Webmaster (film)
1998 Danish film
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Webmaster (original title Skyggen, also known as The Shadow) is a 1998 Danish cyberpunk thriller film.[1][2]
Puk Scharbau
Jørgen Kiil
Karin Rørbeck
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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 |
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 won a Silver Grand Prize at the 1999 Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film and a Danish Robert Award[3] for Best Production Design.
Webmaster was financed by the Danish bank Forstædernes Bank;[4] the final production cost was not disclosed by the producers or the director. The film was met with mixed reviews when it was released in Denmark in 1998.[5]
