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Crimes of the Future

1970 63 min English NR

In a dystopic world where a plague is killing off pubescent human females, an esoteric researcher seeks his missing mentor while trying to retain morality in the sex-obsessed society he lives in.

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23 people

David Cronenberg Director

Budget $20K · United States release August 10, 1984 · Produced in Canada

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Budget

$20,000

Production

E

Emergent Films Ltd.

Production

Canada

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Languages

Original language

English

Spoken on screen

English

Release dates

Australia · June 1, 1970

Premiere · Adelaide Film Festival

United States · August 10, 1984

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Finland

May 3, 2006 · Physical · DVD

France

May 25, 2007 · Limited theatrical · Cinémathèque Française

Greece

September 1, 1993 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival

Italy

December 1, 1996 · Premiere · Noir in Festival

Romania

August 10, 1984 · Theatrical

Spain

November 19, 2013 · Physical · DVD

United Kingdom

September 1, 1970 · Premiere · Edinburgh International Film Festival

August 17, 2015 · Physical · on Videodrome Blu-ray

August 1, 2016 · Physical · David Cronenberg's Early Works Blu-ray

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