Screamers


1h 47m 1995

Brief Synopsis

The year is 2078 and on a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one purpose only--to hunt down and destroy all enemy life forms. But man's greatest weapo

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Action
Adaptation
Horror
Thriller
Release Date
1995
Production Company
Chuck Fries Productions, Inc.; Iac Films
Distribution Company
ALLEGRO FILMS DISTRIBUTION/TRIUMPH FILMS; 20th Century Fox International; Cathay Film Organization; Cecchi Gori Pictures; Cts; Kinepolis Film Distribution; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment; Triumph Films
Location
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 47m

Synopsis

The year is 2078 and on a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one purpose only--to hunt down and destroy all enemy life forms. But man's greatest weapon has continued to evolve without any human guidance, and now it has devised a new mission: to obliterate all life. Colonel Hendricksson is commander of a handful of Alliance soldiers still alive on Sirius 6B. Betrayed by his own political leaders and disgusted by the atrocities of this never-ending war, Hendricksson decides he must negotiate a seperated peace with the New Economic Bloc's decimated forces. But to do so, he will have to cross a treacherous wasteland where the deadliest threat comes from the very weapons he helped to create. Accompanied by Ace, a young trooper, they set out for the enemy bunker.

Crew

Franco Battista

Producer

Mathilde Beausoleil

Graphic Designer

Richard Belanger

Assistant Post Production Supervisor

Josee Bernard

Co-Executive Producer

Tom Berry

Producer

Mary Bradley

Legal Counsel

Nicholas Campeau

Swing Gang Laborer

Johanne Caporicci

Location Manager

Jean-andrt Carrière

Set Designer

Normand Corbeil

Music

Donna Croce

Continuity Assistant

Elise Deblois

Props Assistant

Brigitte Desroches

Wardrobe Buyer

Michael Devine

Art Director

Philip K Dick

Story By

Philip K Dick

From Short Story ("The Second Variety")

Ernest D. Farino

Special Effects Unit Supervisor

Martha Fernandez

Production Coordinator

Carrie Foster

Other

Tyrone Foster

Captain Driver

Chuck Fries

Executive Producer

David Gaucher

Set Designer

Rodney Gibbons

Other

Rodney Gibbons

Director Of Photography

Elisabeth-ann Gimber

Production Supervisor

Antony I Ginnane

Supervising Producer

Perri Gorrara

Production Designer

Erik Gosselin

Assistant Special Effects Makeup

Emeric Grunebaum

Key Grip

Marc Henault

Other

Clark Henderson

Project Executive

Mark Hoffman

1st Assistant Camera

David Jaquest

Set Decorator

Dave Jenei

Dolly Grip

Catherine Kmita

Continuity

Maurice Krouche

1st Production Assistant

Yves Langlois

Editor

Sylvie Laurin

Accounting Supervisor

Marlon Long

Driver (Peter Weller)

David Allen Macleod

1st Assistant Director

Renaud Mathieu

Production Manager

Julie Matlin

Assistant (To Tom Berry)

Stephen Maynard

Assistant (To Franco Battista)

Adrien Morot

Special Effects Makeup

Dan O'bannon

Screenwriter

Richard Ostiguy

Special Effects Unit Supervisor

Chantal Ouellette

Assistant Production Coordinator

Simon Paquin

2nd Production Assistant

Andrew Pecs

Production Accountant

Philippe Perrier

Office Driver

Hans-heinrich Piersig

Property Master

Lewis Pilote

Unit Manager

Trixi Rittenhouse

Costume Designer

Danny Santarella

Swing Gang Laborer

Michael Scherer

Stunt Coordinator

Bill St-john

2nd Assistant Camera

Masao Takiyama

Co-Executive Producer

Martin Talbot

Assistant (To Director)

Miguel Tejada-flores

Screenwriter

Dandy Thibaudeau

3rd Assistant Director

Patrick Tidy

2nd Assistant Director

George Venckus

Props Buyer

Frank William

1st Driver

Stefan Wodoslawsky

Post-Production Supervisor

Hanna Yee

Hair Stylist/Makeup

Stuart Zsombot-murray

Set Designer

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Action
Adaptation
Horror
Thriller
Release Date
1995
Production Company
Chuck Fries Productions, Inc.; Iac Films
Distribution Company
ALLEGRO FILMS DISTRIBUTION/TRIUMPH FILMS; 20th Century Fox International; Cathay Film Organization; Cecchi Gori Pictures; Cts; Kinepolis Film Distribution; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment; Triumph Films
Location
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 47m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States Winter January 26, 1996

Released in United States on Video July 23, 1996

Released in United States 1995

Completed shooting February 3, 1995.

Began shooting November 24, 1994.

Released in United States Winter January 26, 1996

Released in United States on Video July 23, 1996

Released in United States 1995 (Shown at AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival (Special Halloween Screening!) October 19 - November 2, 1995.)