ROTTEN TOMATOES: See the First 24 Minutes of "A Scanner Darkly"!!

See the First 24 Minutes of "A Scanner Darkly"!!

by Jen Yamato | July 14, 2006

Our friends over at IGN FilmForce have snagged an awesome Christmas in July present for you -- an exclusive look at the first 24 minutes of Richard Linklater's hyper-visual sci-fi drug pic, "A Scanner Darkly." You can thank them later.

Adapted from sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick's novel, "A Scanner Darkly" is set in a near-future Orange County, where undercover cop Bob Arctor (Keanu Reeves) is assigned to infiltrate a group of narcotics-abusing friends, and must use the mind-altering Substance D drug himself -- but as Arctor becomes ever more dependant on the drug, he finds himself losing his grip on reality. "Scanner" also stars Winona Ryder, Woody Harrelson, Rory Cochrane, and a scene-stealing Robert Downey Jr.

Whoa! Keanu is, like, animated...but not!

In "Scanner," director Linklater uses the same eye-popping interpolated rotoscoping technique seen in his "Waking Life"; the animation-over-acting effect results in a dreamlike hyper-reality for the viewer, at once familiar and disorienting -- much like the drug-fueled perceptions of "Scanner"'s characters.

Click over to IGN FilmForce's exclusive 24-minute clip to see for yourself! The pic is rated R for "drug and sexual content, language and a brief violent image," so be prepared to pass an age-gate to view the video.

"A Scanner Darkly" is in limited release and expanding to more theaters through July.

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godinanalcove writes:
on Jul 14 2006 08:22 PM

it froze a couple of times while watching the clip. at least is fun to watch, i like it better than pixar animation. all of these hollywood's giants trying to make a cartoon look real.

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tyler8186 writes:
on Jul 14 2006 10:19 PM

In reply to this comment (#840250)
don't you mean they're trying to make what's real look cartoon?
this wasn't animated from scratch like cars was

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godinanalcove writes:
on Jul 15 2006 11:17 AM

i like this form of animation better, even if it wasn't created from scratch. i want to see that new rob zombie's movie.

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digitalrelic writes:
on Jul 15 2006 12:29 PM

this movie looks fantastic! I was really interested in the plot thus far.

I'm going to see it tomorrow, very excited.

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tyler8186 writes:
on Jul 15 2006 03:55 PM

the opening 20some minutes look real good

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kazbrowneyes writes:
on Jul 16 2006 05:47 AM

if it freezes just turn the sound down and when it is finished,replay..and it should run straight though.

The movie looks hilarious..love how paranoid it feels.

hopefully it won't take too long to come to Australia..

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toastyone writes:
on Jul 17 2006 05:49 AM

:D I wanted to watch this before...but after watching the first 24 minutes I really want to watch it NOW...too bad it is not in my area yet :(

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Hieremias writes:
on Jul 17 2006 06:36 AM

What little curiosity I had on this movie has been squashed by this preview. It looks absolutely frickin' retarded. Terrible acting and an awful script. The last 5 minutes are spent by a room full of adults trying to figure out how many gears are on a bike?

The animation is cool but that's all the movie has going for it. If it had been a standard live-action film, I wouldn't have even stuck around to endure those first 24 minutes.

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