A Scanner Darkly
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Richard Linklater
Keanu Reeves
Mitch Baker
Robert Downey Jr.
Winona Ryder
Woody Harrelson
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In the near future in Suburban Orange County, California, America's endless and futile war on drugs has become one and the same with its war on terror. Reluctant undercover cop Bob Arctor follows orders to start spying on his friends, Jim Barris, Ernie Luckman, Donna Hawthorne and Charles Freck. When he is directed to step up the surveillance on himself, he is launched on a paranoid journey into the absurd, where identities and loyalties are impossible to decode.
Director
Richard Linklater
Cast
Keanu Reeves
Mitch Baker
Robert Downey Jr.
Winona Ryder
Woody Harrelson
Rory Cochrane
Sean Allen
Cliff Haby
Steven Chester Prince
Dr. Natasha Valdez
Mark Turner
Chamblee Ferguson
Angela Rawna
Eliza Stevens
Sarah Menchaca
Melody Chase
Leif Anders
Turk Pipkin
Alex Jones
Lisa Marie Newmyer
Wilbur Penn
Ken Webster
Hugo Perez
Rommel Sulit
Dameon Clarke
Christopher Ryan
Jason Douglas
Marco Perella
Leila Plummer
Graham Reynolds
Erik Grostic
Bruce Colson
Jason Elinoff
Jonathan Dexter
Rodney Becker
Lisa Newmeyer
Crew
Sandra Adair
Paul Adam
Paul Ahern
Molly Ainsley
Sterling Allen
Ethan Andrus
Kevin Ang
Jason Archer
The Golden Armtrio
Peter Atherton
Gregg Barbanell
Ben Bays
Paul Beck
Wayne Bell
Janey Bergam
Paul Berolzheimer
Shannon Blackburn
Bradley Blei
Blue Bliss
John Bruch
John Buckley
Evan Cagle
Tod Campbell
Dominic Cancilla
Eric Cepeda
Mike Cervantes
Jason Chalker
Ronald D Chambers
Denise Chamian
Lauren Casey Chapman
Chris Chappell
Ajae Clearway
George Clooney
Randy Cole
Raymond Consing
Ben Cosgrove
Matthew Cowan
Melita Curphy
Bruce Curtis
Fred Daniel
Erik Davis
Gil Dean
Nick Derington
Philip K Dick
Wes Dixon
Lisa Del Dotto
Matt Drake
Jennifer Drummond
Peat Duggins
Pat Duke
Ben Dunn
Colin Edlund
Rahab El Ewaly
Sonia Farrell
Erin Ferguson
Melanie Ferguson
Holly Louise Fisher
Melanie Fletcher
Jennifer Fox
Erick Garibay
Michael P Garza
Michael P Garza
Greg Geisler
David Gil
Katina Gilkey
Justin Goldwater
Richard Gordoa
Leigh Green
Sara Greene
Colin Greenwood
Jonathan Greenwood
Erin Hagerty
Zach Hall
Tom Hammond
Tom Hammond
Tom Hammond
Tom Hammond
Tom Hammond
Tom Hammond
Heather Hanna
Charles Harrison
Justin Hennard
Justin Hennard
Ryan Hennessee
Marshall Hopkins
Dean Hsieh
Katherine Isham
Sherard Jackson
Marike Jainchill
Kennon James
Christopher Jennings
Nathan Jensen
Tatiana Jitkoff
Polly Johnsen
Jesse Johnston
Ian Sebastian Kasnoff
Shane F. Kelly
Susan Kirr
Steve Krieger
Sarah Lankenau
Matt Lankes
Michael Layne
Vivian P Le
Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem
Stephanie Lewis
Skip Lievsay
Stephen Light
Monique Ligons
Richard Linklater
Amalia Litsa
Melody Lloyd
Taylor Lovell
David Marquez
Jonathan Marshall
Scout Masterson
Allegra Mccoy
Kirsten Mcmurray
Morgan Miles
Jarrette Moats
Buzz Moran
Buzz Moran
Joaquin Morin
Kim Murphy
Lance Myers
Darylin Nagy
Darylin Nagy
Edward O'brien
Thomas J. O'connell
Katy O'connor
Harris O'malley
Tommy Pallotta
Jubal Palmer
Vincent Palmo
Ryan Parker
John Paul
John Paul
Andrew Payer
Kevin Peake
Jeremy Peirson
Glenn Perkins
Kari Perkins
Jason Piatt
Jerome Poynton
Jennifer Ramirez
Nic Ratner
Thomas P Reidy
Michael Reyes
Graham Reynolds
Graham Reynolds
Robert B. Reynolds
Jimmy Rich
Kate Ridgway
Joseph Riley
Brandon Roberts
Christopher Roldan
Ryan Ross
Ryan Ross
Bob Sabiston
Susan Sabiston
Aaron Sacco
F Joseph Santori
Brooke Satrazemis
Steven Schaefer
Ruedi Schick
Philip James Selway
Beth Sepko
Leah Sharpe
Dan Shuta
Peter Simonite
John Sloss
Jonah Smith
Scott Snyder
Steven Soderbergh
Craig Matthew Staggs
Sheila Steele
Erwin Stoff
Jason Stout
J Michael Stovall
Tom Sturgis
Kara Sutherlin
Yusef Svacina
Michael Swanner
Josh Taylor
Jesus F Tellez
Patrick Thornton
Jessica Tong
Alicia Traveria
Sef Tsauousis
Katie Tull
Fernanda Valentina
Mary Varn
Michael Veroni
Pierre Vial
Aaron Vyvial
Anne Walker-mcbay
Ralph Watson
Dustin Weaver
Tara Weaver
Palmer West
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer July 7, 2006
Limited Release in United States July 7, 2006
Released in United States on Video December 19, 2006
Released in United States September 2006
Released in United States October 2006
Shown at Deauville Festival of American Cinema (Panorama) September 1-10, 2006.
Shown at Rome Film Festival (Extra) October 13-21, 2006.
Based on the novel "A Scanner Darkly" published by Gollancz London in 1977, and written by Philip K. Dick about his own experiences.
Literary Sale Date 06/03/1997
Previously set up at Universal with Jersey Films to produce, and more recently set up at Muse Prods. with Leonardo DiCaprio starring. With DiCaprio dropping out, Warner Bros. acquired rights for $200,000 against $2 million and co-finaced the project with Thousand Words Pictures.
Film was shot live action, and then animated utilizing interpolated rotoscoping.
Released in United States Summer July 7, 2006
Limited Release in United States July 7, 2006
Released in United States on Video December 19, 2006
Released in United States September 2006 (Shown at Deauville Festival of American Cinema (Panorama) September 1-10, 2006.)
Released in United States October 2006 (Shown at Rome Film Festival (Extra) October 13-21, 2006.)
