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A Scanner Darkly is a 2006 American adult animated science fiction thriller film written and directed by Richard Linklater; it is based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Philip K. Dick. The film tells the story of identity and deception in a near-future dystopia constantly under intrusive high-tech police surveillance in the midst of a drug ...
- $7.7 million
- Graham Reynolds
- $8.7 million
Jul 28, 2006 · A sci-fi thriller about a cop infiltrating a drug ring that causes schizophrenia and identity loss. The film uses rotoscope animation to create a realistic and surreal atmosphere, based on Philip K. Dick's personal experience with drugs and paranoia.
- Richard Linklater
- 333
- 2 min
Jul 7, 2006 · A Scanner Darkly is a 2006 sci-fi film based on Philip K. Dick's novel, directed by Richard Linklater and starring Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., and Winona Ryder. The film follows a narcotics cop who becomes an addict while undercover in a dystopian future.
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- Richard Linklater
- R
- Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Animation
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- Bob Arctor; James Barris; Ernie Luckman
- R
- 2006
Film. The rotoscoped film A Scanner Darkly was authorized by Dick's estate. It was released in July 2006 and stars Keanu Reeves as Fred/Bob Arctor and Winona Ryder as Donna. Rory Cochrane, Robert Downey Jr., and Woody Harrelson co-star as Arctor's drugged-out housemates and friends.
- 220 (1st edition)
- Philip K. Dick
- 1977
- Doubleday
Summaries. An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result. In a totalitarian society in a near future, the undercover detective Bob Arctor is working with a small time group of drug users trying to reach the big distributors of a brain-damaging drug called ...
