A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability to foresee future events.A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability to foresee future events.A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability to foresee future events.
- Awards
- 7 wins & 4 nominations
Géza Kovács
- Sonny Elliman
- (as Geza Kovacs)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDirector David Cronenberg fired a .357 Magnum loaded with blanks just off camera to make Smith's flinches seem more involuntary; this was Christopher Walken's own idea.
- GoofsAll the lights on the tanker stay lit even though it completely detaches from the rig.
- Quotes
Johnny Smith: The ICE... is gonna BREAK!
- Crazy creditsAs the opening titles roll, certain parts (or "dead zones") of the screen become blocked out, until the part of the screen you can see spell out the title "The Dead Zone."
- Alternate versionsAlthough the UK cinema version was 18-rated and intact in 1986 Thorn-EMI released a British home video version with 13 seconds cut to obtain a 15 certificate rating from the BBFC. A scissor suicide sequence was re-edited to remove shots of the preparation and aftermath, and shots of topless nudity and the descending scissors were removed from the gazebo murder. Later 18-rated releases feature the full uncut print.
- SoundtracksThe Yankee Doodle Boy
(a.k.a., "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy") (uncredited)
Written by George M. Cohan
(Cohan included a snippet of "Yankee Doodle" (traditional) in his own composition)
Performed by Traditional
Featured review
The Dead Zone is one of those critically acclaimed movies which I'm astounded has taken me this long to get around to.
Starring Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen and the late great Herbert Lom this Stephen King adaptation tells the story of a man who upon coming out of a coma learns he has gained the power of premonition.
The interesting thing about the Dead Zone is it's almost like a mini-series squeezed into a single film as it doesn't have one solid storyline throughout and instead is a series of stepping stones to the brilliant finale.
The cast are on point and Lom who is famous for his villianous characters (Pink Panther for example) is highly likeable and steals every scene he's in.
I'm so glad coming out of this that I finally got round to it as it is yet another great King adaptation worthy of its acclaim.
The Good:
Opening a movie with an Edgar Alan Poe quote works for me
Perfectly executed from performances to writing
Great finale
The Bad:
Cheating protagonists, they never get old
Would have benefitted from at least 30 minutes more
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
It's scary how alike Martin & Charlie were around the same age
Starring Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen and the late great Herbert Lom this Stephen King adaptation tells the story of a man who upon coming out of a coma learns he has gained the power of premonition.
The interesting thing about the Dead Zone is it's almost like a mini-series squeezed into a single film as it doesn't have one solid storyline throughout and instead is a series of stepping stones to the brilliant finale.
The cast are on point and Lom who is famous for his villianous characters (Pink Panther for example) is highly likeable and steals every scene he's in.
I'm so glad coming out of this that I finally got round to it as it is yet another great King adaptation worthy of its acclaim.
The Good:
Opening a movie with an Edgar Alan Poe quote works for me
Perfectly executed from performances to writing
Great finale
The Bad:
Cheating protagonists, they never get old
Would have benefitted from at least 30 minutes more
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
It's scary how alike Martin & Charlie were around the same age
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- La zona muerta
- Filming locations
- Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada(Downtown and gazebo scenes)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $20,766,616
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,556,083
- Oct 23, 1983
- Gross worldwide
- $20,766,616
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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