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A scanner darkly - Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Junior, Woody Harrelson, Richard Linklater

Threat advisory: Under evaluation

Movie propaganda

Everything is not going to be ok.

A scanner darkly is set in suburban Orange County, California, in a future where America has lost the war on drugs. When one reluctant undercover cop is ordered to start spying on his friends, he is launched on a paranoid journey into the absurd, where identities and loyalties are impossible to decode. It is a cautionary tale of drug use based on the novel by Philip K Dick and his own experiences.

Like a graphic novel come to life, A scanner darkly will use live-action photography overlaid with an advanced animation process (interpolated rotoscoping) to create a haunting, highly stylised vision of the future. The technology, first employed in Richard Linklater's 2001 film Waking life, has evolved to produce even more emotional impact and detail

Theatrical propaganda posters

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

  • Film science fiction police undercover drugs animation Richard Linklater Philip K Dick

Persons of interest

  • Keanu Reeves .... Fred/Bob Arctor
  • Mitch Baker .... Brown Bear Lodge Host
  • Casey Chapman .... Girl at Scanning Station
  • Melody Chase .... Arctor's Wife
  • Dameon Clarke .... Mike
  • Rory Cochrane .... Freck
  • Robert Downey Junior .... Barris
  • Woody Harrelson .... Luckman
  • Marco Perella .... Donald
  • Winona Ryder .... Donna
  • Philip K Dick .... Author
  • Richard Linklater .... Screenwriter
  • Richard Linklater .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

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Security censorship classification

M (Moderate drug themes, moderate coarse language, moderate sexual references)

Surveillance time

100 minutes (1:40 hours)

Not for public release in Australia before date

Film: 30 November 2006

Cinema surveillance images

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