September 30 1983 

BRAINSTORM opens. Written by Philip Frank Messina and Robert Stitzel from a sory by Bruce Joel Rubin. Directed by special effects wiz Douglas Trumbull. Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood & Louise Fletcher star as research team who invent a revolutionary virtual reality device capable of recording and playing back human thoughts & emotions. Tensions rise when the military express an interest in the device.Disquieting sci-fi is shelved for two years following Wood's drowning death during post production.

 

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