Animated Movies: Not Just for Kids

A SCANNER DARKLY, Keanu Reeves, Chambley Ferguson, Angela Rawna, 2006, ©Warner Independent/Everett Collection
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A Scanner Darkly (2006)
Director Richard Linklater adapted Philip K. Dick's novel of the same title. A stellar cast (Robert Downey Jr., Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Woody Harrelson) were rotoscoped: this is where the cast are first shot in live-action, before the footage is painted over. The process was so lengthy that the film missed its initial September 2005 release date by an entire year.

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