A Scanner Darkly (2006)
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. Based on the novel by Philip K. Dick.
Primary Title
- A Scanner Darkly
Date Broadcast
- Monday 19 July 2010
Release Year
- 2006
Start Time
- 00 : 40
Finish Time
- 02 : 30
Duration
- 110:00
Channel
- TV2
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Programme Description
- 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. Based on the novel by Philip K. Dick.
Classification
- AO
Owning Collection
- Television Vault
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Animated films
- Science fiction films
- Feature films--United States
- Dick, Philip K--Film adaptations
- Drug abuse--California
- Drug control--California
- Drug dealers--California
Genres
- Animation
Contributors
- Richard Linklater (Director)
- Philip K. Dick (Writer)
- Richard Linklater (Writer)
- Keanu Reeves (Actor)
- Winona Ryder (Actor)
- Robert Downey Jr. (Actor)
- Tommy Pallotta (Producer)
- Jonah Smith (Producer)
- Erwin Stoff (Producer)
- Anne Walker-McBay (Producer)
- Palmer West (Producer)
- Shane F. Kelly (Cinematographer)
- Warner Independent Pictures (Production Unit)
- Thousand Words (Production Unit)
- Section Eight (Production Unit)
- Detour Filmproduction (Production Unit)
- 3 Arts Entertainment (Production Unit)
- 99169845214002091 (MMSID)
- Woody Harrelson (Actor)
Subjects
- Animated films
- Science fiction films
- Feature films--United States
- Dick, Philip K--Film adaptations
- Drug abuse--California
- Drug control--California
- Drug dealers--California