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7.0Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.
Released: 1983-10-21103 minDir: David CronenbergThriller, Horror, Science FictionBudget: $10.0MBox office: $20.8M
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Cast
- Christopher Walken as Johnny Smith
- Brooke Adams as Sarah Bracknell
- Tom Skerritt as Sheriff Bannerman
- Herbert Lom as Dr. Sam Weizak
- Anthony Zerbe as Roger Stuart
- Colleen Dewhurst as Henrietta Dodd
Themes
- sheriff
- coma
- based on novel or book
- sacrifice
- flashback
- premonition
- vision
- doctor
- car accident
- series of murders
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
83,095 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
Metacritic
69/100
- Year
- 1983
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 7 wins & 4 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 102
- FilmAffinity ID
- 979652
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- publication date
- 1983-10-21
- title
- The Dead Zone
- review score
- 7.2/10
- capital cost
- 10000000
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Categories
1980s psychological thriller films1983 American films1983 English-language films1983 films1983 horror films1983 independent films1983 science fiction filmsAmerican independent filmsAmerican political thriller filmsAmerican supernatural horror filmsAmerican supernatural thriller filmsEnglish-language horror filmsEnglish-language independent filmsEnglish-language political thriller filmsEnglish-language science fiction filmsFilms about assassinationsFilms about disability in the United StatesFilms about educatorsFilms about precognitionFilms about psychic powersFilms about road accidents and incidentsFilms adapted into television showsFilms based on American horror novelsFilms based on American thriller novels