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Hämärän vartija

Original title: A Scanner Darkly
  • 2006
  • K-15
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
118K
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Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., and Woody Harrelson in Hämärän vartija (2006)
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An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.

  • Director
    • Richard Linklater
  • Writers
    • Philip K. Dick
    • Richard Linklater
  • Stars
    • Keanu Reeves
    • Winona Ryder
    • Robert Downey Jr.
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    118K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,833
    567
    • Director
      • Richard Linklater
    • Writers
      • Philip K. Dick
      • Richard Linklater
    • Stars
      • Keanu Reeves
      • Winona Ryder
      • Robert Downey Jr.
    • 334User reviews
    • 224Critic reviews
    • 73Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 21 nominations

    Videos2

    A Scanner Darkly
    Trailer 1:59
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    A Scanner Darkly
    Trailer 2:06
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    Photos98

    Woody Harrelson in Hämärän vartija (2006)
    Keanu Reeves in Hämärän vartija (2006)
    Winona Ryder in Hämärän vartija (2006)
    Keanu Reeves in Hämärän vartija (2006)
    Keanu Reeves in Hämärän vartija (2006)
    Robert Downey Jr. in Hämärän vartija (2006)
    Keanu Reeves, Chamblee Ferguson, and Angela Rawna in Hämärän vartija (2006)
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    Robert Downey Jr. and Woody Harrelson in Hämärän vartija (2006)
    Winona Ryder in Hämärän vartija (2006)
    Robert Downey Jr. in Hämärän vartija (2006)

    Top cast33

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    Keanu Reeves
    Keanu Reeves
    • Bob Arctor
    Winona Ryder
    Winona Ryder
    • Donna Hawthorne
    Robert Downey Jr.
    Robert Downey Jr.
    • James Barris
    Rory Cochrane
    Rory Cochrane
    • Charles Freck
    Mitch Baker
    Mitch Baker
    • Brown Bear Lodge Host
    Sean Allen
    • Additional Fred Scramble Suit Voice
    • (voice)
    Cliff Haby
    • Voice from Headquarters
    • (voice)
    Steven Chester Prince
    Steven Chester Prince
    • Cop
    Natasha Janina Valdez
    Natasha Janina Valdez
    • Waitress
    • (as Natasha Valdez)
    Mark Turner
    • Additional Hank Scramble Suit Voice
    • (voice)
    Woody Harrelson
    Woody Harrelson
    • Ernie Luckman
    Chamblee Ferguson
    Chamblee Ferguson
    • Medical Deputy #2
    Angela Rawna
    Angela Rawna
    • Medical Deputy #1
    Eliza Stevens
    Eliza Stevens
    • Arctor's Daughter #1
    Sarah Menchaca
    • Arctor's Daughter #2
    Melody Chase
    Melody Chase
    • Arctor's Wife
    Leif Anders
    Leif Anders
    • Freck Suicide Narrator
    • (voice)
    Turk Pipkin
    • Creature
    • Director
      • Richard Linklater
    • Writers
      • Philip K. Dick
      • Richard Linklater
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Robert Downey, Jr. wrote most of his lines down on post-it notes and scattered them around the set so he could read off them while filming a scene. The rotoscoping team simply animated over the notes to remove them from the film during post-production.
    • Goofs
      While showing the monitoring equipment, Hank tells Fred that he could be anyone from Arctor's circle of friends, including Barris. This made sense in the book, however, by this time in the movie Hank has already seen Fred alongside Barris, so he could not possibly think they are the same person.
    • Quotes

      Fred: [voiceover] What does a scanner see? Into the head? Down into the heart? Does it see into me? Into us? Clearly or darkly? I hope it sees clearly because I can't any longer see into myself. I see only murk. I hope for everyone's sake the scanners do better, because if the scanner sees only darkly the way I do, then I'm cursed and cursed again.

    • Crazy credits
      The "Phil" mentioned in the "in memoriam" list as having permanent pancreatic damage is Philip K. Dick himself.
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Rocky Balboa/The Good German/Letters from Iwo Jima/The Pursuit of Happyness/Breaking and Entering/Home of the Brave (2006)
    • Soundtracks
      Fog
      Written by Thom Yorke (as Thomas Yorke), Phil Selway (as Philip Selway), Jonny Greenwood (as Jonathan Greenwood),

      Colin Greenwood and Ed O'Brien (as Edward O'Brien)

      Performed by Radiohead

      Courtesy of Capitol Records

      Under licence from EMI Film & Television Music

    User reviews334

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    9/10
    Great movie...Someone finally "gets" it...
    Hollywood has tried so many times to capture the feel of Philip K. Dick terms of his style and writing. Films like Total Recall, Paycheck, Minority Report, all were playing to the lowest common denominator and really lost a lot of the feel that Dick conveys in his writing. Blade Runner came close, but it still missed the essential darkness that Dick brings to each and every one of his works.

    Enter "A Scanner Darkly", aside from the Interpolative Rotoscoping that the film maker used to put the graphical images of this movie together and give it an amazing visual feel all its own, the vision and imagery conveyed by the film are as true to Dick's original as any movie has come. I left the theater feeling overwhelmed, touched, and changed, much the same way as when I'd finished the book. This is rare, and it is decidedly a beautiful thing.
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    • darfoo
    • Jul 9, 2006

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 3, 2006 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Warner Bros (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • A Scanner Darkly
    • Filming locations
      • Austin, Texas, USA
    • Production companies
      • Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
      • Thousand Words
      • Section Eight
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $8,700,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $5,501,616
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $391,672
      • Jul 9, 2006
    • Gross worldwide
      • $7,659,918
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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