Scanners II: The New Order (1991)

Country of Origin: Canada
Year of Production: 1991
Running Times:
Format: colour
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Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Malofilm Group / Allegro Films / Filmtech Productions
Executive Producer: Pierre David, Tom Berry, Renald Pare
Producer: Rene Malo
Co-Producer: Franco Battista
Production Supervisor: John Rainey
Production Manager: Robert Morais
Assistant Production Manager: Kathy Wolf
Production Coordinator: Corrina Viereck
Unit Manager: Geoff Patenaude

SCRIPT
Script: B.J. Nelson
Characters: David Cronenberg (uncredited)

DIRECTION
Director: Christian Duguay
1st Assistant Director: Michael Williams
2nd Assistant Director: Felix Gray
3rd Assistant Director: David Joseph
Assistant Director Trainee: Claude Morin

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Rodney Gibbons
Camera Operator: Georges Archambault
Additional Camera Operator: Keith Young
Steadicam Operator: Christian Duguay / Duguay-Trudel Inc
Additional Steadicam: Steve Campanelli
1st Assistant Camera: Rene Daigle
2nd Assistant Camera: Pier Luigi Piredda
3rd Assistant Camera: Bill St-John
1st Electrician: Pierre Rancourt
2nd Electrician: Eames Gagnon
3rd Electrician: William Ross
Additional Electricians: Benoit Boivin, Robert Lacerte
Key Grip: Jean-Francois Bourassa
Best Boy Grip: Carlos Secchiaroli
Grip: Daniel Quirion
Additional Grip: Claude Boulet
Stills: Ronald Diamond
Video Consultant: David McCabe
Camera Equipment: Camera Rene Daigle
Electrical / Grip Equip: Walter Klymkiw
Colour Timing: Vladimir Zabransky
Lab: Sonolab Inc

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Yves Langlois
Negative Cutter: Claudette Champagne, Gerda Gerke, Diane Leroux, Hildegarde Schaefer

MUSIC
Music: Marty Simon
Songs: Ivan Doroschuk; Bootsauce; Marty Simon, Aldo Nova
Songs Performed By: Men Without Hats; Bootsauce; Laury Shedler, Alan Jordan
Executive Music Producer: Christopher J. Reed
Music Producer: Marty Simon, Paul Northfield
Songs Producers: Men Without Hats, Zeus E. Heid; Bootsauce, Corky Laing; Marty Simon, Aldo Nova
Music Production Coordinator: Margot Glatt
Additional Orchestrator: Jeff Fisher
Music Recordist / Mixer: Paul Northfield
Song Publishers: Polygram Songs Inc / Betty Songs; Les Editions Offenbach / ATV Music

SOUND
Location Sound Recording: Michel Lorion
Boom Operator: Brian Gardiner
Additional Sound Recording: Richard Nichol
Post Audio Executive Producer: Jim Frank
Audio Post Producer: Master's Workshop
Post Production Coordinator: Caroline Grise
Re-Recording Engineer: Tim Archer, Rick Ellis
Dialogue Editor: Jon Archer
ADR Editor: Terry Gordica, Steve Foster
Sound Effects Developers: Christopher Hutton, Jamie Ryckman
Sound Effects Editor: Dan Sexton
Assistant Effects Editor: Rob Bertola
Foley Recordist: Dennis Hill
Foley Artists: Gary Daprato, John Sievert

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Djina Caron
Make Up Products: Sheseido International
Assistant Make Up: Alex Lambert
Hair: Serge Morache
Assistant Hair: David Michael
Costume Designer: Lyse Bedard

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects: Mike Smithson's Shadoworks
Special Make Up Effects Coordinator / Den Mother: Kristina Birkmayer
Stubbs' Prosthetics: Mike 'Mad Dog' Maddi
Sculptor / Make Up: Mark Maitre
Gypsum Stud: Chris Goehe
Life Casting: Bill Foertsch
Cosmetics: Erin Brasfield
Hair Work: Max Joshua Alvarez, Roxy d'Alonzo
Foam Runner: Mike Arbios

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Coordinator: Ryal Cosgrove
Special Make Up Effects Production Assistant: Michael Wheatley
Physical Effects Designers / Creators: Cineffects
Physical Effects Coordinator: Ryal Cosgrove
Physical Effects Team: Chris Gilmore, Don Reardon, Pierre Henry
Mechanical Effects: Ralph Miller III, Stevie Frakes

VISUAL EFFECTS
Optical Effects Supervisor: Serge Langlois, Pierre Provost

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Richard Tassé
Head Dresser: Elaine Ethier
Set Dressers: Robert Reid, Sylvain Gingras
Assistant Set Dressers: Ann Smart, Amy Burt, Daniel Carpenter
Dresser: Francoise Lecours
Props On Set: Monique Desnoyers
Assistant Props On Set: Christian Lafortune
Head Carpenters: James Ferris, Martine Giguere
Carpenters: Helene Carriere, Michelle Gagnon, Diane Trepanier, Julie Poirier, Jennifer Rodriguez, Marilou Esguerra, Marc Leclerc, Guy Blouin
Head Scenic Painter: Lucie Fournier
Scenic Painters: Luc Turcotte, Mario Dionne
Art Department Coordinator: Krista Steeves
Storyboard Artist: Luc Savoie
Head Swing: Pierre Vanasse
Art Department Swings: Wayne Vickers, Tony Ourgoin, Denis Proulx, Francois Giroux, Guy Laplaine

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Accountant: Nicola Minotti
Production Bookkeeper: Howard Stellmacher
Production Assistants: Edmond Delormier, Richard Dubreuil, Jill Morton, Diane Flynn
Production Secretary: Katherine Bardo
Secretaries: Martin Olaf Morf, Robert Grierson
Transportation Coordinator: David E. Leblanc
Vehicle Coordinator: Jacques Arcquette
Honeywagon: Laguna Productions
Drivers: Stephan Menard, Alan Shoub
Technical Consultant: Walter Klymkiw
Weapons Coordinator: Andrew Campbell
Craft Service: Elisabeth Sanchez, Martine Lefebvre
Touchvision Operation Coordinator: Jacques Bournival
Touchvision Assistant: Vincent Di Clemente, Robert E. Newton
Touchvision Post-Production Manager: Pierre Theriault
Legal Consultants: Tony Duarte, Belva Spiel, Joyce Yedid
Unit Publicity: Lisa Thompson
Product Placement: Starpro marketing, Mimi Product Placement
Insurance Broker: Taillefer, Devine and Bernadin
Foreign Sales: Image Organization Inc

LOCATIONS
Locations: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Location Manager: Celine Daignault, Roger Dufresne

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special Thanks To: Taito America Corporation; Williams / Bally Midway; Kodak Canada; Korg Canada; Bell Canada; Ralston Purina Canada; Creative Film Promotions; Carol Purcell-Benjamin News Stuntmen: Roy Anderson, Sylvia Bonnett, Thomas Dane, Marc Desourdy, Yves Fournier, Jean Frenette, Jamie Jones, Yves Langlois, Gilbert Larose, Stephane Lefebvre, Cotton Mather, David McKeown, Minor Mustain, Michel Pilon, Alison Reid, David Rigby, Paul Rutledge, Michael Sherer, Vilhelm Vegh, John Walsh

STUNTS
Physical Effects Stunt Coordinator: John Walsh

CASTING
Casting: Anne Tait, Rosina Bucci
Extra Casting: Elite Productions

CAST
David Hewlett (David Kellum)
Deborah Raffin (Julie Vale)
Yvan Ponton (Commander John Forrester)
Isabelle Mejias (Alice Leonardo)
Tom Butler (Doctor Morse)
Raoul Trujillo (Peter Drak)
Vlasta Vrana (Lt Gelson)
Murray Westgate (George Kellum)
Doris Petrie (Susan Kellum)
Dorothee Berryman (Mayor)
Michael Rudder (Feck)
David Francis (Gruner)
Stephan Zarou (Walter)
Tom Harvey (Chief Stokes)
Jason Cavalier, Russell Yuen (convenience store thugs)
Dawn Tyler Watson (cashier)
Tyrone Benskin (store owner)
Perry Schneiderman (Karman Lucret)
John Walsh (Lucept's bodyguard)
Barbara Jones, Mark Hellman, Al Vandercruys (reporters)
Michael McGill (milk murderer)
Dorian Joe Clark (Yancy)
Carl Alacchi, Kevin Fenlon, Simone Elise Girard, Ais Snyder (degenerate scanners)
Paul Stewart (scanner cell orderly)
Victoris Barkoff (nurse)
Mark Camacho (paramedic)
Philip Spensley (Mayor's butler)
Victor Knight (vet school professor)
Claire Rodger (press agent)
Minor Mustain (video arcade guard)
Thomas Dane, Jean Frenette, Yves Langlois (Morse Institute guards)
Richard Zeman, Roy Anderson, Jean-Guy Normand David Rigby, Paul Rutledge, Anthony Ulc (policemen)

PLOT SUMMARY

Scanner Peter Drak wreaks psychokinetic havoc in an amusement arcade and is arrested and turned over to the Morse Neurological Research Institute, a shady medical centre researching the scanner phenomenon. Peter is the latest recipient of Dr Morse's new scanner control drug, F2 which succeeds in calming their anti-social outbursts, but turns them into mindless junkies. Meanwhile trainee vet David is beginning to experience the first signs of becoming a scanner...

CAPSULE REVIEW

The first of a series of not-as-good-as-the-original sequels to David Cronenberg's 1981 production, this is at least the marginally better of the bunch by virtue of a handful of decent set pieces, capably handled by director Christian Duguay. It's a bit long winded with a surfeit of sub-plots and diversions distracting away from the main thrust of the narrative, and it lacks the dark moral undertones of Cronenberg's film. But it's entertaining enough, adding nothing new to a well worn plot but managing some effective suspense scenes and one or two moments of visual inventiveness. (Full Review)

Canada
Theatrical Distributor: Malofilm Distribution
Video Distributor: Malo Video

UK
Video Distributors: Warner Home Video

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Triton Pictures
Video Distributors: Fox Video; Media Home Entertainment
Laserdisc Distributor: Image Entertainment Inc

Australia
Rating: R

Finland
Rating: K-16

USA
Rating: R

1991
June
28: USA – theatrical release

They can do anything if they put their mind to it!

Scanners 2, le nouveau règne – French title
Scanners 2: il nuovo ordine – Italian title
Scanners II - rukoile armoa – Finnish title

SEQUEL TO
Scanners (1981)

SEQUEL
Scanners III: The Takeover (1992)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Video Watchdog no.11 p.23 (USA)
review

BOOKS

Creature Features Strikes Again by John Stanley p.336
credits, review

Elliot's Guide to Films on Video (3rd edition) p.704
credits, review

KEYWORDS

esp, exploding heads, the paranormal, sequels, telepathy

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009