A scanner darkly, Warner Independent Pictures presents in association with Thousand Words ; a Section Eight, Detour Filmproduction, 3 Arts Entertainment production ; produced by Palmer West ... [et al.] ; written for the screen and directed by Richard Linklater
Type
Label
A scanner darkly, Warner Independent Pictures presents in association with Thousand Words ; a Section Eight, Detour Filmproduction, 3 Arts Entertainment production ; produced by Palmer West ... [et al.] ; written for the screen and directed by Richard Linklater
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for drug and sexual content, language and a brief violent image
Main title
A scanner darkly
Oclc number
72443662
Responsibility statement
Warner Independent Pictures presents in association with Thousand Words ; a Section Eight, Detour Filmproduction, 3 Arts Entertainment production ; produced by Palmer West ... [et al.] ; written for the screen and directed by Richard Linklater
Runtime
100
Summary
Set in a future world where America has lost the war on drugs, an L.A. undercover agents change their faces along with their identities. One officer's liberal ingestion of the drug "Substance D" causes him to develop a split personality, a notorious drug dealer. Along with his superior officers, the police set up an elaborate scheme to catch his drug dealer alter-ego and tear down his operation. Filmed using an animation technique called interpolated rotoscope, with animation over filmed sequences
Target audience
adult
Technique
animation
Classification
Contributor
- Cochrane, Rory
- Downey, Robert, Jr., 1965-
- Ryder, Winona, 1971-
- West, Palmer
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Warner Independent Pictures
- Reynolds, Graham, 1971-
- Linklater, Richard, 1960-
- Detour Filmproduction
- 3 Arts Entertainment (Firm)
- Harrelson, Woody
- Reeves, Keanu
- Kelly, Shane F
- Section Eight Ltd
- Thousand Words (Firm)
- Dick, Philip K
Genre
Subject
- PLP + Science fiction films with dystopian view of the future edition -- 2021.06
- Science fiction films
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Drug abuse -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films
- Dick, Philip K. -- Film and video adaptations
- Detective and mystery films
- Fiction films
- Animated films
- Multiple personality -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama
- Action and adventure films
- Police -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama
- Drug dealers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama
- Undercover operations -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama
resource.cinematographer
Composer
Director
Is Derivative Of
Producer
resource.screenwriter
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor16
- Cochrane, Rory
- Downey, Robert, Jr., 1965-
- Ryder, Winona, 1971-
- West, Palmer
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Warner Independent Pictures
- Reynolds, Graham, 1971-
- Linklater, Richard, 1960-
- Detour Filmproduction
- 3 Arts Entertainment (Firm)
- Harrelson, Woody
- Reeves, Keanu
- Kelly, Shane F
- Section Eight Ltd
- Thousand Words (Firm)
- Dick, Philip K
- Genre8
- Subject15
- PLP + Science fiction films with dystopian view of the future edition -- 2021.06
- Science fiction films
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Drug abuse -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films
- Dick, Philip K. -- Film and video adaptations
- Detective and mystery films
- Fiction films
- Animated films
- Multiple personality -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama
- Action and adventure films
- Police -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama
- Drug dealers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama
- Undercover operations -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama
- Actor5
- resource.cinematographer1
- Composer1
- Director1
- Is Derivative Of1
- Producer1
- resource.screenwriter1
- Mapped to1