Screamers
1995
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Synopsis
SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078. 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.
Key facts
Cast
Sylvain Massé, Leni Parker, Charles Edwin Powell, Henry Ramer, Jennifer Rubin, Peter Weller, Ron White, Tom Berry
Original language
English
First release
September 8, 1995 (Canada)
Production companies
ALLEGRO FILMS, Triumph Films
Distributors
COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION, COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME VIDEO
Home video distributors
Columbia TriStar Home Video (United States, Canada)
Based on
Second Variety
Filming locations
Montreal
Crew
Screenplay
Dan O'Bannon, Miguel Tejada-Flores
Producer
Franco Battista, Tom Berry
Cinematography
Rodney Gibbons
Editing
Yves Langlois
Music
Normand Corbeil
Trailer
Stills
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Festival History
Titles
| Original title | Screamers | English |
| Québec French title | Screamers : L'armée souterraine | |
| Alternate title | Planète hurlante | |
| Alternate title | L'Armée souterraine |
VHS & home video releases
| VHS | Columbia TriStar Home Video (cat. no. 11863) | 1996, United States, slipcase |
| VHS | Columbia TriStar Home Video (cat. no. 11863) | 1996, Canada, slipcase |
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | Canada | September 8, 1995 |
| Theatrical | United States | January 26, 1996 |
| Theatrical | Italy | May 30, 1996 |
| Theatrical | United Kingdom | June 28, 1996 |
| Theatrical | Germany | July 5, 1996 |
| Theatrical | France | July 10, 1996 |
| Theatrical | Hungary | July 18, 1996 |
| Classification | Germany | 16 |
| Classification | United Kingdom | 18 |
| Classification | United States | R |
Versions & editions
| Original version (English) | ||
| Home video VHS | United States | 1996 11863 |
| Home video VHS | Canada | 1996 11863 |
| Home video | United States | July 28, 1998 |
| Home video | France | April 8, 1999 |
| Home video | United States | January 29, 2019 |
| Home video | France | April 21, 2021 |
Full credits
| Director | Christian Duguay |
| Cast | Sylvain Massé, Leni Parker, Charles Edwin Powell, Henry Ramer, Jennifer Rubin, Peter Weller, Ron White, Tom Berry, Bruce Boa, Michael Caloz, Jason Cavalier, Roy Dupuis, Liliana Komorowska, Andrew Lauer |
| Screenplay | Dan O'Bannon, Miguel Tejada-Flores |
| Producer | Franco Battista, Tom Berry |
| Executive producer | Josée Bernard, Charles W. Fries, Antony I. Ginnane, Masao Takiyama, Stefan Wodoslawsky |
| Cinematography | Rodney Gibbons |
| Editing | Yves Langlois |
| Music | Normand Corbeil |
| Production design | Perri Gorrara |
| Visual effects | Cheryl Bainum, Ernest Farino, Ryal Cosgrove |
| Sound | Normand Corbeil, Tim Archer, Anthony Lancett |
| Costumes | Trixi Rittenhouse |
Additional data: TMDB.
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
Source: Wikidata (CC0-1.0)
