Canada, 1972
30m
colour, 4:3
mono, English
Series: Programme X (1970- 1972)
A Canadian science fiction television episode directed by David Cronenberg. It was produced between 6 June and 31 August 1971.
Plot Summary
In 1977, the world has been devastated by an unspeficied disaster and the North American Civil War rages. Pharmaceuticals company General Pharmaceutics has developing neuropsychopharmacological techniques for making soldiers more efficient but is concerned that its chief scientist has fallen in with dissidents.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Emergent Films Ltd. for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Executive Producer: Paddy Sampson
Associate Producer: George Jonas
Written by: Norman Snider
Director of Photography: Andre Pienaar
Editor: Ronald Sanders
Music: Howard Shore
Wardrobe: Denise Cronenberg
Art Director: Carol Spier
Cast
Charles Oberdorf (host)
Lister Sinclair (voice of narrator)
Barbara O'Kelly (motor-cyclist leader)
Norman Snider (the wise man)
Vernon Chapman (the bureaucrat)
Bruce Martin
Ronald Mlodzik
Tom Skudra
Moses Smith
Michael Spence
References
Books
- The Cinema of David Cronenberg: From Baron of Blood to Cultural Hero by Ernest Mathijs pp.7, 24-26; 277
- Cronenberg on Cronenberg by Chris Rodley (ed.) pp.35, 136; 207 – illustrated notes; credits
- David Cronenberg: Interviews with Serge Grünberg by Serge Grünberg p.192 – credits
- The Pocket Essential David Cronenberg by John Costello pp.87-88 – credits, review
- The Shape of Rage: The Films of David Cronenberg by Piers Handling (ed.) p.201 – credits
