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Release Date:
28 July 2006 (USA) moreTagline:
What Does A Scanner See? morePlot:
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. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
2 wins & 6 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(54 articles)
George Clooney sets up shop at Sony Pictures (From Corona's Coming Attractions. 30 June 2009, 7:40 PM, PDT)
‘Kingdoms of Grace’, Ass-Kicking Rotoscoping May Be Heading to TV
(From Tubefilter News. 25 June 2009, 11:45 AM, PDT)
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Radiohead fans will love this movie. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Rory Cochrane | ... | Charles Freck | |
| Robert Downey Jr. | ... | James Barris | |
| Mitch Baker | ... | Brown Bear Lodge Host | |
| Keanu Reeves | ... | Bob Arctor | |
| Sean Allen | ... | Additional Fred Scramble Suit Voice (voice) | |
| Cliff Haby | ... | Voice from Headquarters (voice) | |
| Steven Chester Prince | ... | Cop | |
| Winona Ryder | ... | Donna Hawthorne | |
| Natasha Valdez | ... | Waitress | |
| Mark Turner | ... | Additional Hank Scramble Suit Voice (voice) | |
| Woody Harrelson | ... | Ernie Luckman | |
| Chamblee Ferguson | ... | Medical Deputy #2 | |
| Angela Rawna | ... | Medical Deputy #1 | |
| Eliza Stevens | ... | Arctor's Daughter #1 | |
| Sarah Menchaca | ... | Arctor's Daughter #2 |
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Also Known As:
Una mirada a la oscuridad (Argentina) (DVD title) (Spain) [es]A Scanner Darkly (Greece) [el]
A Scanner Darkly (France) [fr]
A Scanner darkly - Der dunkle Schirm (Germany) [de]
A scanner darkly - Un oscuro scrutare (Italy) [it]
Hämärän vartija (Finland) [fi]
Karanligi taramak (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Mracni skener (Serbia) [sr]
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Rated R for drug and sexual content, language and a brief violent image.Parents Guide:
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100 minCountry:
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EnglishColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
Ireland:16 | UK:15 | Australia:M | Finland:K-15 | Italy:T | Singapore:M18 (cut) | New Zealand:R13 | Argentina:16 | USA:R (certificate #42344) | South Korea:15 | Malaysia:18PL (DVD) | Brazil:16 | Japan:R-15 | Germany:12 | Canada:14A (Canadian Home Video rating) | Sweden:15 | Norway:15 (TV rating)Fun Stuff
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Terry Gilliam originally wanted to make a motion picture version of the novel in the early 1990s. moreGoofs:
Continuity: During the first psychological test, the 'dog' and 'pyramid' cards disappear from the table after Bob puts them down. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Freck: [on the phone] I looked them up. They're aphids. They're in my hair, on my skin, in my lungs. And the pain, Barris, it's unreasonable. They're all over the place. Oh, they've completely gotten Millie too.
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Is Substance D based on a real drug? What are its effects?Which girl (Donna or Connie) did Arctor sleep with, and why did she seem to transform?
What is the name of the song in the trailer?
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For some reason I can't get separate the way I feel about Radiohead's Kid A and Amnesiac albums from the way I feel about this movie. If you love adult sci-fi that is complex and strangely moving then this is a must see movie. This captures Philip K. Dick's spirit better than any movie since BLADERUNNER and is even more difficult to pin a reaction on. SCANNER is a more intimate film. Anybody who has seen Richard Linklater's mind boggling WAKING LIFE will be instantly familiar (and comfortable) with the way SCANNER looks. The rotoscoping technique doesn't seem that much further evolved from WAKING except for the scrambler suit whose effect is a continuous wonder to behold. The look beautifully suits the story because they both speak to the large disconnect that has happened in our society via technology. Interpersonal and immediately accessible intercommunication devices have allowed us to avoid real communication and immediate interaction with our surroundings and the people who inhabit them at any moment on a grander scale than ever before. I find it rather depressing and annoying when my current reality in interrupted by a bloody cell phone (unless, of course, it is mine that is ringing). Dick's work often addressed alienation and sinking so far into your own that reality became a liquid element usually washing us up onto the shores paranoia and madness. SCANNER evokes this strangeness in a way few movies ever have.