Webmaster (film)

Webmaster (original title Skyggen, also known as The Shadow) is a 1998 Danish cyberpunk thriller film.[1][2]

Skyggen
Directed byThomas Borch Nielsen
Written byThomas Borch Nielsen
Produced bySøren Juul Petersen
StarringLars Bom
Puk Scharbau
Jørgen Kiil
Karin Rørbeck
CinematographyLars Beyer
Edited byKasper Leick
Music byArne Schultz
Distributed byScanbox (Denmark)
Sterling Home Entertainment (US)
Release date
  • 1998 (1998)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryDenmark
LanguageDanish

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]

References

  1. "Webmaster (1998) - IMDb" via www.imdb.com.
  2. "Skyggen (1998)". www.danskefilm.dk.
  3. "FilmAkademiet - fremmer film og tv som kunstarter". www.filmakademiet.dk.
  4. Forstædernes Bank is no longer a functional lending and savings institution.
  5. Piil, M. (2008). Gyldendals danske filmguide (in Danish). Gyldendal. p. 494. ISBN 978-87-02-06669-2. Retrieved 22 June 2021.


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