Mini biography
Philip Kindred Dick was born in Chicago in December 1928, along with a twin sister, Jane. Jane died less than eight weeks later, allegedly from an allergy to mother's milk. Dick's parents split up during his childhood, and he moved with his mother to Berkeley, California, where he lived for most of the rest of his life. Dick became a published author in 1952 (his first sale: the short story "Roog"). His first novel, Solar Lottery, appeared in 1955. Dick produced an astonishing amount of material during the fifites and sixties, writing and selling nearly a hundred short stories and some two dozen or so novels during this period, including "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", "Time Out Of Joint", "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch" and the Hugo-award winning "The Man In The High Castle." A supremely chaotic personal life (Dick was married five times) along with drug experimentation sidetracked Dick's career in the early seventies. Dick would later maintain that reports of his drug use had been greatly exaggerated by sensationalistic colleagues. In any event, after a layoff of several years, Dick returned to action in 1974 with the Campbell award-winning novel "Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said". Perhaps more importantly, though, this same year Dick would have a profound religious experience that would forever alter his life. Dick's final years were haunted by what he alleged to be a 1974 visitation from God...or at least a God-like being. Dick spent the rest of his life writing copious journals regarding the visitation, and his interpretations of the event. At times Dick seemed to regard it as a divine revelation; at other times, he believed it to be a sign of extreme schizophrenic behaviour. His final novels all deal in some way with the entity he saw in 1974, especially "Valis", in which the title character is an extraterretrial God-like machine that chooses to make contact with a hopelessly schizophrenic, possibly drug-addled and decidedly mixed-up science fiction writer named Philip K. Dick. Despite his award-winning novels, and almost universal acclaim from within the science fiction community, Dick was never especially financially successful as a writer. He worked mainly for low-paying science fiction publishers, and never seemed to see any royalties from his novels after the advance had been paid, no matter how many copies they sold. In fact, one of the reasons for his extreme productivity was that he always seemed to need the advance money from his next story or novel in order to make ends meet. But towards the very end of his life, he achieved a measure of financial stability, partly due to the money he received from the producers of "Blade Runner" for the rights to his novel "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?", upon which the film was based. Shortly before the film was to premiere, however, Dick died of a heart attack at the age of 53. Since his death, several other films have been adapted from his works (incuding "Total Recall"), and several unpublished novels have been published posthumously.
Philip K. Dick at IMDb
Blade Runner - Director's Cut (1982)
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Writing credits: Philip K. Dick (novel) Hampton Fancher ...
Cast:
Harrison Ford .... Rick Deckard
Rutger Hauer .... Roy Batty
Sean Young .... Rachael
Edward James Olmos .... Gaff
M. Emmet Walsh .... Bryant
Daryl Hannah .... Pris
William Sanderson .... J.F. Sebastian
Brion James .... Leon
Joe Turkel .... Tyrell
Joanna Cassidy .... Zhora
Plot Outline
Deckard is a Blade Runner, a police man of the future who hunts down and terminates replicants, artificially created humans. He wants to get out of the force, but is drawn back in when 5 "skin jobs", a slang term for replicants, hijack a ship back to Earth. The city that Deckard must search for his prey is a huge, sprawling, bleak vision of the future. This film questions what it is to be human, and why life is so precious.
IMDb
Source: DVD
Video: XviD
Br: 1531 kbps
x:y: 656x280 (2.34:1) [~54:23]
fps: 25
Audio: AC3 - Dolby Digital 2.0
Br: 192 kbps (2ch)
Fs: 48000 Hz
Links:
ed2k: Blade.Runner.-.Director's.Cut.1993.Xvid.AC3.CD1.avi [700.84 Mb] [Stats]
ed2k: Blade.Runner.-.Director's.Cut.1993.Xvid.AC3.CD2.avi [699.13 Mb] [Stats]
International Cut
Length: 1:54:11
Framerate: 23.976 fps
Resolution: 720x306 (2.353:1)
Videocodec: DivX 5
Videobitrate: 1566 kbps (average)
Audio: MP3, stereo, 131 kbps VBR, 48 kHz
Note: This was ripped from the Criterion Laserdisc, meaning it is the original European theatrical release, which is more explicit/violent than the original American version and features the narrative voice-over by Deckard
ed2k: Blade.Runner.(1982).CD1.International.Cut.(Criterion.LDRip).avi [690.89 Mb] [Stats]
ed2k: Blade.Runner.(1982).CD2.International.Cut.(Criterion.LDRip).avi [700.95 Mb] [Stats]
Soundtrack:
ed2k: Vangelis.-.Blade.Runner.-.Esper.Edition.by.krok.rar [206.07 Mb] [Stats]
Screenshots:(Directors Cut)
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Total Recall (1990)
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Writing credits: Philip K. Dick (short story) Ronald Shusett
Cast:
Arnold Schwarzenegger .... Douglas Quaid
Rachel Ticotin .... Melina
Sharon Stone .... Lori
Ronny Cox .... Vilos Cohaagen
Michael Ironside .... Richter
Marshall Bell .... George/Kuato
Mel Johnson Jr. .... Benny
Plot:
What is reality when you can't trust your memory. Arnold Schwartzenegger is an Earthbound construction worker who keeps having dreams about Mars. A trip to a false memory transplant service for an imaginary trip to Mars goes terribly wrong and another personality surfaces. When his old self returns, he finds groups of his friends and several strangers seem to have orders to kill him. He finds records his other self left him that tell him to get to Mars to join up with the underground. The reality of the situation is constantly in question. Who is he? Which personality is correct? Which version of reality is true?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/
Specs:
Size: 1.37GB (702.61MB + 705.03MB)
Length: 113 minutes
Resolution: 640x352
Framerate: 25 fps
Video: DivX5.02 @ 1400 kbits/s
Audio: AC3 5.1 @ 448Kbps 96/96
Links:
ed2k: Total_Recall_(1990).CD1.SLK.avi [702.61 Mb] [Stats]
ed2k: Total_Recall_(1990).CD2.SLK.avi [705.03 Mb] [Stats]
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Screamers (1995)
Directed by: Christian Duguay
Writing credits: Philip K. Dick (short story) Dan O'Bannon
Cast:
Peter Weller .... Hendricksson
Roy Dupuis .... Becker
Jennifer Rubin .... Jessica
Andrew Lauer .... Ace Jefferson (as Andy Lauer)
Charles Powell .... Ross
Plot:
(SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078) On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one purpose only -- to hunt down and destroy all enemy life forms But man's greatest weapon has continued to evolve without any human guidance, and now it has devised a new mission: to obliterate all life. Col. Hendricksson (Peter Weller) is commander of a handful of Alliance soldiers still alive on Sirius 6B. Betrayed by his own political leaders and disgusted by the atrocities of this never-ending war, Hendricksson decides he must negotiate a separate peace with the New Economic Bloc's decimated forces. But to do so, he will have to cross a treacherous wasteland where the deadliest threat comes from the very weapons he helped to create.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114367/
Link:
ed2k: screamers.dvdrip.divx.nixed.avi [699.92 Mb] [Stats]
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Impostor (2002)
Directed by: Gary Fleder
Writing credits: Philip K. Dick (story) Scott Rosenberg
Cast:
Gary Sinise .... Spencer Olin
Madeleine Stowe .... Maya Olham
Vincent D'Onofrio .... Maj. D.H. Hathaway
Tony Shalhoub .... Nelson Gittes
Plot:
Originally a 30 minute portion for an anthology film, Impostor was retooled into a full length feature film. Based on the Philip K. Dick short story of the same name, it follows the lead character Spencer Olham's quest to regain his identity after being suspected as an alien android, in an future Earth at war with aliens that use the androids as bombs to destroy their enemies homeworlds.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0160399/
File size: 694mb
Length: 98mins
Video Encode: Divx3 low motion
Bitrate: 807 kbps
Audio: Mp3
Audio Bitrate: 160kbps
Res: 576 x 304 (widescreen)
ed2k: Impostor.2002.DVD.FMi.ShareTheFiles.com.avi [694.92 Mb] [Stats]
Images:
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AVI File Details
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Name.........: IMPOSTOR.2002.DvDRip.XviD.6ch-AC3.CD2.FTL.avi
Filesize.....: 699 MB & 700 MB
Video Codec..: XviD
Video Bitrate: 1424 kb/s
RES..........: 720x400 (1.80:1) [=9:5]
FPS..........: 25.000
Audio Codec..: ac3 (0x2000) Dolby Laboratories, Inc
Audio Bitrate: 448 kb/s (6 ch) CBR
Freq.........: 48000 Hz
Subs.........: French
Rip..........: FTL
Links:
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ed2k: IMPOSTOR.2002.DvDRip.XviD.6ch-AC3.CD2.FTL.avi [700.38 Mb] [Stats]
ed2k: IMPOSTOR.2002.DvDRip.French-Subs.FTL.rar [24.4 Kb] [Stats]
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Minority Report (2002)
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Writing credits: Philip K. Dick (short story) Scott Frank
Cast:
Tom Cruise .... Detective John Anderton
Colin Farrell .... Detective Danny Witwer
Steve Harris .... Jad
Max von Sydow .... Director Lamar Burgess
Samantha Morton .... Agatha
Kathryn Morris .... Lara Anderton
Plot:
Based on a Philip K. Dick short story, Minority Report is about a cop in the future working in a division of the police department that arrests killers before they commit the crimes courtesy of some future viewing technology. Cruise's character has the tables turned on him when he is accused of a future crime and must find out what brought it about and stop it before it can happen
IMDb
Specs:
Video:
Codec: XviD
Bitrate: ~964 kb/s
Resolution: 640 x 304 (2.105 : 1)
FPS: 25.000
Audio:
Codec: AC3
Bitrate: 448 kb/s (89/ch x 5 ch)
ed2k: Minority.Report.2002.iNT.AC3.Xvid.cd1-QQT.avi [701.68 Mb] [Stats]
ed2k: Minority.Report.2002.iNT.AC3.Xvid.cd2-QQT.avi [700.75 Mb] [Stats]
Subs:
ed2k: Minority.Report.2002.iNT.AC3.Xvid.cd1-QQT.idx [76.2 Kb] [Stats]
ed2k: Minority.Report.2002.iNT.AC3.Xvid.cd1-QQT.sub [6.41 Mb] [Stats]
ed2k: Minority.Report.2002.iNT.AC3.Xvid.cd2-QQT.idx [59.9 Kb] [Stats]
ed2k: Minority.Report.2002.iNT.AC3.Xvid.cd2-QQT.sub [4.87 Mb] [Stats]
Alternate Rip
CD1:
file name: Minority.Report.(2002).XviD.CD1-FiNALE.avi
file size: 698,60 MB
file length: 1 h 9 min 10,24 s
video stream: XviD MPEG-4 codec, 640x256, 24 bit, 103756 frm, 25,0000 frm/s, 1407,173 kbit/s
audio stream: FAST Multimedia AG DVM (Dolby AC3), 48000 Hz, 448,000 kbit/s, 5 channels
CD2:
file name: Minority.Report.(2002).XviD.CD2-FiNALE.avi
file size: 696,66 MB
file length: 1 h 10 min 5,52 s
video stream: XviD MPEG-4 codec, 640x256, 24 bit, 105138 frm, 25,0000 frm/s, 1384,690 kbit/s
audio stream: FAST Multimedia AG DVM (Dolby AC3), 48000 Hz, 448,000 kbit/s, 5 channels
ed2k: Minority.Report.(2002).XviD.CD1-FiNALE.avi [698.60 Mb] [Stats]
ed2k: Minority.Report.(2002).XviD.CD2-FiNALE.avi [696.66 Mb] [Stats]
ScreenShots: FiNALE
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Paycheck (2003)
Directed by: John Woo
Writing credits: Philip K. Dick (short story), Dean Georgaris (screenplay)
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller / Action
Cast
Ben Affleck .... Michael Jennings
Aaron Eckhart .... James Rethrick
Uma Thurman .... Dr. Rachel Porter
Plot summary
Jennings (Ben Afleck) is the best reverse-engineer in the business. He is hired by clients to take apart other companies technologies and find out how they work. He is hired to do a special job, against the advice of some of his associates. When the job is completed, all memory of what he has been working on is ereased from his mind. That's when his problem really start to begin. He is hunted for something he has no recollection of doing and has only a little time to work it out. He has sent himself 19 seemingly unconnected objects, before his memory was wiped, to allow him to put the puzzle together and discover just what has gone on and what he has done. But the authorities are after him and time is very quickly running out.
IMDB
Specs
CD1
Size - 701 MB (or 718,840 KB or 736,092,160 bytes)
Video Codec - XviD
Video Bitrate - 977 kb/s
Audio Codec - ac3 (0x2000) Dolby Laboratories, Inc
Audio Bitrate - 448 kb/s (5 ch) CBR
Resolution - 640x272
Aspect Ratio - 2.35:1 [=40:17]
Framerate - 23.976 (NTSC)
Qf - 0.234 bits/pixel
Runtime - 01:08:35 (98,672 fr)
CD2
Size - 701 MB (or 717,948 KB or 735,178,752 bytes)
Video Codec - XviD
Video Bitrate - 1500 kb/s
Audio Codec - ac3 (0x2000) Dolby Laboratories, Inc
Audio Bitrate - 448 kb/s (5 ch) CBR
Resolution - 640x272
Aspect Ratio - 2.35:1 [=40:17]
Framerate - 23.976 (NTSC)
Qf - 0.359 bits/pixel
Runtime - 00:50:09 (72,152 fr)
ed2k links
ed2k: paycheck.cd1.dvdrip.xvid-deity.avi [701.99 Mb] [Stats]
ed2k: paycheck.cd2.dvdrip.xvid-deity.avi [701.12 Mb] [Stats]
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