| Skyggen | |
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| Directed by | Thomas Borch Nielsen |
| Written by | Thomas Borch Nielsen |
| Produced by | Søren Juul Petersen |
| Starring | Lars Bom Puk Scharbau Jørgen Kiil Karin Rørbeck |
| Cinematography | Lars Beyer |
| Edited by | Kasper Leick |
| Music by | Arne Schultz |
| Distributed by | Scanbox (Denmark) Sterling Home Entertainment (US) |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Denmark |
| Language | Danish |
Webmaster (original title Skyggen, also known as The Shadow) is a 1998 Danish cyberpunk thriller film.[1][2]
Directed by Thomas Borch Nielsen, it stars Danish actor Lars Bom as the cerebral, machine-like hacker-turned-webmaster J.B., who performs his job while hanging upside down, wearing virtual reality goggles, his mind busy deep inside cyberspace. Upon witnessing a murder, he teams up with the impulsive, energetic Miauv (Puk Scharbau).
The film furthermore won a Silver Grand Prize at the 1999 Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film, and a Danish Robert Award[3] for Best Production Design.
The movie was financed by the Danish bank "Forstædernes Bank"[4] and the final production cost was not disclosed by neither producers nor the director. When the movie was released in Denmark in 1998 it was met with mixed reviews.[5]
- ^ "Webmaster (1998) - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Skyggen (1998)". www.danskefilm.dk.
- ^ "FilmAkademiet - fremmer film og tv som kunstarter". www.filmakademiet.dk.
- ^ Forstædernes Bank is no longer a functional lending and savings institution.
- ^ Piil, M. (2008). Gyldendals danske filmguide (in Danish). Gyldendal. p. 494. ISBN 978-87-02-06669-2. Retrieved 22 June 2021.