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A Scanner Darkly

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Set in a totalitarian society in a near future where America has lost the war on drugs, an undercover cop, Fred, is one of many agents hooked on the popular drug Substance D, which causes its users to develop split personalities. Fred, for instance, is also Bob, a notorious drug dealer. Along with his superior officers, Fred sets up an elaborate scheme to catch Bob and tear down his operation.

Genre:

Thriller, Sci-Fi, Animation

Actors:

Rory Cochrane, Robert Downey Jr., Mitch Baker, Keanu Reeves, Sean Allen, Cliff Haby, Steven Chester Prince, Winona Ryder, Natasha Valdez, Mark Turner, Woody Harrelson, ...»

Director:

Richard Linklater

Country:

United States

Release:

2006

IMDb:

7.0

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Duration:

100 min

KEYWORDS:

#A Scanner Darkly #Keanu Reeves #Richard Linklater #Robert Downey Jr. #Winona Ryder

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ACTORS OF "A Scanner Darkly"

Rory Cochrane

28 February 1972, Syracuse, New York, USA

Robert Downey Jr.

4 April 1965, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Mitch Baker

Keanu Reeves

2 September 1964, Beirut, Lebanon

Sean Allen

Cliff Haby

Steven Chester Prince

Winona Ryder

29 October 1971, Winona, Minnesota, USA

Natasha Valdez

Mark Turner

Woody Harrelson

23 July 1961, Midland, Texas, USA

25 May 1968, Seguin, Texas, USA

Leif Anders

Turk Pipkin

Alex Jones

11 February 1974, Dallas, Texas, USA

Lisa Marie Newmyer

Wilbur Penn

Ken Webster

29 July 1957, Port Arthur, Texas, USA

Hugo Perez

Rommel Sulit

Dameon Clarke

16 January 1972, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Christopher Ryan

Leila Plummer

Jason Douglas

14 February 1973, Arkansas, USA

Marco Perella

18 May 1949, Houston, Texas, USA

Gary Teague

DIRECTORS OF "A Scanner Darkly"

Richard Linklater

30 July 1960, Houston, Texas, USA

CREATORS OF "A Scanner Darkly"

Richard Linklater

30 July 1960, Houston, Texas, USA

Philip K. Dick

16 December 1928, Chicago, Illinois, USA

HEROES OF "A Scanner Darkly"

Charles Freck

Played by: Rory Cochrane

James Barris

Played by: Robert Downey Jr.

Bob Arctor

Played by: Keanu Reeves

Voice from Headquarters

Played by: Cliff Haby

Cop

Played by: Steven Chester Prince

Donna Hawthorne

Played by: Winona Ryder

Waitress

Played by: Natasha Valdez

Ernie Luckman

Played by: Woody Harrelson

Street Prophet

Played by: Alex Jones

CRITICS OF "A Scanner Darkly"

Metro Times (Detroit, MI)

...not for everyone. It's a complicated film that requires patience and, most likely, subsequent viewings to appreciate the jigsaw view of control and paranoia.

April 20, 2011

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Slate

As A Scanner Darkly proves, Keanu is the Coolness -- passive blankness, leaden line delivery, and all. Let's hear it for the vague blur.

September 23, 2006

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Stop Smiling

It is exhausting in its yammering, yes, but the very fact of its putting forth a vision of a future that's scented with bongwater, revolving around the axis of a sloppy living room, is enough to recommend it.

March 05, 2014

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Houston Chronicle

The first film to capture the author's transience and his art.

July 14, 2006

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Empire Magazine Australasia

A Scanner Darkly is the most faithful Dick adaptation to date. Like Dick's writing, Richard Linklater's movie doesn't sweat at immersing itself in the trappings of sci-fi; it's concerned with ideas.

November 07, 2012

7M Pictures

I got bored with the random diversions into the long-winded conversations of the drug culture.

January 19, 2014

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Suite101.com

Trippy rotoscoping is the perfect aqueous aesthetic. Unlike many Philip K. Dick adapters exchanging existentialism for explosions, Richard Linklater focuses on Dick's apprehensions about the trust, joy and freedoms at risk for the sake of progress.

September 19, 2010

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ComingSoon.net

In the end, it offers only the slightest of answers and the slimmest of hopes, because that is often all life offers as well. Whether anyone grasps that hope it leaves open for the audience to determine.

March 30, 2011

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Orlando Sentinel

Linklater's willingness to experiment ... is laudable. But I'm not sure he's reinventing animation here, or even adequately serving that older-than-children animation audience.

July 14, 2006

NPR.org

The coolest thing about the movie version of A Scanner Darkly is how very literally it takes the scanner part of that title.

October 18, 2008

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Time Out

Wondrously attractive, all the more so for the avoidance (with one or two exceptions) of extrovert Waking Life-style set-pieces.

August 17, 2006

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New York Observer

Mr. Linklater emerges once again as the Austin auteur par excellence, even if A Scanner Darkly is set in a ratty precinct of Orange County.

July 27, 2006

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