Watch A Scanner Darkly (2006) Free Online

Release Date: 2006

Cast: Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Dameon Clarke, Mitch Baker, Melody Chase, Robert Downey Jr., Rory Cochrane, Woody Harrelson, Heather Kafka, Jason Douglas

Categories: Movies, Thriller, Science Fiction, Future noir, Animation, Film adaptation, Dystopia

A Scanner Darkly is a 2006 science fiction thriller directed by Richard Linklater based on the novel of the same name by Philip K. Dick. The film tells the story of identity and deception in a near-future dystopia constantly under intrusive high-technology police surveillance in the midst of a drug addiction epidemic. The movie was filmed digitally and then animated using interpolated rotoscope over the original footage, giving it its distinctive look. The film was written and directed by Linklater and stars Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Woody Harrelson, Robert Downey, Jr., and Rory... MORE

A Scanner Darkly is a 2006 science fiction thriller directed by Richard Linklater based on the novel of the same name by Philip K. Dick. The film tells the story of identity and deception in a near-future dystopia constantly under intrusive high-technology police surveillance in the midst of a drug addiction epidemic. The movie was filmed digitally and then animated using interpolated rotoscope over the original footage, giving it its distinctive look. The film was written and directed by Linklater and stars Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Woody Harrelson, Robert Downey, Jr., and Rory Cochrane. Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney are among the executive producers. A Scanner Darkly had a limited release in July 2006, and then a wider release later that month. The film was screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and the 2006 Seattle International Film Festival, and nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form in 2007. Seven years from now America has lost the war on drugs, with 20% of the population being addicts. The highly addictive 'Substance D', a powerful psychoactive drug causing a dreamy state of intoxication and bizarre hallucinations, has swept LESS