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A Scanner Darkly (film) - Quiz
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  • 1. What percentage of reviews compiled by Rotten Tomatoes are positive for A Scanner Darkly?
A) 50%
B) 85%
C) 73%
D) 68%
  • 2. How many reviews were compiled by Rotten Tomatoes in total for the film?
A) 189
B) 33
C) 150
D) 200
  • 3. What is the weighted score of the film on Metacritic out of 100?
A) 73
B) 68
C) 85
D) 90
  • 4. Based on how many critics is the Metacritic score calculated?
A) 50
B) 189
C) 33
D) 100
  • 5. Whose novel is A Scanner Darkly a faithful adaptation of?
A) Philip K. Dick
B) Tom Long
C) J. Hoberman
D) Manohla Dargis
  • 6. Who wrote in The New York Times that the film has a kind of hypnotic visual appeal?
A) Carina Chocano
B) Andrew Sarris
C) J. Hoberman
D) Manohla Dargis
  • 7. Which publication did Carina Chocano write her review for?
A) Los Angeles Times
B) The Washington Post
C) The New York Times
D) The Village Voice
  • 8. According to Carina Chocano, the real world has come to resemble the dark world of what?
A) Fairy tales
B) Novels
C) Video games
D) Comic books
  • 9. Who wrote the review for The Village Voice?
A) J. Hoberman
B) Andrew Sarris
C) Desson Thompson
D) Kim Newman
  • 10. Which previous film by Linklater is mentioned in relation to the computer-rotoscoped animation used in A Scanner Darkly?
A) Waking Life
B) Dazed and Confused
C) Slacker
D) School of Rock
  • 11. Whose performance did J. Hoberman praise as the performance to beat in mid-2006?
A) Philip K. Dick
B) Tom Long
C) Michael Booth
D) Robert Downey Jr.
  • 12. Who wrote the review for The New York Observer?
A) Kim Newman
B) Desson Thompson
C) Andrew Sarris
D) Owen Gleiberman
  • 13. As what did Andrew Sarris describe Mr. Linklater in his review?
A) Visual visionary
B) Master of animation
C) Hollywood newcomer
D) Austin auteur par excellence
  • 14. How many stars out of five did Kim Newman from Empire magazine give the film?
A) Five
B) Four
C) Two
D) Three
  • 15. Who wrote the review for The Washington Post?
A) Jack Mathews
B) Desson Thompson
C) Peter Bradshaw
D) Amy Biancolli
  • 16. What process did Desson Thompson say underscores the grave new world with pop-arty creepiness?
A) Stop motion
B) CGI animation
C) Rotoscoping
D) Live-action filming
  • 17. Which publication did Amy Biancolli write for?
A) Dallas Morning News
B) Detroit News
C) Houston Chronicle
D) Denver Post
  • 18. What rating did Entertainment Weekly give the film?
A) C−
B) A
C) B+
D) D
  • 19. Who gave the film a C− rating for Entertainment Weekly and found its storyline goes nowhere?
A) Owen Gleiberman
B) Roger Moore
C) Tom Long
D) Chris Vognar
  • 20. Who wrote the film review for The Guardian?
A) Michael Booth
B) Jack Mathews
C) Chris Vognar
D) Peter Bradshaw
  • 21. Who called the film a murky, dialogue-heavy tale of intrigue in The New York Daily News?
A) Jack Mathews
B) Roger Moore
C) Tom Long
D) Owen Gleiberman
  • 22. Which publication did Roger Moore write his review for?
A) The Guardian
B) Detroit News
C) Orlando Sentinel
D) Denver Post
  • 23. Who from the Detroit News stated that his audience's collective brain is going to be hurting mightily for the first hour of this film?
A) Michael Booth
B) Jack Mathews
C) Chris Vognar
D) Tom Long
  • 24. Which publication did Michael Booth write his review for?
A) Detroit News
B) Orlando Sentinel
C) Dallas Morning News
D) Denver Post
  • 25. According to Michael Booth, what gets in the way of thrilling plot twists?
A) The poor acting
B) The artiness
C) The dialogue
D) The short runtime
  • 26. Who stated that A Scanner Darkly talks too much and doesn't say enough?
A) Tom Long
B) Roger Moore
C) Michael Booths
D) Chris Vognar
  • 27. Which publication did Chris Vognar write for?
A) The New York Observer
B) Houston Chronicle
C) Empire magazine
D) Dallas Morning News
  • 28. Which actor did Linklater initially think of for the dual roles of Arctor and Fred?
A) Keanu Reeves
B) Robert Downey Jr.
C) Rory Cochrane
D) Woody Harrelson
  • 29. Why did Linklater initially hesitate to cast Keanu Reeves?
A) Reeves was busy filming another project.
B) Reeves refused to work with the director.
C) Reeves was too expensive for the budget.
D) He thought Reeves would be reluctant to make another sci-fi film after The Matrix.
  • 30. What attracted Robert Downey Jr. to the film?
A) The promise of an award-winning role
B) The high salary offered
C) Hearing that Reeves was going to star and Linklater to direct
D) His love for the original book
  • 31. What did Robert Downey Jr. think of the script?
A) He thought it was the strangest one he had ever read.
B) He thought it was too short.
C) He thought it closely matched the novel.
D) He thought it was boring and predictable.
  • 32. For which character did Linklater write the role specifically with Rory Cochrane in mind?
A) Barris
B) Arctor
C) Fred
D) Freck
  • 33. What was Rory Cochrane's concern about appearing in the film?
A) He felt the pay was too low.
B) He disliked the shooting location.
C) He did not want to recreate his role in Dazed and Confused.
D) He had scheduling conflicts.
  • 34. Which two actors agreed to appear in the film based on the script?
A) Keanu Reeves and Robert Downey Jr.
B) Rory Cochrane and Alex Jones
C) Woody Harrelson and Winona Ryder
D) Winona Ryder and Rory Cochrane
  • 35. Under what financial terms did Reeves and Ryder agree to work?
A) Minimum wage with no extra incentives
B) Screen Actors Guild scale rate plus back-end profits
C) A percentage of the box office only
D) A flat multi-million dollar fee
  • 36. Who made a small cameo in A Scanner Darkly, just as he did in Waking Life?
A) Shane Kelly
B) Alex Jones
C) Irshad Ashraf
D) Bruce Curtis
  • 37. How long did the cast spend rehearsing in Austin, Texas before principal photography?
A) Three days
B) One month
C) Two weeks
D) Six weeks
  • 38. What was the result of the pre-production rehearsals in Austin?
A) A script written entirely by the actors
B) A completely rewritten script that ignored the book
C) The removal of several main characters
D) A fusion of Linklater's writing, the novel, and actors' input
  • 39. How did Rory Cochrane prepare for his role?
A) He memorized his dialogue using run-on sentences.
B) He came up with his character five minutes before getting on the elevator to work.
C) He relied heavily on the original book.
D) He spent months studying real-life drug addicts.
  • 40. How did Robert Downey Jr. memorize his dialogue?
A) By reading the book repeatedly
B) By improvising every single line on set
C) By listening to audio recordings on loop
D) By writing it out in run-on sentences, studying them, and converting them to acronyms
  • 41. How did Keanu Reeves prepare for his role?
A) He wrote his own dialogue in run-on sentences.
B) He refused to read the script beforehand.
C) He improvised his scenes based on rehearsals.
D) He relied on the book, marking down each scene to the corresponding page.
  • 42. When did principal photography begin?
A) June 1, 2004
B) December 2004
C) May 17, 2004
D) April 15, 2004
  • 43. How long did principal photography last?
A) Three months
B) Two weeks
C) Ten days
D) Six weeks
  • 44. Why did Arctor's house require few modifications by production designer Bruce Curtis?
A) The director wanted it to look pristine and modern.
B) The previous tenants had completely renovated it.
C) It was already a fully decorated film set.
D) The previous tenants left it looking like a run-down home.
  • 45. How many houses did the filmmakers look at before settling on Arctor's house?
A) 25
B) 10
C) 60
D) 100
  • 46. Where did Linklater shoot a lot of the exteriors?
A) Anaheim, California
B) Seattle, Washington
C) Dallas, Texas
D) Austin, Texas
  • 47. When were the exterior shots from Anaheim composited into the footage?
A) In post-production
B) Before principal photography began
C) Live on set
D) During pre-production rehearsals
  • 48. Why were makeup, lighting, and visible equipment like boom mics less of a concern during live-action filming?
A) Because the live action footage was to be animated over later
B) Because the cameras were automated
C) Because the film was shot in black and white
D) Because natural lighting was used exclusively
  • 49. What did cinematographer Shane Kelly keep in mind when composing shots and using a color palette?
A) The original book's cover art
B) The film's theatrical lighting crew
C) The animators
D) The studio executives
  • 50. What occasionally happened to the actors because the movie was shot digitally and then animated?
A) They thought they were shooting a documentary.
B) They refused to wear costumes.
C) They forgot their lines completely.
D) They forgot they would later be animated as they worked through a scene.
  • 51. What specific action did Robert Downey Jr. perform while forgetting the scene would be animated?
A) He changed his costume midway through the take.
B) He performed a dangerous stunt without a double.
C) He improvised a ten-minute monologue.
D) He worked through several takes to produce a smoke ring for Barris' first closeup.
  • 52. Where was extensive on-set footage of A Scanner Darkly featured?
A) In an American news broadcast
B) In a UK documentary about Richard Linklater
C) On a promotional website for the studio
D) In a Hollywood behind-the-scenes featurette
  • 53. Who directed the UK documentary about Richard Linklater that featured on-set footage?
A) Shane Kelly
B) Bruce Curtis
C) Alex Jones
D) Irshad Ashraf
  • 54. When was the documentary featuring the on-set footage broadcast?
A) July 2005
B) January 2004
C) December 2004
D) May 2004
  • 55. Which Philip K. Dick novel did Richard Linklater originally toy with adapting?
A) Minority Report
B) Paycheck
C) Ubik
D) A Scanner Darkly
  • 56. With whom was Richard Linklater talking when he began thinking about A Scanner Darkly?
A) Isa Hackett
B) Laura Leslie
C) Russ Galen
D) Tommy Pallotta
  • 57. What budget did Linklater want to keep A Scanner Darkly under?
A) $5 million
B) $10 million
C) $50 million
D) $20 million
  • 58. Who is the literary agent for the Philip K. Dick estate mentioned in the text?
A) Russ Galen
B) Tommy Pallotta
C) Laura Leslie
D) Isa Hackett
  • 59. In what year was the film A Scanner Darkly released?
A) 1977
B) 2006
C) 2004
D) 2007
  • 60. What animation technique was used for the film?
A) CGI motion capture
B) Interpolated rotoscope
C) Stop-motion animation
D) Traditional hand-drawn animation
  • 61. Who is listed as one of the executive producers of the film?
A) Richard Linklater
B) Steven Soderbergh
C) Philip K. Dick
D) Keanu Reeves
  • 62. Which company gave the film its wider release on July 28, 2006?
A) Paramount Pictures
B) Warner Independent Pictures
C) Universal Pictures
D) Warner Bros. Pictures
  • 63. What is the name of the powerful drug that causes bizarre hallucinations in the film?
A) Substance X
B) Substance Z
C) Substance D
D) Substance A
  • 64. Approximately what percentage of the population is addicted to the drug in the story?
A) 50 percent
B) 10 percent
C) 5 percent
D) 20 percent
  • 65. What is the undercover name used by Bob Arctor at the police station?
A) Hank
B) Barris
C) Luckman
D) Fred
  • 66. What device does Arctor wear at the police station to maintain privacy?
A) A digital helmet
B) A stealth cloak
C) A scramble suit
D) A hologram mask
  • 67. Who is Arctor's senior officer at the police force?
A) Barris
B) Hank
C) Mike
D) Luckman
  • 68. From whom does Arctor buy Substance D in hopes of reaching her supplier?
A) Donna
B) Mike
C) Hank
D) Audrey
  • 69. Who secretly informs on Arctor to 'Hank' while angling to be hired as a cop?
A) Barris
B) Donna
C) Luckman
D) Mike
  • 70. Where does 'Hank' have Donna take Arctor for rehabilitation?
A) New-Path
B) The police station
C) Anaheim
D) A labor camp
  • 71. What is Donna's real name according to her police work with Mike?
A) Sarah
B) Audrey
C) Fred
D) Helen
  • 72. How does the film describe its overall box office performance?
A) Performed poorly at the box office
B) Moderate financial success
C) The highest-grossing animated film of the year
D) A massive blockbuster hit
  • 73. What format was the film transferred to after principal photography was finished?
A) AVI
B) Windows Media
C) QuickTime
D) MP4
  • 74. How long did the animation process take?
A) 24 months
B) 18 months
C) 6 months
D) 12 months
  • 75. What is the name of the animation process used after the film was transferred?
A) magnified contrast layering
B) interpolated cel tracing
C) digital vector manipulation
D) second order magnified contrast separation
  • 76. What camera was used to film A Scanner Darkly digitally?
A) Sony DSR-PD150
B) Panasonic AG-DVX100
C) Panasonic HVX200
D) Canon XL1
  • 77. What proprietary graphics editing program was used to animate the film?
A) Flash
B) Toon Boom
C) Rotoshop
D) After Effects
  • 78. Who created the Rotoshop program?
A) Ralph Bakshi
B) Bob Sabiston
C) Richard Linklater
D) Ashraf
  • 79. In whose documentary did Linklater discuss the ideas and inspiration behind his use of rotoscoping?
A) Ashraf's
B) Sabiston's
C) Bakshi's
D) Bob's
  • 80. What personal experience did Linklater link rotoscoping to in the documentary?
A) nightmares
B) childhood memories
C) hallucinations
D) lucid dreaming
  • 81. Whose rotoscope style is traditional rotoscoping similar to in some respects?
A) Bob Sabiston
B) Walt Disney
C) Richard Linklater
D) Ralph Bakshi
  • 82. What does Rotoshop animation make use of?
A) vector keyframes
B) raster pixels
C) bitmap layers
D) polygonal meshes
  • 83. How did Linklater describe the animation phase for himself?
A) An enlightening experience
B) A trying process
C) A breeze
D) A short task
  • 84. When was the film originally supposed to be released?
A) July 2006
B) September 2005
C) October 2004
D) March 2006
  • 85. Where were most of the animators hired from?
A) Locally
B) Internationally
C) Hollywood studios
D) Disney animation
  • 86. Who asked for a status report in late November?
A) Bob Sabiston
B) Mark Gill
C) Ernesto Pallotta
D) Richard Linklater
  • 87. How long did some animators work per day under pressure to produce a trailer?
A) 24-hour days
B) 10-hour days
C) 12-hour days
D) 18-hour days
  • 88. When did Pallotta change the locks and seize workstations?
A) January 2005
B) September 2005
C) October 2004
D) December 2005
  • 89. What credit did Sabiston's four team leaders ultimately receive?
A) Lead directors
B) Executive producers
C) Main animators
D) Additional animation
  • 90. What production ethic did Pallotta institute?
A) A loose indie production ethic
B) A traditional Disney-esque production ethic
C) A rapid-fire digital ethic
D) An experimental avant-garde ethic
  • 91. What was the final release date chosen for the film?
A) March 31
B) July 7
C) December 31
D) September 1
  • 92. Which Pixar film was A Scanner Darkly put up against upon release?
A) Finding Nemo
B) The Incredibles
C) Cars
D) Toy Story
  • 93. Who composed the score for A Scanner Darkly?
A) Jack Dangers
B) Graham Reynolds
C) Radiohead
D) DJ Spooky
  • 94. When did Linklater approach Reynolds about creating the score?
A) 2003
B) 2005
C) 2001
D) 2006
  • 95. Where did Linklater first see Reynolds perform before approaching him?
A) A classical concert
B) A Broadway show
C) A film festival
D) A club performance
  • 96. Who was featured in the short 'Live from Shiva's Dance Floor'?
A) Jack Dangers
B) DJ Spooky
C) Thom Yorke
D) Timothy "Speed" Levitch
  • 97. How long was the short 'Live from Shiva's Dance Floor'?
A) 45-minute
B) 20-minute
C) 10-minute
D) 60-minute
  • 98. Was the score synthesized?
A) Partially
B) Yes
C) Only for percussion
D) No
  • 99. Which Radiohead song appears uncredited in the film?
A) Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors
B) The Amazing Sounds of Orgy
C) Fog
D) Black Swan
  • 100. Which Thom Yorke solo song is included in the film?
A) Fog
B) Black Swan
C) The Amazing Sounds of Orgy
D) Skttrbrain
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