Johnny Mnemonic: In Black & White [Blu-ray]

Overview

In a near-future world in which the fast-paced digital lifestyle has given rise to a worldwide plague called Nerve Attenuation Syndrome, Johnny (Keanu Reeves), a data courier, accepts an assignment that he hopes will allow him to pay for the restoration of the childhood memories he dumped in order to outfit his brain with the microchip necessary for him to carry out his profession. Narrowly escaping a Yakuza ambush in which his employers are killed and the mnemonic trigger capable of unlocking the data in his brain is partially destroyed, Johnny travels from Beijing to New Jersey, where he hopes to recover the data before "neural seepage" destroys his mind. Teaming up with would-be bodyguard Jane (Dina Meyer) and a rebel group known as the LoTeks who live in an abandoned bridge, he tries to outrun the assassins of mysterious businessman Takahashi (Beat Takeshi Kitano) -- and the Street Preacher (Dolph Lundgren), a bionic madman. Along the way, he meets a mysterious electronic entity, a sentient dolphin, and Spider (Henry Rollins), a cybernetics expert, all of whom attempt, with various degrees of success, to learn why the data in Johnny's head is so important. Science fiction author William Gibson's original short story Johnny Mnemonic helped usher in the age of cyberpunk when it appeared in Omni magazine in 1981; it later appeared in the collection Burning Chrome (alongside the story that provided the basis for Abel Ferrara's New Rose Hotel). Although Gibson himself wrote the screenplay for Johnny Mnemonic, the film diverges considerably from the story. Molly Mirrors, a recurring character in Gibson's fiction, was replaced by the figure of Jane to fend off licensing conflicts with any future film version of Neuromancer, the author's most celebrated novel. Other plot elements -- most notably the LoTeks' bridge habitat -- were borrowed from later Gibson fiction such as the novel Virtual Light.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/16/2022
UPC:	0043396582958
Original Release:	1995
Rating:	R
Source:	ALLIED VAUGHN
Language:	English
Time:	1:37:00
Sales rank:	1,223

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Keanu Reeves	Johnny
Dolph Lundgren	Street Preacher
Dina Meyer	Jane
Ice-T	J-Bone
Udo Kier	Ralfi
Denis Akiyama	Shinji
Takeshi	Takahashi
Henry Rollins	Spider
Barbara Sukowa	Anna K
Tracy Tweed	Pretty
Falconer Abraham	Yomamma
Don Francks	Hooky
Diego Chambers	Henson
Sherry Miller	Takahashi's Secretary
Arthur Eng	Viet
Von Flores	Viet
Victoria Tengelis	Pharmakom Receptionist
Warren Sulatycky	Yakuza Operator
Celina Wu	Mikiyo
Gene Mack	Laslo
Jamie Elman	Toad
Simon Sinn	Man in Hotel Lobby
Caitlin Carmody	Twin in Hotel Lobby,Twin in Hotel Lobby
Marlow Vella	Lotek Kid
Howard Szafer	Strike
Paul Brogren	Stump
Arthi Sambasivan	Nurse
Silvio Oliviero	Stick
Coyote Shivers	Buddy
Lynne Adams	Rocket Launcher Yakuza
Mike Shearer	Yakuza Partner
Susan Tsagkaris	Opera Singer
Christopher Comrie	Beijing Riot Newscaster
Robin Crosby	Girl in Hotel Room
Takeshi Kitano	Takahashi
Dennis Akayama	Actor
Natalie Gray	Actor
Glenn Bang	Actor
Douglas O'Keeffe	Pharmakom Security Officer
Michael A. Miranda	Stick
Mychael Danna	Composer
Brad Fiedel	Composer

Technical Credits

William Ford Gibson

Robert Longo	Director
William Ford Gibson	Screenwriter
Staffan Ahrenberg	Executive Producer
Vic Armstrong	Stunts
John Buchan	Casting
Don Carmody	Producer
Rory Cutler	Special Effects
Douglas Ganton	Sound Mixer,Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Victoria Hamburg	Executive Producer
Robert Lantos	Executive Producer
John Nelson	Special Effects
B.J. Rack	Executive Producer
Gene Warren Jr.	Special Effects
Jean Desormeaux	Producer
Tom Blacklock	Special Effects
Jay Boekelheide	Sound Effects
Malcolm Fife	Sound Effects
Leslie Shatz	Sound/Sound Designer
Scott Purdy	Sound/Sound Designer
Don White	Sound/Sound Designer