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Director: |
Richard Linklater |
Writer: |
Richard Linklater |
Starring: |
Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Rory Cochran |
Released: |
November 30, 2006 |
Rating: |
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Runtime: |
100 minutes
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Story: |
America's endless and futile war on drugs has become one and the same with its war on terror.
Reluctant undercover cop Bob Arctor (Keanu Reeves) follows orders to start spying on his friends,
Jim Barris (Robert Downey Jr.), Ernie Luckman (Woody Harrelson), Donna Hawthorne (Winona Ryder)
and Charles Freck (Rory Cochrane). When he is directed to step up the surveillance on himself,
he is launched on a paranoid journey into the absurd, where identities and loyalties are
impossible to decode.
Based on legendary science-fiction author Philip K. Dick's own experiences, "A Scanner Darkly"
tells the darkly comedic, caustic, but deeply tragic tale of drug use in the modern world.
The film plays like a graphic novel come to life with live-action photography overlaid with
an advanced animation process - a method known as interpolated rotoscoping, first employed
in writer/director Richard Linklater's 2001 film "Waking Life" - to create a haunting version
of America, seven years from now.
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Cast: |
Keanu Reeves
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Bob Arctor |
Robert Downey Jr.
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James Barris |
Woody Harrelson
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Ernie Luckman |
Rory Cochrane
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Charles Freck |
Winona Ryder
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Donna |
Sean Allen
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Additional Fred Scramble Suit Voice (voice) |
Mitch Baker
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Brown Bear Lodge Host |
Cliff Haby
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Voice from Headquarters (voice) |
Steven Chester Prince
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Cop |
Natasha Valdez
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Waitress |
Mark Turner
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Additional Hank Scramble Suit Voice (voice) |
Chamblee Ferguson
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Medical Deputy #2 |
Angela Rawna
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Medical Deputy #1 |
Eliza Stevens
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Arctor's Daughter #1 |
Sarah Menchaca
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Arctor's Daughter #2 |
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