
Overview:
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.Status: | Released (1983-10-21) |
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Awards: | 7 wins & 4 nominations total |
BoxOffice: | $20,766,616 |
Screen: | Stephen King, Jeffrey Boam |
Productions: | Lorimar Film Entertainment, The De Laurentiis Company |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | English, Pусский |

Casts
- 4690: Christopher Walken - Johnny Smith
- 69054: Brooke Adams - Sarah Bracknell
- 4139: Tom Skerritt - Sheriff Bannerman
- 14503: Herbert Lom - Dr. Sam Weizak
- 2516: Anthony Zerbe - Roger Stuart
- 10559: Colleen Dewhurst - Henrietta Dodd
- 8349: Martin Sheen - Greg Stillson
Crews
- 7413: Mark Irwin - Director of Photography - Camera
- 224: David Cronenberg - Director - Directing
- 2161: Debra Hill - Producer - Production
- 310: Ronald Sanders - Editor - Editing
- 7714: Michael Kamen - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 5398: Dino De Laurentiis - Executive Producer - Production
- 3027: Stephen King - Novel - Writing
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Reviews
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This was outstanding, and ranks right up there for me, both in terms of Stephen King adaptations in general and Cronenberg's work in particular. It also houses one of my very favourite Christopher Walken performances. When I see Martin Sheen be such a jerk here, it both makes me real ....
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Pretty good paranormal thriller with a nice, and strangely normal, performance from Christopher Walken. Kept my attention throughout even if the finale felt a bit rushed and, the final scene, pretty laughable. Still found it entertaining though not sure how much desire I have to re-w ....
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The Dead Zone is a movie that hits several genres and carries itself very well. It's able to do so due to the strength of the main character, Johnny Smith, played so well by Christopher Walken. Walken's performance is casual at times and absolutely stunning at others. To think that ....
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