A faithful adaptation of Philip K. Dick's novel, A Scanner Darkly takes the viewer on a visual and mind-blowing journey into the author's conception of a drug-addled and politically unstable world.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Richard Linklater -
Producer -
Tommy Pallotta , Jonah Smith , Anne Walker-McBay , Palmer West -
Screenwriter -
Richard Linklater -
Distributor -
Warner Independent -
Production Co -
Detour Filmproduction , Thousand Words , 3 Arts Entertainment , Section Eight Ltd. , Warner Independent Pictures -
Rating -
R (Drug and Sexual Content|A Brief Violent Image|Language) -
Genre -
Action , Drama , Sci-Fi , Mystery & Thriller , Animation -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Jul 7, 2006, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Aug 1, 2009 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$5.5M -
Runtime -
1h 40m -
Sound Mix -
Dolby SRD , Dolby SR -
Aspect Ratio -
Flat (1.85:1)
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