A Scanner Darkly is a movie directed by Richard Linklater in 2006 and based on the book of the same name by Philip K. Dick, first published in 1977. The movie features Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder, Rory Cochrane, and others.
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Storyline
The United States has lost the war on drugs. Since going undercover, Arctor himself has become addicted to Substance D, and buys from Donna, who Arctor hopes to purchase large enough quantities of D from so that she is forced to introduce him to her own supplier.
Movie vs Book
Year
2006
Minutes
100
Movie Rate
7.10
Source: IMDb
Movie
A Scanner Darkly
Director: Richard Linklater
Country: USA
Year: 2006
Length: 1h40m
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Year
1977
Pages
278
Book Rate
8.02
S: Goodreads
Book
A Scanner Darkly
Author: Philip K. Dick
Country: USA
First published in: 1977
Length: 278 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“If I want to write a movie, I'll write a screenplay, but if I have an idea for a book, it's something that I think can only be done novelistically.”
BRET EASTON ELLIS (Writer)
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