Scanners 4K Blu-ray

Second Sight is preparing 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases of David Cronenberg's Scanners (1981), starring Jennifer O'Neill, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane, and Michael Ironside. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on March 31.

Description: A scientist recruits a drifter with extraordinary telepathic ability to hunt down an equally powerful 'scanner' who, together with others of their kind, is hellbent on taking over the world.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• NEW 4K RESTORATION approved by Director David Cronenberg
• DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
• NEW audio commentary by Caelum Vatnsdal
• Audio commentary by William Beard
• My Art Keeps Me Sane: an interview with Actor Stephen Lack
• Method in his Madness: an interview with Actor Michael Ironside
• Bad Guy Dane: an interview with Actor Lawrence Dane
• The Eye of Scanners: an interview with Cinematographer Mark Irwin
• Mind Fragments: an interview with Composer Howard Shore
• The Chaos of Scanners: an interview with Executive Producer Pierre David
• Exploding Brains & Popping Veins: an interview with Makeup Effects Artist Stephan Dupuis
• Monster Kid: an interview with Makeup Effects Artist Chris Walas
• Cronenberg's Tech Babies: a video essay by Tim Coleman
• Rigid slipcase with new artwork by Krishna Shenoi
• 120-page book with new essays by Dr Xavier Aldana Reyes, Eugenio Ercolani and Gian Giacomo Petrone, Kurt Halfyard, Craig Ian Mann, Francesco Massaccesi, Jessica Scott, Emma Westwood and Heather Wixson
• 6 collectors' art cards