year coma. He discovers that he has acquired the ability to foretell a person's future simply by touching his or her hand. After seeing several examples, Smith's doctor (Herbert Lom) becomes convinced that Smith can not only predict the future, but also has the power to change it. This ability is given its severest test when Smith shakes the hand of ruthless political candidate Greg Stillson (Martin Sheen) -- and suddenly has a flash-forward to a nuclear holocaust. The Dead Zone is not only one of the best-ever Stephen King adaptations, but also one of the most consistently successful (and least gory) efforts of director David Cronenberg. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 103 mins
Complete Cast:
- Christopher Walken - Johnny Smith
- Tom Skerritt - Sheriff Bannerman
- Anthony Zerbe - Roger Stuart
- Martin Sheen - Greg Stillson
- Sean Sullivan - Herb Smith
- Geza Kovacs - Sonny Elliman
- Simon Craig - Chris Stuart
- Ramon Estevez - Teenage Boy with Camera
- William Copeland - Secretary of State
- Wally Bondarenko - Reporter
- Jane Jenkins
- Claude Rae - Reporter
- Chapelle Jaffe - Nurse
- Peter Dvorsky - Dardis
- Les Carlson - Brenner
- Brooke Adams - Sarah Bracknell
- Herbert Lom - Dr. Sam Weizak
- Colleen Dewhurst - Henrietta Dodd
- Nicholas Campbell - Frank Dodd
- Jackie Burroughs - Vera Smith
- Roberta Weiss - Alma Frechette
- Ken Pogue - Vice President
- Helene Udy - Weizaks Mother
- Roger Dunn - Reporter
- Janet Hirshenson
- Jim Bearden - Deputy #1
- Jack Messinger - Therapist
- Barry Flatman - Walter Bracknell
- Wee Willie Davis - Ambulance Driver
- Deirdre Bowen
- Director(s):
- David Cronenberg
- Writer(s):
- David Cronenberg, Jeffrey Boam
- Producer(s):
- Debra Hill
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Violence, Adult Language, Not For Children, Profanity, Brief Nudity)
- Categories:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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