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A Scanner Darkly

A Scanner Darkly

Animation · Science Fiction · Thriller · 2006

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.

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A Scanner Darkly

“Everything is not going to be OK.”

2006 Animation · Science Fiction · Thriller 1h 40m

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6.8 / 10

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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.

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What this film says about your taste.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Richard Linklater

Written by

Richard Linklater

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves

Bob Arctor

Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr.

James Barris

Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson

Ernie Luckman

Winona Ryder

Winona Ryder

Donna Hawthorne

Rory Cochrane

Rory Cochrane

Charles Freck

Mitch Baker

Mitch Baker

Brown Bear Lodge Host

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Sean Allen

Additional Fred Scramble Suit Voice (voice)

Court is in session

Put A Scanner Darkly on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.