| Skyggen | |
| Director: | Thomas Borch Nielsen |
| Producer: | Søren Juul Petersen |
| Starring: | Lars Bom Puk Scharbau Jørgen Kiil Karin Rørbeck |
| Music: | Arne Schultz |
| Cinematography: | Lars Beyer |
| Editing: | Kasper Leick |
| Distributor: | Scanbox (Denmark) Sterling Home Entertainment (US) |
| Country: | Denmark |
| Runtime: | 97 minutes |
| 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]
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