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Scanners is a 1981 Canadian science-fiction horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg. The film stars include Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Ironside, Lawrence Dane and Patrick McGoohan. In the film, "scanners" are psychics with telepathic and telekinetic powers. ConSec, a purveyor of weaponry and security systems, searches out…
The analysis highlights Works, Legacy, Measurement and Science as prominent areas in the source structure around Scanners.
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The extracted context around Scanners shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Scanners → Ares, Charles Derry, Christopher John, Cronenberg, Dark Dreams, Film, Grand Guignol, Had Mr, Halloween, In, Instead, It, John Carpenter, John Simon, National Review, On Metacritic, On Rotten Tomatoes, Psycho, Roger Ebert, Some Another extracted example is Scanners → British, Comments, Cronenberg, David Cronenberg, December, Discussion, Explosions, Four, Grandeur, Heads, Illustrated, Jonathan Hatfull, July, Lack, March, Michael Doyle, No, Pierre David, Retro Classic Film No, Rue Morgue. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 167 structured relationships around Scanners. Examples in this analysis include Scanners → Box office → $6.3 million / $14.2 million and Scanners → Budget → CAD$4.1 million. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scanners | Box office | $6.3 million / $14.2 million | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scanners | Budget | CAD$4.1 million | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scanners | Cinematography | Mark Irwin | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scanners | Country | Canada | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scanners | Directed by | David Cronenberg | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scanners | Distributed by | New World-Mutual (Canada) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scanners | Distributed by | Manson International (International) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scanners | Edited by | Ronald Sanders | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scanners | Language | English | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scanners | Music by | Howard Shore | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scanners | Produced by | Claude Héroux | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scanners | Production company | Filmplan International | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scanners | Release dates | January 14, 1981 (1981-01-14) (United States) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scanners | Release dates | January 16, 1981 (1981-01-16) (Canada) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scanners | Running time | 103 minutes | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scanners | Starring | Jennifer O'Neill | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scanners | Starring | Stephen Lack | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scanners | Starring | Patrick McGoohan | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scanners | Starring | Lawrence Dane | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scanners | Starring | Michael Ironside | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scanners | Written by | David Cronenberg | 1.00 | infobox |
| Scanners | is a | 1981 Canadian science-fiction horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg | 0.90 | text |
| Scanners | is a | dark sci-fi story with special effects that'll make your head explode | 0.90 | text |
The concept neighborhoods around Scanners bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Vale, Ruth and Special. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Scanners, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Scanners with Reception. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Scanners to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Works, Legacy, Measurement & Science, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Scanners · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout