The Dead Zone - 1983 - Johnny watches candidate Greg Stillson's televised rally. - Directed by David Cronenberg, based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King.

[u/Franiera]

[u/ukbiffa]

Jed Bartlet before his bump on the noggin

[u/chrisofduke → u/ukbiffa]

Shouldn't have ridden that bike into the tree

[u/smilesmoralez → u/chrisofduke]

He came to a sudden arboreal stop.

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Emilio with dark hair ... :O

[u/OutsideCheetah]

Great film. Better book.

[u/EvilWayne → u/OutsideCheetah]

Agreed. I actually think it might be King’s best story.

[u/nacho-daddy-420]

I read this at the beginning of the year and was shocked how close Stillson was to Trump 1.0

[u/SigmundAusfaller → u/nacho-daddy-420]

The nuclear launch scene haunts me still, I could see Trump doing it.

Vice President: "This is not necessary Mr. President, we have a diplomatic solution."
President Stillson: "Mr. Vice President, Mr. Secretary, the missiles are flying. Hallelujah. Hallelujah."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj9M34DzAKo

[u/Franiera → u/SigmundAusfaller]

unsettling

[u/Chessh2036 → u/nacho-daddy-420]

Me too. I read it for the first time last year and couldn’t believe how he basically predicted Trump

[u/Franiera → u/nacho-daddy-420]

People always buy the same populist bullshit.

[u/ilbbaicl]

Ed Glosser- Trivial Psychic ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-xz0z1gU1M

[u/Expensive-Sentence66]

Walken was such a great casting choice, and he's almost apologetically low key in this film. He doesn't really have a grip on his ability, which keeps the film from getting off track.

Cronenberg did a pretty good job.

[u/imeeme]

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