Overview:
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.| Status: | Released (1983-02-04) |
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| Awards: | 3 wins & 7 nominations |
| BoxOffice: | $2,120,439 |
| Screen: | David Cronenberg |
| Productions: | Guardian Trust Company, Filmplan International, Canadian Film Development Corporation, Famous Players Limited |
| Production Countries: | Canada |
| Spoken Languages: | English, 日本語 |
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Casts
- 4512: James Woods - Max Renn
- 12482: Sonja Smits - Bianca O'Blivion
- 102: Debbie Harry - Nicki Brand
- 12483: Peter Dvorsky - Harlan
- 12716: Leslie Carlson - Barry Convex
- 12485: Jack Creley - Brian O'Blivion
- 12486: Lynne Gorman - Masha
Crews
- 224: David Cronenberg - Director - Directing
- 12476: Claude Héroux - Producer - Production
- 12477: Pierre David - Executive Producer - Production
- 12479: Victor Solnicki - Executive Producer - Production
- 117: Howard Shore - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 7413: Mark Irwin - Director of Photography - Camera
- 310: Ronald Sanders - Editor - Editing
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"Max" (James Woods) runs a television channel that specialises in adult content. Always on the look out for new and more innovative and shocking content, he stumbles upon a brief series of satellite images that tantalise him. It's on a television talk show that he meets "Nicki" (Debb ....
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