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Plot

Natalie Wood made her last screen appearance in Brainstorm; in fact, she died before the film was completed, necessitating extensive rewrites. Wood's character is secondary to the one played by Christopher Walken. A research scientist, Walken has been experimenting with a revolutionary brain-reading device. This wondrous machine is able to read a person's thought processes and translate these to videotape. When Walken wants to study the brainwaves of his late partner Louise Fletcher, he finds himself seriously at odds with his superiors-not to mention several ominous-looking government types, headed by Cliff Robertson.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Drama,Science Fiction,Thriller
Run Time:
106min.
DVD Release Date:
05/26/1998
Director(s):
Douglas Trumbull
Starring:
Christopher Walken , Natalie Wood , Louise Fletcher , Cliff Robertson , Jordan Christopher
Themes:
Future Dystopias,Virtual Reality,Inventors
Tone:
Cerebral,Menacing,Slick,Tense
Keywords:
brain,fantasy,inventor,mad-scientist,mind-expansion,obsession,probe
Language:
English