Brainstorm (1983 film)

Brainstorm
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDouglas Trumbull
Screenplay byPhilip Frank Messina
Robert Stitzel
Story byBruce Joel Rubin
Produced byDouglas Trumbull
Starring
CinematographyRichard Yuricich
Edited byFreeman A. Davies
Edward Warschilka
Music byJames Horner
Production
company
Distributed byMGM/UA Entertainment Company
Release date
  • September 30, 1983 (1983-09-30)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$18 million

Brainstorm is a 1983 American science fiction film directed by Douglas Trumbull, and starring Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood (in her final film role), Louise Fletcher, and Cliff Robertson.[1]

It follows a research team's efforts to perfect a system that directly records and replays the sensory experiences and emotional feelings of a subject, and the efforts by the company's management to exploit the device for military ends. After a researcher records her own death from a heart attack, her colleagues join forces to retrieve the information and play it back.