One gets the feeling that if linklater ever wanted to have a giant boxoffice success he could make a great stoner comedy. Living with arctor in his ratty house are his sortofgirlfriend, donna winona ryder, surfer burnout ernie woody harrelson, and barris robert downey, jr. As a scanner darkly proves, keanu is the coolness passive. After receiving degrees in theater arts and english from hanover college, he had a brief stint in new york theater. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl.
A scanner darkly tells the story of undercover cop keanu reeves, hold. Dick, drugs, undercover agents, keanu reeves, robert downey jr. Movie critics choice, woody harrelson, oren moverman, lapd, video. Around this time a terry gilliam 12 monkeys directed film version was in. Keanu reeves, winona ryder, woody harrelson, robert downey jr. And keanu reeves was an excellent choice for bob arctor, a burned out junkie. Ryder starred alongside keanu reeves, robert downey jr. An imaginary portrait of diane arbus 2006 costarring nicole kidman, a film inspired by.
A scanner darkly 2006 official trailer keanu reeves, robert. When keanu reeves mentioned at a tinseltown party that hed spent months of intense martial arts training for his smash matrix, woody harrelson jeered goodnaturedly that keanus combat moves were just special effects. Movie hd an undercover cop in a nottoodistant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his. A definitive ranking of keanu reeves movies and wondering. A scanner darkly, which linklater directed from dicks 1977 cult novel, ultimately plays to too few of linklaters strengths. Dick and the easygoing good nature of richard linklater make an unstable mix. A scanner darkly draft script by charlie kaufman 20 december 1997. Loughlin plays tara mitchell, the pretty and popular head cheerleader who also happens to be the local police chiefs daughter. The druggedout ramblings and misadventures of characters played by robert downey jr. A scanner darkly is a black comedy about drugs, hallucinations, paranoia and surveillance, for which linklater has assembled a very pkd cast keanu reeves star of the very dickinfluenced matrix and robert downey jr, woody harrelson and winona ryder. Both woody harrelson and winona ryder agreed to appear in the film based on. Blacktree tvs own jamaal finkley, sits down to talk with rdj for his movie the soloist. It helps neither ryder or reeves are the actual star of the film. According to variety, winona ryder, robert downey jr.
The lonely, fragile reflections of a scanner darkly 25yl. An undercover cop in a nottoodistant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result. This thoughtprovoking film charts the mental unravelling of an undercover. A scanner darkly by richard linklater keanu reeves. Woody harrelson is a wellknown name in the business of hollywood. Woody harrelson is a cop on the run from his wives in oren movermans rampart by j. Downey was most recently seen as the high school principal in charlie bartlett. In 2006, woody harrelson featured in a scanner darkly, a partly animated feature that also starred keanu reeves, winona ryder and robert downey jr.
And although some have stated that he was blown off the screen by downey and harrelson i couldnt agree less. The american actor ansd activist made his first onscreen appearance in 1986s tv program, wild cats, but his breakthrough performance of a bartender named woody boyd in sitcom cheers 1985 put him on a pedestal, and earned him an emmy award win along with five nominations. Like the movie asserts, the plant is highly poisonous to humans and livestock. The plot, such as it is, is famous, but this movie is truly bugfuck insane, and the events in it are actually way too dark for the podcast as well as too dark for such a ridiculous movie in the first place. Reeves plays winston connelly, the socalled high school nerd and vice president of the astronomy club. One of the very best films based on or inspired by philip k. He grew up in lebanon, ohio, where his mother was from. With an amazing list of credits to his name, he has managed to stay new and fresh even after over four decades in the business. To merge fable and fact, linklater has cast several actors connected in different ways to the drug culture robert downey jr, woody harrelson, winona ryder goddaughter of dr timothy leary, a friend of dicks and keanu reeves, star of the matrix films, which similarly dissolves the line between reality and fantasy. I wanted to work with richard linklater, keanu reeves, robert downey jr. Living with other substanceaddicted degenerates, played by woody harrelson and robert downey, jr.
I wanted to do it, but i really still dont know what the hell that film is about. But i just know its really interesting on a scanner darkly 2006. Woody harrelson biography, news, photos and videos. In 1997, reeves played a lawyer tempted by success and satan in the devils advocate. It took me a bit to get into the rotoscope look but ive watched the film several times and it just works perfectly. Keanu reeves stars as an undercover cop trying to stem the tide of substance d by infiltrating the drug underground in an attempt to find out who is behind it.
His subtle and somewhat detached style is exactly what was needed for this complex and sympathetic character. Rory cochrane is also great as their druggie friend. Sanders, costume designer eiko ishioka for better and worse, editors anne goursaud, glen scantlebury, and nicholas c. Movie hd an undercover cop in a nottoodistant future becomes involved with a. Downey starred in powerful yet humbling roles inspired by reallife accounts of some of historys most precious kept secrets, including richard linklaters a scanner darkly 2006 in 2006 costarring keanu reeves, winona ryder and woody harrelson, and fur. Feels like it would definitely be an advanced film reroll undertaking.
Academy awardnominated and emmy awardwinning actor woodrow tracy harrelson was born on july 23, 1961 in midland, texas, to diane lou oswald and charles harrelson. On the streets, he is known as bob arctor and spends most of his days hanging out with a small group of junkiessleazy barris robert downey jr. The star is director coppola and his crewcinematographer michael ballhaus, production designer thomas e. Winona ryder, a rare screen presence since her shoplifting experience, offers the most compelling portrayal, although thats partially because donna is a scanner darkly s most interesting character. The night before is a 1988 film starring keanu reeves and lori loughlin. The movie follows bob arctor, played by reeves, as he plunges into deep addiction to the destructive and rampant drug of the day, substance d.
Henry winkler was preparing to film the third season of the hit. Its difficult to gauge performances in a movie like this, but keanu reeves does. A scanner darkly 2006 official trailer keanu reeves, robert downey jr. Winona ryder, rory cochrane, woody harrelson and robert downey jr. Written in 1977 but set in 1992, a scanner darkly posits substance d. Downey was born april 4, 1965 in manhattan, new york, the son of writer, director and filmographer robert downey sr.
I believe it was with the release of john woos faceoff 1997 and. A scanner darkly 2006 official trailer keanu reeves. Woody harrelson feared hed never land another acting role after playing bartender woody boyd in sitcom cheers for eight years and he credits keanu reeves with helping him land his big screen break. Norman lears all in the family and the jeffersons, produced by lear and jimmy kimmel and starring woody harrelson, marisa tomei, jamie foxx, wanda sykes, ike barinholtz, kerry. Robert downey jr and woody harrelson are brilliant, and make you laugh throughout the film, sometimes taking away the serious set and feel of the movie, which i think was the directors intention. Set in suburban orange county, california, in a future where america has lost the war on drugs, one reluctant undercover cop reeves is ordered to start spying on his friends. Winona ryder wikipedia on may 22, 2019, abc broadcast live in front of a studio audience. The film was written and directed by richard linklater and features the voices of keanu reeves, robert downey jr. The guys went out on the lawn followed by a crowd and squared off.
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