A Scanner Darkly Screening in Sacramento

A Scanner Darkly is a 2006 American adult animated science fiction thriller film written and directed by Richard Linklater, based on the 1977 novel by Philip K. Dick. The film tells the story of identity and deception in a near-future dystopia constantly under intrusive high-tech police surveillance in the midst of a drug addiction epidemic.

The film was shot digitally and then animated using interpolated rotoscope, giving it a distinctive animated look. It features performances by Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, and Winona Ryder. The film was screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and was a finalist for the Hugo Award.