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Revenue: $7,400,000
Budget: $10,000,000
Profit: - $-2,600,000
Movie Details
Tag Line: Imagine your worst nightmare...machines take over the world!
Status: Released
Average Rating: 6
Release Date: Jul 25, 1986
Rating: R
Run Time: 1h 37m
Original Language: English
Website: -
Production Countries: United States of America
Production Companies: DEG
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Synopsis
When a comet passes close to the earth, machines all over the world come alive and go on homicidal rampages. A group of people at a desolate truck stop are held hostage by a gang of homicidal 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the killer machines ... or be killed by them.
Crew
Department | Role | Name |
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Writing | Screenplay |
Stephen King
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Short Story |
Stephen King
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Directing | Director |
Stephen King
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First Assistant Director |
Tony Lucibello
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Second Assistant Director |
Elizabeth Scherberger
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Script Supervisor |
Valerie E. Norman
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Art | Set Designer |
Hilton Rosemarin
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Production Design |
Giorgio Postiglione
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Sculptor |
Mark S. Turner
David Brace
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Construction Coordinator |
Jeffrey Schlatter
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Assistant Art Director |
Rod Schumacher
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Sound | Assistant Sound Editor |
Michael Berenbaum
James Y. Kwei
Eliza Paley
Sara Bolder
Steven Visscher
Stuart Stanley
Mike Goodman
Robert Nichols
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Sound Editor |
Skip Lievsay
Neil L. Kaufman
Michael Steinfeld
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Music Supervisor |
Todd Kasow
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Foley Editor |
Ron Bochar
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Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Lee Dichter
Mel Zelniker
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Original Music Composer |
Angus Young
Malcolm Young
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Supervising Sound Editor |
Greg Sheldon
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ADR Supervisor |
Darrell Hanzalik
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Sound Mixer |
Ed White
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Boom Operator |
Larry Porche
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Crew | Stunt Coordinator |
Glenn Randall Jr.
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Stunts |
Bruce Moriarty
Denver Mattson
Phil Adams
Gary McLarty
Gene Hartline
Julius LeFlore
Christine Anne Baur
Edgard Mourino
Tommy J. Huff
Kent Hays
Bernie Pock
Robin Grathwol
Dick Langdon
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Special Effects Technician |
Joe D. Ramsey
Jeff Frink
Joe Porter
David R. Wood
David Sandlin
Melissa Edmonds
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Special Effects Coordinator |
Steve Galich
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Propmaker |
Thomas Michael Ryan
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Makeup Effects |
Gordy Wein
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Translator |
Roberto Croci
Mara Trovato
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Production | Producer |
Martha De Laurentiis
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Casting |
Mary Colquhoun
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Executive Producer |
Don Levin
Mel Pearl
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Co-Producer |
Milton Subotsky
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Unit Production Manager |
Marilyn Stonehouse
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Production Coordinator |
Angela Heald
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Camera | Director of Photography |
Armando Nannuzzi
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Camera Operator |
Daniele Nannuzzi
Claudio Nannuzzi
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Still Photographer |
Jürgen Vollmer
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Assistant Camera |
Jeffrey Moore
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Editing | Editor |
Evan A. Lottman
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First Assistant Editor |
Yvette Nabel
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Assistant Editor |
Lee Fonvielle
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Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design |
Clifford Capone
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Special Effects Makeup Artist |
Dean Gates
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Hairstylist |
Tammy Kusian
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Makeup Artist |
Marlana May
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Wardrobe Master |
Jayme Bednarczyk
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Lighting | Gaffer |
Jock Brandis
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Rigging Gaffer |
David W. Strong
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Visual Effects | Visual Effects Supervisor |
Barry Nolan
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