"Blade Runner" and 9 more famous adaptation of the book of Philip K. Dick

Blade Runner

• Thriller, dystopia.
• USA 1982.
• Duration: 117 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,2.

One of the most famous works by the product of Philip K. Dick, which brought him worldwide fame. Alas, posthumously.

The film - a free interpretation of the novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep». Though director Ridley Scott and quite strongly moved away from the original story, the author of the book in the preview was pleased with the embodiment of the invented them peace.

The plot Rick Deckard center (Harrison Ford) - an employee of a special police department engaged in the capture of fugitive replicants - Androids, virtually indistinguishable from humans. Deckard takes up the last thing, trying to catch a group of replicants, but in the process there is a lot of difficulties, and the audience until the end and did not understand whether he Rick person.

Painting became a kind of long-term construction of the director. The original version was released back in 1982, but Scott has repeatedly tried her complement, remount and bring to perfection. The final version appeared only in 2007.

October 5 rolling out a sequel called "Blade Runner 2049", the protagonist of which will be the new hunter of replicants (Ryan Gosling), appealed for help to Deckard.

There is also an unofficial remake of "Blade Runner" - South Korean film "City of the Future."

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Remember everything

• Fantasy, action, adventure.
• USA, 1990.
• Duration: 113 min.
• IMDb: 7,5.

Legendary film in 1990 with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the lead role is based on the short story "We will all recall." In it we are talking about an office clerk, who decided to implant false memories of himself a secret agent work. However, it soon becomes clear that these memories are the real and normal life of the hero was just a cover.

The plot is close enough to the plot of the story, but then the film is developed independently, showing the hero attempts to learn about the past. As Arnold Schwarzenegger brand not fit the role of the clerk, then, for him the script has been rewritten: the main character became a builder.

There are two more film adaptation of the story: the eponymous film of 2012 and the series "Total Recall 2070", linking events and more with the product "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep." But the film with Arnold Schwarzenegger still remains the most favorite audience.

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Screamers

• Action, Science Fiction, Thriller.
• Canada, USA, Japan, 1995.
• Duration: 108 min.
• IMDb: 6,4.

One of the few adaptations, quite close transmit the plot of the original work. The basis of this film lay the story "The second model."

In the future, the war between the two largest global corporations has led to the creation of screamers - autonomous robots that kill all who do not have a special bracelet. Robots learn to copy itself and to repair and eventually become a major threat not only to enemies, but for its creators.

Known first model - a robot with a circular saw and a third, more advanced - a child who asks for help. But no one knows what it looks like the second model - shouter could be anyone.

Though "Screamers" and filmed for a very little money, but the acting and special effects at a decent level, ensuring the film cult status among fans of science fiction. It should be noted that the idea of ​​robots masquerading as people, became one of the sources of inspiration for James Cameron when writing the script of "Terminator."

In 2009 he was released a sequel called "Screamers 2: The Hunt", which did not have much success with the audience.

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Special opinion

• Thriller, fantasy, action.
• USA, 2002.
• Duration: 145 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,7.

The story unfolds in the future, where with the help of three visionaries had created a special department predicting crime. They can show events and more criminal before the event itself will take place, so the police arrested people in advance, thus saving the victims.

Head predprestupleny (Tom Cruise) is accused of the murder is not yet committed. Moreover, the victim should be completely unfamiliar man. He was forced to flee and hide from your colleagues, to prove that the system can make mistakes.

The concept of "dissenting opinion" refers to a situation where one of the three seers do not agree with the vision of others and implies a different course of events, thus showing the ambiguity of the future.

The plot of the film greatly simplified with respect to the eponymous novel on which it was removed. In the original, the ending is much more difficult. In it understands the situation where knowledge of the future itself affect the event. But the main idea - to punishment of the crime - is a very interesting.

In 2015 came the series "Minority Report", which tells about the fate of visionaries after events of the film. Much success with the audience, he did not and was closed after the first season.

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day of reckoning

• Fantasy, action.
• USA, Canada, 2003.
• Duration: 126 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,3.

The film lay story "complete calculation." The main character (Ben Affleck) is working on a high-tech cutting-edge developments. Because of this, he regularly wash memory. But once he did offer a lucrative contract: three years of work on a secret project, then he receives generous compensation and the company's shares, which will allow him to live in his pleasure.

Three years later, the hero discovers that his memory erased again and the money and he refused to share, leaving himself only an envelope with a set of fairly simple things (a pack of cigarettes, glasses, a ticket for bus). Further subject of the picture resembles a quest: every piece of the envelope is needed at some point. Together, they will lead the hero to unravel why he refused the money and the dangers it poses a old work.

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opacity

• Cyberpunk, a psychological thriller.
• USA, 2006.
• Duration: 100 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,1.

Unusual visually, but quite accurately conveys the plot eponymous novel the film tells the story of a future where America has swept the epidemic of a new drug.

Robert Arktor (Keanu Reeves) - Police are embedded in the environment under the guise of drug addicts, excluding any personal contacts with connected. Gradually, he himself becomes a victim of drug addiction. But one day one of his friends, for whom he should follow, he begins to denounce Arktora. As a result, he appears in a clinic for drug addicts, which is also something wrong.

The film is an unusual combination of real shooting frames, painted later animators that It allowed to pass a strange perception of the world the main character, and add fantastic and even surreal moments.

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Prophet

• Thriller, fantasy, action.
• USA, 2007.
• Duration: 96 min.
• IMDb: 6,2.

When the film adaptation of the short story "The Golden Man" filmmakers have only one basic idea - the ability to see the future of the protagonist for two minutes ahead.

Nicolas Cage plays just such a man named Chris Johnson. He's hiding from the authorities, entertains the audience at the casino and earns a little on rates. But again begin to track down the FBI agents, planning to use his gift to find a nuclear warhead stolen from Russia. Find the hero is not easy, because Chris knows in advance when they come to the agents and what they would do.

Like "Minority Report", a picture story based on the fact that the ability to see the future impact on the very future of changing it. This topic has been repeatedly observed in the work of Philip K. Dick. Although the original story, it looked a bit different: the hero at least was a mutant with golden skin who never talked.

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Radio Free Albemuth

• Drama, Science Fiction.
• USA, 2010.
• Duration: 110 minutes.
• IMDb: 5,8.

A screen adaptation of the eponymous anti-utopian novel by Philip K. Dick, which was published only in limited release at festivals.

In this version of the history of the United States 1960 is ruled by a corrupt president, abolishing all civil liberties. But there is opposition to any action. And now a former student Brady Nick begins to hear in my head some voices that are broadcast radio signal with the alien satellite. This signal is not controlled by the authorities and becomes the voice of freedom, sounding in people's minds.

A screen adaptation of one of Dick's favorite works - it is more fan-made film than the professional creation. This has its pros and cons. Visual imagery and computer effects look pretty cheap, but the independence allowed the authors to carefully transfer the novel to the screen.

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The Adjustment Bureau

• Fantasy, Romance, Thriller.
• United States, 2011.
• Duration: 105 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,1.

The film, created based on the story "The adjustment team," left from the literary source is only the foundation, but it was she, and gives the film a depth and singularity.

Politician David Norris (Matt Damon) learns that all of the events taking place in the world to a predefined plan. If something goes astray, interferes adjustment bureau - people with supernatural abilities. Unfortunately, the hero of the meeting with a dancer Elise (Emily Blunt) in this plan does not fall, but love causes the hero to go against the established order.

Reading the "Adjustment Team" now, it is impossible not to recall the "Matrix" and the agents that eliminate failures. So here Philip K. Dick found himself a pioneer, ask a development fiction film for years to come.

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The Man in the High Castle

• Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama.
• USA 2015.
• Duration: 3 seasons.
• IMDb: 8,1.

The events of the series, as well as the eponymous bookIt develops into an alternate world where the Second World War won by a coalition of Germany and Japan. Stalin was executed, and Washington destroyed a nuclear bomb, after the United States which were divided among the winners.

But suddenly appear mysterious newsreel, which shows a very different world, more like a familiar to us, where fascists still lost. And even though the value of films is not until the end disclosed, hunt for them supporters of American resistance, the Japanese and the Nazis led by Hitler. And all this leads to the mysterious Man in the High Castle, which is also trying to find these chronicles.

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It is impossible not to recall another landmark work "Ubik", which, while not received a full screen version, but played an important role in the development of the entire film.

The novel "Ubik"I was first presented to the reader an idea of ​​the whole world scale, which is only an illusion. The main question of the book: "If the illusion is so similar to reality, how to distinguish where illusion and reality where" - appeared in the film repeatedly. "Vanilla Sky", "Source Code", "The Matrix" and many other movies would not be invented without this product.

It is likely that soon the novel will also be filmed. Director appointed by Frenchman Michel Gondry. But as long as the work on the painting has not been started.