FAQ for
Dark City (1998)

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For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Dark City can be found at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118929/parentalguide.

Dark City is based on a story by Australian film-maker Alex Proyas, who also directed the film. It was adapted for the screen by Proyas, English screenwriter Lem Dobbs, and American writer David S. Goyer.

The scenes with "The Strangers," are reminiscent of the Roman council, and certain scenes later in the movie show an amusement park named for and showing Neptune, Roman god of water and the sea.

Everything is done in the Special Features menu, using your DVD remote, and is done by searching for hidden images on various pages, in a particular order. ("Play" below is "Enter" on some remotes):

1) Choose "To Shell Beach," where you are told to find a bloody knife. 2) Go to the "Cast and Crew" menu, choose Kiefer Sutherland, and on the first page you can see the dim outline of a knife. Highlight it and press "Play." It will tell you find the doctor's business card. 3) Go to the first page of the "Neil Gaiman" section and press up to highlight the outline of a business card, then press "Play". It will tell you to look for a picture. 4) Go to the "Metropolis Comparison," choose the "Original Weekly Variety Review," and choose "more" until you see the outline of a postcard. Highlight it, press "Play" and it will tell you to find a shaky souvenir. 5) Go to the "Cast and Crew" menu, choose Trevor Jones in the crew section, and choose "more" until you see the outline of a snowglobe. Highlight it, press "Play" and it will tell you to go find a clock. 6) Go to the "Cast and Crew" menu, choose William Hurt, choose "more" until you find the clock. Highlight it, press "Play," and then it will tell you to find the tool that holds and controls you what you are. 7) Go to "Set Designs," choose "more" until you are at the seventh picture, a picture of a hypodermic needle. Press up to highlight the needle and press "Play". And you're done!