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A Scanner Darkly (2006)

Animated, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Crime, Drama, Comedy, Mystery | United States

Director: Richard Linklater

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10/10/2018

Rating: 7.0/10

User rating: 4.9/10
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SYNOPSIS

In a totalitarian society in a near future, the undercover detective Bob Arctor is working with a small time group of drug users trying to reach the big distributors of a brain-damaging drug called Substance D. His assignment is promoted by the recovery center New Path Corporation, and when Bob begins to lose his own identity and have schizophrenic behavior, he is submitted to tests to check his mental conditions.

Actors

Voice: Sean Allen, Cliff Haby, Mark Turner, Leif Anders

Writer: Philip K. Dick, Richard Linklater

Producer: George Clooney, Ben Cosgrove

RUNTIME: 100 min

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