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Based on a Stephen King novel 'The Dead Zone' tells of a man who emerges from a five year coma to find he has developed psychic powers to 'see' past and future events.

Product Identifiers

ProducerDebra Hill

EAN5050159430154

eBay Product ID (ePID)3948201

Product Key Features

ActorChristopher Walken, Tom Skerritt, Colleen Dewhurst, Geza Kovacs, Nicholas Campbell, Brooke Adams, Martin Sheen, Herbert Lom, Anthony Zerbe, Roberta Weiss, Jackie Burroughs

Film/TV TitleThe Dead Zone

DirectorDavid Cronenberg

LanguageEnglish

Subtitle LanguageEnglish\French\Spanish

Run Time103 Mins

Aspect Ratio1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen

FormatDVD

Release Year2002

FeaturesSpecial Edition\Audio Commentary\Original Theatrical Trailer\Animated Menu Sequence\Booklet With Liner Notes And International Poster Gallery, Widescreen, With Subtitles

GenreHorror/Occult, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate18

Country/Region of ManufactureCanada

ComposerMichael Kamen

ReviewsNew York Times - ...A sad, sympathetic and unsettling movie, quietly forceful....Cronenberg's direction is vivid and effective..., Variety - ...An accomplished psychological thriller....[Cronenberg] gets some appealing performances....Walken links each episode together quite well, accurately conveying the character's growing mental, physical and emotional anguish..., Sight and Sound - ...Cronenberg's most accomplished film so far, created with flair, fluency and welcome understatement...

Additional InformationDavid Cronenberg's first foray into mainstream filmmaking is also one of his most satisfying pictures. Adapted from a Stephen King novel, the movie stars Christopher Walken as Johnny, a man who has been in a coma for five years and wakes up to find that he can tell a person's fate just by touching them. Realising that he can change the future as well, Johnny soon intervenes in a number of would-be tragedies. Consequently, he soon becomes famous for his gift, but he longs for his former life, when he still had his job, his fiancee, and a normal life. However, when he shakes hands with a future president of the United States (Martin Sheen, in a wonderfully hammy performance) who could end up being the biggest mass murderer since Hitler, Johnny wrestles with what seems to be his destiny. Walken's bravura performance forms the soul of this excellent and touching thriller.

Art DirectorBarbara Dunphy

ScreenwriterJeffrey Boam

AuthorStephen King

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1 Surround\Dolby Digital Stereo

Format DescriptionDVD 9

Movie/TV TitleThe Dead Zone

Director of PhotographyMark Irwin