A Scanner Darkly
“Everything is not going to be OK.”
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.
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Cast
32 people
Keanu Reeves
Bob Arctor
Known for
The Matrix
John Wick
Robert Downey Jr.
James Barris
Known for
The Avengers
Iron Man
Woody Harrelson
Ernie Luckman
Known for
Now You See Me
Zombieland
Winona Ryder
Donna Hawthorne
Known for
Stranger Things
Edward Scissorhands
Rory Cochrane
Charles Freck
Known for
Public Enemies
CSI: Miami
Mitch Baker
Brown Bear Lodge Host
Also in
Idiocracy
Apex
Sean Allen
Additional Fred Scramble Suit Voice (voice)
Also in
Viper
First to Die
Cliff Haby
Voice from Headquarters (voice)
Known for
The Underneath
Steven Chester Prince
Cop
Known for
Boyhood
American Underdog
Natasha Valdez
Waitress
No other roles listed
Mark Turner
Additional Hank Scramble Suit Voice (voice)
Also in
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Chamblee Ferguson
Medical Deputy #2
Also in
Karma Police
Parkland
Richard Linklater Director · Philip K. Dick Author Graham Reynolds Composer
Worldwide gross $7.7M · Budget $8.7M · United States release July 7, 2006
Box office
Budget
$8,700,000
Worldwide gross
$7,659,918
Gross vs. budget
0.9×
Production
Warner Independent Pictures
Production
Thousand Words
Production
Detour Filmproduction
Production
Section Eight
Production
3 Arts Entertainment
Production
WIP
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
France · May 25, 2006
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · July 7, 2006
Limited theatrical
United States
July 28, 2006 · Theatrical
Argentina
March 21, 2007 · Physical · Video
Australia
July 29, 2006 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
November 30, 2006 · Limited theatrical
Austria
October 19, 2006 · Premiere · Vienna International Film Festival
August 15, 2007 · Theatrical
Brazil
February 2, 2007 · Theatrical
Canada
July 7, 2006 · Theatrical
Czechia
May 1, 2007 · Digital
Finland
September 17, 2006 · Premiere · Helsinki International Film Festival
November 3, 2006 · Theatrical
France
September 7, 2006 · Premiere · Deauville Film Festival
September 13, 2006 · Theatrical
Germany
July 29, 2006 · Premiere · Nuremberg Fantasy Filmfest
May 11, 2007 · Physical · DVD
November 11, 2007 · Theatrical
December 26, 2009 · Physical · TV
Greece
October 12, 2006 · Limited theatrical
Hungary
December 5, 2006 · Physical · DVD
Iceland
November 17, 2006 · Theatrical
Ireland
August 18, 2006 · Theatrical
Israel
October 12, 2006 · Premiere · Haifa Film Festival
Italy
October 17, 2006 · Premiere · Rome Film Fest
October 20, 2006 · Theatrical
Japan
December 9, 2006 · Theatrical
Mexico
December 19, 2006 · Physical · DVD
Norway
November 19, 2006 · Premiere · Oslo International Film Festival
Poland
December 1, 2010 · Physical · TV
Portugal
September 7, 2006 · Theatrical
December 15, 2014 · Theatrical · Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival
Romania
July 7, 2006 · Premiere
Russia
December 5, 2006 · Physical · DVD
Singapore
September 7, 2010 · TV · Blue-Ray
Spain
October 20, 2006 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 17, 2007 · Physical · DVD
Taiwan
September 16, 2006 · Theatrical
Türkiye
October 14, 2006 · Premiere · Istanbul FilmOctober Film Week
November 3, 2006 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
July 15, 2006 · Premiere · Cambridge Film Festival
August 18, 2006 · Theatrical
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