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A Scanner Darkly

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This article is still under construction. It may contain factual errors. See Talk:A Scanner Darkly for current discussions. Content is subject to change.



A Scanner Darkly
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Movie Poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing USA
Directed by Richard Linklater
Release Date July 7, 2006
Studio Thousand Words
Distributor Warner Independent Pictures
Main Cast
Character Actor
Bob Arctor Keanu Reeves
James Barris Robert Downey Jr.
Donna Hawthorne Winona Ryder
Charles Freck Rory Cochrane
Ernie Luckman Woody Harrelson


Weapons are listed on this page in the order that they appeared in the movie.


The following weapons were used in the film A Scanner Darkly:


Unknown Glock Pistol

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James Barris' Revolver

In the book, Barris instead used a ".22 pistol," beyond which no other details were mentioned, not even if it was a revolver or otherwise.

On a side note, Robert Downey Jr. is infamous for his bouts with drug addiction and bipolar disorder (he had his first post-rehab role in 2001, only 5 years before this movie's release), and playing the at-times manic and paranoid James Barris was undoubtedly a deeply personal experience for him, just as writing the A Scanner Darkly novel was for its late author.

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Bob Arctor's Service Pistol

Bob Arctor, being an undercover cop, reflexively draws this handgun from under his bed after hearing James Barris test out a "silencer" for the latter's revolver. It is never fired and does not appear after this scene in the film.

In the book, Bob Arctor carried a ".32 police-special revolver," the make and model of which are never elaborated upon. Arctor in the book keeps the gun under his pillow instead of under the bed as in the film, and also keeps it in his car's glove compartment while driving.

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Unknown Carbine

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