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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Bruce Joel Rubin (story)
Robert Stitzel (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
30 September 1983 (USA) more
Tagline:
...The Ultimate Experience more
Plot:
Brilliant researchers Lillian Reynolds and Michael Brace have developed a system of recording and playing back actual experiences of people... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 6 nominations more
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(3 articles)
Sci-Fi Cinema Obscura: Brainstorm
(From SciFiCool.com. 12 August 2009, 5:27 PM, PDT)
Back Catalogue #1 - Synapse Films
(From Fangoria. 29 April 2009, 1:43 PM, PDT)
User Comments:
Intriguing, disturbing more (60 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Christopher Walken | ... | Michael Brace | |
| Natalie Wood | ... | Karen Brace | |
| Louise Fletcher | ... | Lillian Reynolds | |
| Cliff Robertson | ... | Alex Terson | |
| Jordan Christopher | ... | Gordy Forbes | |
| Donald Hotton | ... | Landan Marks | |
| Alan Fudge | ... | Robert Jenkins | |
| Joe Dorsey | ... | Hal Abramson | |
| Bill Morey | ... | James Zimbach | |
| Jason Lively | ... | Chris Brace | |
| Darrell Larson | ... | Security Technician | |
| Lou Walker | ... | Chef | |
| Stacey Kuhne-Adams | ... | Andrea | |
| John Hugh | ... | Animal Lab Technician | |
| Ira David Wood III | ... | Barry (as David Wood) |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
The Gordon Forbes Tapes (USA) (alternative title)
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Runtime:
106 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Australia:M (original rating | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1984) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG | Singapore:PG | Canada:PG (Ontario)
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Natalie Wood died before filming was complete, thus the ending had to be constructed from scenes shot earlier. The film was dedicated to her memory. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The scene after Gordy experiences the death tape, the IV needle is shown being pushed in with the bevel down. This defeats the purpose of the bevel, it should be inserted with the bevel up. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Dr. Lillian Reynolds:
Can you see better if I move it a little closer?
Dr. Michael Anthony Brace:
I can see something. It's parts of the grid, but it's still rotating. It's not locking up.
Hal Abramson:
Maybe we all need a little break, Lillian.
Dr. Lillian Reynolds:
Hal, you take a break.
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Referenced in The Making of 'Event Horizon' (2006) (V) more
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Brainstorm is an amazing and beautifully crafted film, worth watching more than once. From the opening credits and the music that never quite resolves, it is one of those experiences that leaves one unsettled, but not untouched. The images, the stories, and the issues keep this film from succumbing to the temptation of being more science than fiction. The subtle performances and direction, although sometimes underrated, are intriguing and lend a sophisticated air.
Watch it as an experience rather than as a scientific treatise and you will surely have a great ride.