What was the movie Brainstorm about?

Researchers Michael Brace (Christopher Walken) and Lillian Reynolds (Louise Fletcher) develop a system that allows the recording and playback of a person’s thoughts onto videotape. The project spins dangerously out of control when Brace and his colleagues begin using the technology to explore intense sexual and near-death experiences. When the military moves to hijack the project for their own nefarious purposes, Brace tries to outwit them with help from his estranged wife (Natalie Wood).
Brainstorm/Film synopsis

Did Natalie Wood died during the filming of Brainstorm?

Natalie Wood died before filming was complete, thus the ending had to be constructed from scenes shot earlier. The film was dedicated to her memory. According to Douglas Trumbull, MGM, which had financial troubles at the time, got cold feet about putting up the rest of the money to complete the film.

Does Netflix have Brainstorm?

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Where was movie Brainstorm filmed?

North Carolina
Brainstorm, one of many major movies shot in North Carolina, was Natalie Wood’s last. Scenes of the science fiction film were shot in Raleigh and around the Triangle, in places like Oakwood, Hayes Barton, Research Triangle Park, Chapel Hill, the Duke Chapel, and Duke Gardens in the fall of 1981.

Why did Robert Trumbull make the movie Brainstorm?

“In movies people often do flashbacks and point-of-view shots as a gauzy, mysterious, distant kind of image,” Trumbull recalled, “And I wanted to do just the opposite, which was to make the material of the mind even more real and high-impact than ‘reality'”. However, MGM backed out of plans to release the experimental picture in the new format.

Who are the actors in the movie Brainstorm?

Cast overview, first billed only: Christopher Walken Michael Brace Natalie Wood Karen Brace Louise Fletcher Lillian Reynolds Cliff Robertson Alex Terson Jordan Christopher Gordy Forbes

When did the movie Brainstorm by Natalie Wood come out?

Brainstorm was finally released on September 30, 1983, almost two years after Wood’s death. However, it opened on a small number of screens and with little publicity, despite being trumpeted unofficially as “Natalie Wood’s last movie”.

What kind of movies did Douglas Trumbull make?

Douglas created the visual effects for movies including Silent Running. Douglas Trumbull’s early work was at Graphic Films in Los Angeles. The small animation and graphic arts studio produced a film called To the Moon and Beyond about spaceflight for the 1964 New York World’s Fair.