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A Scanner Darkly

2006 film by Richard Linklater
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Summary

A Scanner Darkly is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,108 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Richard Linklater[3]
  • Screenwriter: Richard Linklater[4]
  • Composer: Graham Reynolds[5]
  • Genre: science fiction film[6], dystopian film[7], drama film[8], arthouse science fiction film[9]
  • Based on: A Scanner Darkly[10]
  • Cast member: Keanu Reeves[11], Robert Downey Jr.[12], Woody Harrelson[13], Winona Ryder[14], Rory Cochrane[15], Alex Jones[16], Jason Douglas[17]
  • Producer: Steven Soderbergh[18], George Clooney[19], Tommy Pallotta[20]
  • Production company: Thousand Words[21], Section Eight Productions[22]
  • Director of photography: Shane F. Kelly[23]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[24]
  • Soundtrack release: A Scanner Darkly[25]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[26]
  • Review score: 68%[27], 6.6/10[28], 73/100[29]
  • Color: color[30]
  • Country of origin: United States[31]
  • Publication date: May 25, 2006[32], July 7, 2006[33], November 11, 2007[34], October 20, 2006[35]
  • Distributed by: Warner Independent Pictures[36], Netflix[37]
  • Narrative location: Los Angeles[38]
  • Official website: http://wwws.warnerbros.co.uk/ascannerdarkly/[39]
  • Film editor: Sandra Adair[40]
  • Title: A Scanner Darkly[41]
  • After a work by: Philip K. Dick[42]
  • Different from: Q124767504[43]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[44]
  • Duration: 100[45]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[46]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[47]

  • First release date: 2006-06-27[48]

  • Genre(s): ambient, electronic, experimental, indie rock, leftfield, rock[49]

  • Community tags: abstract, ambient, electronic, experimental, indie rock, leftfield, rock, soundtrack[50]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a5955a03-eb82-381a-9374-a87a17a62099[51]

Why It Matters

A Scanner Darkly has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]

Related Entities

Alex Jones film George Clooney Keanu Reeves Los Angeles Netflix Philip K. Dick Richard Linklater Robert Downey Jr. Rory Cochrane Steven Soderbergh United States Winona Ryder Woody Harrelson

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [46] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [49] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [50] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [51] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 34487
    P14821 → 405296
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  2. 8w ago · Gerwoman · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Decine21 film id → 7178
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  3. 13w ago · Mullanur · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Rars rating → 18+
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  4. 15w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14567 → SID0015293
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  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 18w ago · Aavindraa · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Filmiroda rating → Category III
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    Film editor → Sandra Adair
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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