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Theatrical Release Date:

04/21/1983

DVD Release Date:

09/19/2000

Run Time:

104min.

Starring:

Christopher Walken , Brooke Adams , Tom Skerritt , Herbert Lom , Anthony Zerbe

Director(s):

David Cronenberg

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Genre(s):

Science Fiction

Plot: Christopher Walken plays a schoolteacher, Johnny Smith, who awakens from a five-year coma. He discovers that he has acquired the ability to foretell a person's future simply by touching his or her hand. Read More

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