Philip K. Dick Filmography

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King of the Elves

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: Adapted from the short story by Philip K. Dick (which incidentally marks the legendary science-fiction scribe's sole foray into fantasy), this animated adventure tells the tale of a Mississippi Delta man who reluctantly agrees to help a desperate band of elves. A horrible troll is killing off all Read More

12/25/12
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Crew: Book Author

Actors: Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel, Thomas Kretschmann, Tory Kittles

Synopsis: A man with the ability to see the future and change the outcome of events before they occur is forced to choose between saving himself and saving the world in this supernatural thriller starring Nicolas Cage and directed by Lee Tamahori (Die Another Day, The Edge). Cris Johnson (Cage) is a Las Read More

4/27/07
A Scanner Darkly

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey, Jr., Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder, Rory Cochrane

Synopsis: The war on drugs has been lost, and when a reluctant undercover cop is ordered to spy on those he is closest to, the toll that the mission takes on his sanity is too great to comprehend in director Richard Linklater's rotoscoped take on Philip K. Dick's classic novel. With stratospheric concern Read More

7/7/06
Paycheck

Crew: Book Author, Short Story Author

Actors: Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman, Colm Feore

Synopsis: John Woo directs the sci-fi action thriller Paycheck, based on a story written by Philip K. Dick in 1953. Waking up with his short-term memory erased, engineer Michael Jennings (Ben Affleck) learns that he has been doing highly secretive work for the last three years in exchange for billions of Read More

12/25/03
Minority Report

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Max von Sydow, Lois Smith

Synopsis: Based on a short story by the late Philip K. Dick, this science fiction-thriller reflects the writer's familiar preoccupation with themes of concealed identity and mind control. Tom Cruise stars as John Anderton, a Washington, D.C. detective in the year 2054. Anderton works for "Precrime," a Read More

6/21/02
Impostor

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Gary Sinise, Madeleine Stowe, Vincent D'Onofrio, Tony Shalhoub, Tim Guinee, Mekhi Phifer

Synopsis: This long-delayed science fiction thriller from director Gary Fleder was actually filmed prior to his box-office hit Don't Say a Word (2001), which preceded it in theaters by several months. Based on a 1953 short story by Philip K. Dick, the film shares that schizophrenic author's long-running Read More

1/4/01
Screamers

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Jennifer Rubin, Peter Weller, Ron White

Synopsis: This action-packed sci-fi thriller is set upon the planet Sirius 6B in the year 2078. The planet has been decimated by a vast nuclear war. Many have survived, but their continued survival is threatened by the dreaded screamers, strange shape-changing mechanical creatures who use razor sharp knives Read More

1995
Confessions d'un Barjo

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Richard Bohringer, Anne Brochet, Hippolyte Girardot, Consuelo de Havilland

Synopsis: Cult science-fiction author Philip K. Dick's novel of 1950s suburban California, Confessions of a Crap Artist, is adapted to present-day France in this quirky comedy-drama. Hippolyte Girardot portrays the title character, who is known by the nickname "Barjo" -- a moniker loosely translatable as Read More

1992
Total Recall

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox, Michael Ironside

Synopsis: In Paul Verhoeven's wild sci-fi action movie Total Recall, Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a 21st-century construction worker who discovers that his entire memory of the past derives from a memory chip implanted in his brain. Schwarzenegger learns that he's actually a secret agent who had become a Read More

6/1/90
Blade Runner

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh, Daryl Hannah

Synopsis: A blend of science fiction and noir detective fiction, Blade Runner (1982) was a box office and critical bust upon its initial exhibition, but its unique postmodern production design became hugely influential within the sci-fi genre, and the film gained a significant cult following that increased Read More

1982