A Scanner Darkly animation
- Original title
- A Scanner Darkly
- Year
- 2006
- Running time
- 100 min.
- Country
United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Richard Linklater. Novel: Philip K. Dick
- Cast
- Music
- Cinematography
- Animation, Shane F. Kelly
- Producer
- Genre
- Animation. Sci-Fi. Fantasy. Drama. Thriller | Adult Animation. Dystopian film. Drugs. Cult movie. Independent Film (US)
- Movie Groups
- Philip K. Dick Adaptations
- Synopsis
- "A Scanner Darkly" is set in suburban Orange County, California in a future where America has lost the war on drugs. When one reluctant undercover cop (Reeves) is ordered to start spying on his friends, he is launched on a paranoid journey into the absurd, where identities and loyalties are impossible to decode. It is a cautionary tale of drug use based on the novel by Philip K. Dick and his own experiences. "A Scanner Darkly" stars Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder and Rory Cochrane and is written for the screen and directed by Richard Linklater. Like a graphic novel come to life, "A Scanner Darkly" will use live action photography overlaid with an advanced animation process (interpolated rotoscoping) to create a haunting, highly stylized vision of the future. The technology, first employed in Richard Linklater's 2001 film "Waking Life," has evolved to produce even more emotional impact and detail.
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- Rankings Position
- Awards
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2006: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Animated Film2006: Saturn Awards (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films): nominated to Best Animated Film.2007: Hugo Awards: nominated to Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Format).
- Critics' reviews
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"A visually riveting mind-bender inspired"
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"A Scanner Darkly doesn't quite live up to the promise of its opening sequence, but it's still an audacious offering during a season of brain-dead blockbusters."
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"It's one of the most faithful movie adaptations of any Dick story to date"
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 53 My Top 10 Movies from 2006 (58)
- 87 The Weirdest Movies I Have Ever Watched (49)
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